Patent ID: 8701264
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of coupling a first structure and a second structure, the method comprising: disposing the first structure and the second structure against each other such that a fastener that extends from the second structure is received in a counter-bored hole defined in the first structure, an actual location of the fastener having a variability from a documented location of the fastener, the counter-bored hole being defined to receive the fastener in the documented location of the fastener; placing a first bushing into the counter-bored hole, the first bushing defining a first opening therethrough that has a first dimension along a first axis that is sized to receive the fastener therethrough and that has a second dimension along a second axis that is larger than the first dimension along the first axis; rotating the first bushing until the first bushing receives the fastener therein; placing a second bushing onto the first bushing, the second bushing defining a second opening therethrough that is sized to receive the fastener therein; engaging the first bushing and the second bushing with each other; and securing the first structure, the first bushing, and the second bushing onto the fastener, wherein the second structure comprises a portion of a building or vehicle and wherein the first structure comprises a mounted structure coupled to the second structure via an attachment point of the second structure, the attachment point including the fastener, and wherein the mounted structure comprises a portion of a false floor.