Patent ID: 8556556

Claim:
A screw, comprising: a screw head; and an elongated stem, comprising: a threaded first portion and a non-threaded second portion extending from the distal end of the threaded first portion and a breakaway therebetween, wherein a proximal end of the breakaway is co-extensive with a distal end of the threaded first portion and a distal end of the breakaway is co-extensive with a proximal end of the non-threaded second portion, wherein a diameter of the proximal end of the breakaway is less than a diameter of the distal end of the breakaway, so that the non-threaded second portion and the breakaway decouples cleanly from the threaded first portion when a user applies a torsional or out-of-plane bending force by hand sufficient to decouple the threaded first portion from the non-threaded second portion, without the use of a tool.