Patent ID: 6862864

Claim:
A method of fastening two of more steel framing members together with an outwardly expanding fastener, comprising: (a) providing an integrally formed fastener having a head section, a stem section, and a tip section, wherein the fastener further includes a bore formed into the head section and extending downwardly though the stem section into the tip section; (b) positioning the tip section of the fastener adjacent two or more adjacent steel framing members; (c) applying an axial force to the head section of the fastener, thereby forming an opening in such framing member with the tip section and driving the fastener through said framing members until the head section of the fastener is in contact with an outer surface of one of said framing members; and (d) driving a pin through the bore and into contact with an inner surface of the tip section of the fastener, thereby causing outward flaring of a portion of the tip section that extends beyond an underside surface of said framing members such that the outwardly flared portion of the tip section inhibits removal of the fastener from the framing members.