Patent ID: 8206072

Claim:
A quick release nut comprising: a lower body having a lower body top surface, a lower body bottom surface, and a lower body aperture defined by a wall extending between said lower body top surface and said lower body bottom surface, said wall extending 360 degrees about an axis extending through said lower body aperture between said lower body top surface and said lower body bottom surface, at least a portion of said wall defining said lower body aperture having lower body threads; an upper body having an upper body top surface, an upper body bottom surface, and an upper body aperture defined by a wall extending between said upper body top surface and said upper body bottom surface, said wall extending 360 degrees about an axis extending through said upper body aperture between said upper body top surface and said upper body bottom surface, at least a portion of said wall defining said upper body aperture having upper body threads, said lower body top surface positioned adjacent said upper body bottom surface, at least one of said lower body and said upper body moveable relative to the other of said lower body and said upper body; and wherein said lower body aperture and said upper body aperture are positionable to cooperatively define a throughbore extending from said upper body top surface to said lower body bottom surface, said lower body aperture and said upper body aperture positionable in a first, substantially aligned position in which said throughbore has a first diameter and a second, substantially misaligned position in which said throughbore has a second diameter, said first diameter being greater than said second diameter, wherein said upper body is rotatably connected to said lower body, said lower body and said upper body rotatable relative to one another about an axis of rotation, said axis of rotation being eccentric to a throughbore axis extending through a center of said throughbore.