Patent ID: 7264287

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising an elongated member that includes a plurality of sections, the plurality of sections comprises two end sections and at least one middle section, each separated by a stop member, each section comprises a shaft, at least one head and at least one breaking portion, and the end sections comprises a first end having a head, each oppositely directed from one another and a second end connected to a stop member; a body having at least one aperture and at least one cavity communicating with the aperture for receiving, in a receiving direction, and locking the respective heads such that, when locked in the cavity, the heads cannot be removed in a direction opposite the receiving direction without destroying the apparatus, the cavity having a length capable of receiving and retaining more than one of the heads in axial alignment such that a first of the heads may be received and locked within the body and subsequently permit the first head to be urged further in the receiving direction by a second of the heads such that the second head is locked within the body, thereby permitting multiple reusable locking actions; wherein the head and the elongate member are operable to pass through one or more apertures of an object and the heads are operable to lock in the cavity such that the body is locked to the object; wherein a given section may be broken at the breaking portion after the head thereof has been locked into the cavity, a further one of the heads may be inserted into the cavity urging the head of the given section forward, and the further head is locked within the cavity; wherein the at least one breaking portion is disposed between one or more heads and the stop member, and the stop member is sized and shaped so as not to be receivable into the body.