Patent ID: 7257001

Claim:
A device for fastener-free connection comprising: a first object; a second object; and at least one insert made from a heat-shrinkable material installed between said first object and said second object, said at least one insert having two opposite sides; said heat-shrinkable material being thermally shrinkable in a direction that provides movement of said first object and said second object towards each other during shrinking; said at least one insert being attached to said first object and to said second object, respectively, by connection means; and at least one additional object located in a space between said first object and said second object; said heat-shrinkable material being capable of shrinking only in one direction, wherein said heat-shrinkable material is a heat-shrinkable plastic selected from the group consisting of a radiation cross-linked heat-shrinkable polyolefin and a heat-shrinkable fluorocarbon-based material.