Patent ID: 7134821

Claim:
A cage member engageable with a nut member having a threaded aperture, thereby providing a cage nut assembly, said cage member comprising a body configured to encage the nut member and having an aperture formed therein which is configured to allow access to the threaded aperture of the nut member when the nut member is generally encaged by said cage member, said body having a base portion and first and second arm portions extending from said base portion, and a seam defined between said first and second arm portions, said first and second arm portions defining a generally planar surface of said cage member, at least one of said first and second arm portions having at least one protrusion which extends outwardly from and generally perpendicularly to said planar surface, said at least one protrusion configured to be weldable to a mating surface to secure said cage member to the mating surface, said seam being provided proximate to the mating surface, said cage member configured to allow the nut member to be adjusted in at least one dimension relative to said base portion of said body of said cage member when the nut member is encaged by said cage member.