Patent ID: 9033637
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: F16B

Abstract:
1. A threaded connector for securing a panel member to a structure and for adjusting the position of the panel member relative to the structure, said connector comprising: an elongate, one-piece stud having first and second opposite ends, a relatively wide section spaced from said opposite ends, a relatively narrow, externally threaded first section extending from a first side of said wide section to the first end, and a relatively narrow, externally threaded second section extending from an opposite second side of the wide section to said second end, said relatively wide section being integrally connected to the externally threaded first and second sections, said first section being threadable into a passageway within the structure in order to secure the stud to the structure, when said first section threaded into a passageway within the structure said first side of said wide section generally adjacent to said structure, said second section being adapted and sized for insertion through a mounting opening in the panel member in order to mount the panel member on said stud and on said opposite second side of the wide section, at least a portion of said externally threaded second section extending through the panel member when the panel member is mounted thereon, said stud including a turning formation for turning said stud about a central longitudinal axis thereof, said turning formation being located at said second end; a first spacer positioned about said externally threaded first section of said stud and adjacent to said opposite side of said wide section, a threaded nut threadable onto said second section in order to secure the panel member on said connector, and a second spacer positioned about said second section of said stud between said threaded nut and the panel member, wherein, during use of the connector, said turning formation is engageable with a turning tool in order to thread said stud into or out of the passageway in the structure to thereby adjust the position of the panel member relative to the structure.