Patent ID: 7556448
Filing Date: 2009-07-07
Classification: F16B,F16G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A turnbuckle comprising: two coupling sections each having a screw hole; and an interconnecting section interconnected between the two coupling sections and having a longitudinal hole in longitudinally aligned communication with the screw holes, with the interconnecting section further including a transverse through-hole extending perpendicular to the longitudinal hole and between the coupling sections, with the interconnecting section further including two opposite peripheral wall portions spaced by the transverse hole, with each of the two peripheral wall portions having two opposite end edges spaced from each other in a direction parallel to the transverse through-hole, with a bend extending inward from each of the two end edges of each of the two peripheral wall portions into the longitudinal hole and parallel to and delimiting the transverse through-hole, with an abutting portion being formed between each bend and a respective one of the end edges, each of the two peripheral wall portions including an intermediate section between the two end edges thereof, a spacing defined between each intermediate section and a respective coplanar pair of said bends.