Patent ID: 6893024

Claim:
A gasket comprising a generally planar body formed of at least a top and a bottom layer; a plurality of apertures formed in both said top and bottom layers of said gasket, wherein at least one of said apertures of said top layer is concentrically and axially aligned with a mating aperture of said bottom layer to define a pair of axially juxtaposed mated apertures in said layers, each of said mated apertures defining a circumferential boundary edge: a bolt retainer formed in the boundary edge of at least said mated aperture in at least said top layer of said gasket; said retainer defining at least a pair of radially inwardly extending tabs, each tab defining an L-shaped tang positioned adjacent to, in symmetrical registration with, and radially inwardly of and radially spaced from, the boundary edge of said mated aperture formed in said bottom layer.