Patent ID: 6773780
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A self fixturing adhesive attachment, comprising:a base fixture defining a base surface for receiving a curable bonding agent for bonded attachment of said base fixture to a substrate; an attachment component carried by said base fixture for movement between an initial first position retracted at least slightly from the substrate, when said base surface is seated against the substrate, and a subsequent second position advanced toward the substrate; and springable attachment means for at least temporarily securing said attachment component to the substrate and for urging said base surface of said base fixture with a positive force against the substrate, upon movement of said attachment component from said first position to said second position while said base surface is seated against the substrate, for at least the duration of a cure time for a bonding agent interposed between said base surface and the substrate; said springable attachment means comprising a pressure sensitive adhesive member having a first portion carried by said attachment component for at least temporarily securing said attachment component to the substrate, a second portion carried by said base fixture, and a third portion extending between said first and second portions for stretched elongation when said base surface is seated against the substrate with said attachment component in said second position to draw said base fixture against the substrate.