Patent ID: 8360406

Claim:
A method for clamping a grouping of two or more work pieces, each with an opening, with the openings being aligned to form a pathway through the work pieces, the method comprising introducing at one end region of the pathway a body member with an engagement portion extending laterally outwardly therefrom; locating a biasing element between the body member and a boundary of the pathway to bias the body member against an opposite boundary of the pathway and in the direction of the engagement portion; aligning the engagement portion with an outer surface portion of a first work piece at one edge of the grouping; locating an anchor member against a second work piece at an opposite edge of the grouping and adjacent a second opposite end region of the pathway; extending a threaded member between the body member and the anchor member; threadably engaging the body member and the anchor member via the treaded member; rotating the threaded member so to draw the body member toward the anchor member wherein the body member is displaced laterally by the engagement of the biasing member between the anchor portion and the body member such that the engagement portion engages the outer surface portion of the first work piece at the one edge with sufficient force to clamp the work pieces between the engagement portion and the anchor member.