Patent ID: 7104105

Claim:
In a method for producing on a plate-shaped workpiece having a principal plane, a threaded projection extending from the body of the workpiece at an angle relative to the principal plane of the workpiece, the steps comprising: (a) making cuts in a plate-shaped workpiece to produce a lug ( 2 ) with two sides and having one end joined by a junction ( 3 ) to the body of the workpiece ( 4 ) and including a cut along the course of a threaded contour ( 5 , 6 ) on at least one side of the lug ( 2 ) said contour extending from said junction ( 3 ) with said body of said workpiece ( 4 ), and said lug ( 2 ) extending in the principal plane of the body of said workpiece; and (b) bending said lug ( 2 ) having said threaded contour ( 5 , 6 ) out of said plane of said body of said workpiece ( 4 ) to form a threaded projection extending at an angle relative to the principal plane of said body of said workpiece ( 4 ).