Patent ID: 6129493
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: F16B

Abstract:
A Tee-nut for insertion into a hole in a workpiece, the hole having a predetermined diameter, said Tee-nut having:a flange head member;a plurality of prongs extending from said flange head member;a hollow sleeve member extending from said flange head member; said hollow sleeve member, comprising:a junction portion adjacent said flange head member;an internally threaded sleeve waist portion connecting to said junction portion;an enlarged globular bulbous semi-spherical sleeve portion extending from said internally threaded waist portion, wherein the maximum outer diameter of said enlarged flarable bulbous portion is larger than the outer diameter of said internally threaded waist portion, and wherein the exterior profile of said enlarged globular bulbous portion defines a continuous smoothly curved arc going from a minimum diameter at the waist portion to a larger diameter at the largest region of said globular bulbous portion, and,an inwardly radiussed end on said enlarged globular bulbous flarable portion.