Patent ID: 6159575
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: E06B,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A shim comprising a one-piece plate having opposite parallel upper and lower faces and formed witha wedge-shaped end having angled surfaces,a longitudinal slot subdividing the plate at the end into a pair of longitudinally extending arms,rows of transverse elastic retaining tabs projecting toward each other in the slot from inner edges of the arms,an outwardly open bevel on each arm inner edge at an outer end of each arm,longitudinal guide ridges on the angled web surfaces,interfitting and complementary longitudinally extending guide formations on the upper and lower faces constructed such that the guide formations of an upper face of one such shim can fit with and slide in the guide formations of a lower face of another such shim,outwardly open recesses in the upper and lower faces, andlongitudinally extending webs in each of the recesses.