Patent ID: 8950992
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: F16B

Abstract:
1. An anchor for attaching a screw to a support wall, comprising: a rigid substantially flat body having a pointed front end and a flat back end, the body including at least one track aperture formed through a center portion thereof, at least one screw guide arm projecting away from the body between the back end thereof and the at least one track aperture; a rigid substantially flat pivot plate having a rounded, non-pointed front end, a back end, and a pair of lateral notches formed at two opposing sides thereof, the pivot plate adapted to traverse the at least one track aperture of the body, engaging the body at the notches thereof, the back end of the pivot plate having an angled portion, the pivot plate having a drive aperture at a center point thereof formed therethrough; whereby with the pivot plate engaged with the body, the pointed front end of the body may be positioned at a desired puncture point on the support wall and driven through the support wall by pounding on the flat back end of the body, the front end of the pivot plate following the pointed front end of the flat body through the support wall, such that once the body and pivot plate have traversed the support wall the screw may be inserted between the at least one screw guide arm to contact the angled portion of the pivot plate, thereby causing the pivot plate to pivot about the notches until the screw traverses the drive aperture of the pivot plate, continual turning of the screw threading the drive aperture and pulling the pivot plate along the at least one track aperture towards the support wall to eventually compress the support wall between the screw and the pivot plate, thereby fastening the anchor and screw to the support wall.