Patent ID: 8813437

Claim:
An integral shim-pack with a flexible adjustment pull tang for adjusting distances between a first structural surface and an opposed second structural surface, the integral shim-pack comprising: a. a wedge-shaped male shim having a thick back end and an opposed thin front end, having a base surface and an opposed sloped contact surface extending between the back and front ends, and the male shim including the flexible adjustment pull tang secured to the male shim and extending beyond the thin front end a distance that is greater than a distance between the thick back end and thin front end of the male shim; b. a wedge-shaped female shim having a thick back end and an opposed thin front end, having a base surface and an opposed sloped contact surface extending between the back and front ends, and the female shim defining a tang groove extending along the sloped contact surface between a first side and an opposed second side of the female shim to and through the thick end, the female shim also including a bridge passing over the tang groove at the thick end to define a tang passage at the thick end through which the tang extends beyond the thick end of the female shim; and, c. the tang groove being configured to receive the pull tang of the male shim whenever the sloped contact surface adjacent the thin end of the male shim is positioned adjacent and overlying the sloped contact surface adjacent the thin end of the female shim, and the tang groove and bridge being configured so that the pull tang extends between the bridge and the tang groove and beyond the thick end of the female shim.