Patent ID: 8387436

Claim:
An installation kit for installing a structural member in an opening of a workpiece with a mandrel including an expansion portion dimensioned to expand the structural member the kit comprising: the structural member, the structural member including a radial flange on a first end, the radial flange sized to abut at least a portion of a first surface of the workpiece; and an alignment device that is separate and distinct from the structural member, the alignment device including an outer surface; an inner surface defining an opening that has a cross sectional area perpendicular to a direction of passage of the mandrel that is smaller than a cross-sectional area of a portion of the expansion portion of the mandrel, wherein material forming the inner surface is deformable and is sufficiently resilient to align the mandrel with the structural member as the expansion portion of the mandrel passes through and expands the opening of the alignment device; and a contacting surface extending substantially from the inner surface to the outer surface, the contacting surface sized to abut at least a portion of a second surface of the workpiece, the second surface of the workpiece opposing the first surface of the workpiece.