초록 ▼

A device is provided which enables one or more objects to be secured to a structure, where the device passes through a hole in one or more structures located between the object, and the structure to which attachment is desired. The device is particularly useful for attaching window protection device

A device is provided which enables one or more objects to be secured to a structure, where the device passes through a hole in one or more structures located between the object, and the structure to which attachment is desired. The device is particularly useful for attaching window protection devices, such as rolldown shutter tracks and sheets of plywood. The device can be screwed, or otherwise attached, to wood structural framing which are concealed beneath veneer, such as bricks and other masonry. The other end of the device receives a tool which allows such an installation, and also the removal of the device. The other end also receives a fastener, such as a bolt, which secures the material or the track to the end of the device, the end of the device being substantially flush with the exterior veneer surface. When not being used to secure such material, a capped plastic plug is provided which is received by the exposed end of the device, for protecting the device interior, and concealing the annulus around the device from view. Related methods are also provided.

대표청구항 ▼

[ I claim:] [1.]1. In combination with a veneer wall having wood frame structure surrounding a window opening, the wood frame structure being behind a veneer portion of the veneer wall, a device for attaching a sheet of material to such wood frame structure through holes bored in the veneer portion

[ I claim:] [1.]1. In combination with a veneer wall having wood frame structure surrounding a window opening, the wood frame structure being behind a veneer portion of the veneer wall, a device for attaching a sheet of material to such wood frame structure through holes bored in the veneer portion of the veneer wall such that substantially all the load of the sheet of material is supported by the device, the device comprising an elongated member, the member having a first end and a second end, the member first end having threads for attaching the member to the wood frame structure, the member second end having an interior wall and a hollow interior, the second end interior wall defining the second end hollow interior, the second end interior wall having a first portion, the first portion being shaped and sized for receiving a fastener within the second end hollow interior, the second end interior wall having a second portion, the second portion being shaped and sized to receive a tool, such that the member is rotatable, in either direction, by manipulation of the received tool.