Patent ID: 7014408
Filing Date: 2006-03-21
Classification: F16B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A nail for fastening framing members together comprising: a first member having an elongated segment, a flange segment, and an angular segment that extends between said elongated and flange segments, said angular segment being nonparallel to said elongated segment and also nonparallel to said flange segment; and a second member having an elongated segment, a flange segment, and an angular segment that extends between said elongated and flange segments, said angular segment being nonparallel to said elongated segment and also nonparallel to said flange segment, wherein said elongated segments in a relaxed and unstressed state are substantially parallel to one another and form a tip configured to penetrate adjacent framing members prior to passing through said framing members, said first and second members are configured to receive a driving force that drives a portion of said first and second members through said framing members, said driving of said first and second members through said framing members causes said angular segments to move toward one another and said elongated segments to move away from one another thereby fastening said framing members together between said elongated segments and said flange segments, and said flange segments are separate and spaced apart prior to said angular segments moving toward one another.