Patent ID: 7896595

Claim:
A fastener restraint assembly comprising: a. an engagement fitting for engaging a head of a rotational fastener, said rotational fastener rotatable about a fastener axis, said engagement fitting mountable to said rotational fastener after said rotational fastener has been tightened to a desired torque; wherein said rotational fastener is affixed to a substrate and said head of said rotational fastener lies between said engagement fitting and said substrate; b. an anchor member, attachable to a point that is stationary relative to said fastener; c. a rotational coupling attaching said engagement fitting to said anchor member, said rotational coupling allowing uni-directional rotation of said engagement fitting relative to said anchor member about said fastener axis, to allow rotational alignment of said engagement fitting, and to prevent rotation of said engagement fitting and said rotational fastener in the loosening direction of said fastener once said engagement fitting has been mounted on said rotational fastener and said anchor member has been mounted to said stationary point.