Patent ID: 7226261
Filing Date: 2007-06-05
Classification: F16B

Abstract:
1. A toggle assembly for use with a fastener to engage a supportive structure, the toggle assembly comprising: a first wing member having opposite first and second end portions, an upper portion and a lower edge portion; said lower edge portion of said first wing member having opposite side portions and an end portion; a second wing member having opposite first and second end portions, an upper portion and lower edge portion; said first end portion of said second wing member being operatively coupled with the first end portion of said first wing member so that said first and second wing members may be selectively moved between open and closed positions with respect to one another; means for securably receiving the fastener adjacent the first end portions of said first end portions of said first and second wing members; and a plurality of teeth adjacent the lower edge portion of said first wing member; said plurality of teeth each having a point that is shaped and positioned to engage the supportive structure when said first and second wing members are in said open position and the lower edge portions of said first and second wing members are positioned closely adjacent the supportive structure at least one of said plurality of teeth being positioned to extend outwardly from at least one of the opposite side portions of said lower edge portion; at least one of said plurality of teeth being positioned to extend outwardly from the end portion of said lower edge portion.