Patent ID: 7972095

Claim:
A device for securing work pieces comprising a first body and a second body, the first body including at least two opposed body sections, a resiliently compressible biasing portion arranged to allow an outer diameter of the first body to contract allowing passage within a plurality of aligned openings in said work pieces, a restraining portion for preventing the first body from expanding beyond an operable expanded orientation, the first body including a segment of an engagement portion near a first end thereof, the engagement portion including an operative surface to engage an outer surface on a first outer work piece, the first body having a second end and a threaded inner support extending between the opposed body sections, the second body being operable to engage an outer surface on a second outer work piece, the second body including a passage to receive a threaded member to engage the threaded inner support, the threaded member being rotationally operational to draw the first body toward the second body.