Patent ID: 6299397
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: A47B,F16B

Abstract:
A fastener for securing together a pair of opposing objects having respective bores therein, the fastener comprising:an elongate housing having first and second expansible portions at respective ends thereof for being slidably received within the respective bores;first and second wedge members mounted adjacent the respective ends of the housing for engagement with the respective first and second expansible portions thereof, the wedge members and the respective expansible portions being mounted for sliding movement relative to one another in a longitudinal direction of the housing between a disengaged position and an engaged position wherein the wedge members are wedged within the respective expansible portions of the housing such that the expansible portions of the housing are expanded in a radial direction relative to the disengaged position; andan actuator mounted on the housing for rotation about an actuator axis extending transversely to the elongate housing at a location spaced between the wedge members, the actuator being coupled to the wedge members respectively for displacing the wedge members relative to the expansible portions between the engaged and disengaged positions as the actuator is rotated relative to the housing.