Patent ID: 8496419

Claim:
Method for setting a blind rivet having an essentially cylindrical rivet body and a flange running perpendicular to an axis of the rivet body that forms a contact surface spaced axially along the rivet body a distance from a setting end of the rivet, the method comprising: moving the rivet body into a member until the contact surface projecting radially in relation to the rivet body contacts a surface surrounding a hole formed on a first side of the member; after the rivet body is situated in the member, inserting and connecting a pull element to an interior portion of the rivet body either before or during setting of the rivet; and pulling on the pull element and expanding the setting end of the rivet body to contact a side of the member opposite the first side; wherein a rivet pin is used as the pull element; and further comprising disconnecting the rivet pin from the rivet body after the expansion of a front of the setting end of the rivet body; and wherein the outside of the rivet pin is designed to be smooth, except for a front engaging area and wherein the rivet pin does not include a cap or head of greater diameter than the diameter of the rivet pin.