Patent ID: 7802954

Claim:
A plastic nut adapted to hold the nut in a socket of a tool, the nut comprising: a polygonal portion including a plurality of adjacent faces meeting at a plurality of longitudinal edges, the polygonal potion defining a longitudinal central bore; and, at least one outwardly projecting tapered rib formed on a corresponding longitudinal edge; and wherein the tapered rib is deformable by the tool socket in order to engage the socket and retain the nut in the socket when the nut is inserted in the socket, and the tapered rib includes a leading end and a trailing end and defines an axial length between the leading end and the trailing end; the tapered rib defines a radial depth and the radial depth of the of the rib increases from the leading end to the trailing end; and the maximum radial depth of the rib is significantly less than the axial length.