US 12,168,992 B2
Hardware assembly
Kwan Ming Edwin Kwok, Ontario (CA); and Beesham Mahadeo, Toronto (CA)
Assigned to THE HILLMAN GROUP, INC., Forest Park, OH (US)
Filed by THE HILLMAN GROUP, INC., Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/880,264.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/229,727, filed on Aug. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0039968 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. F16B 37/14 (2006.01); F16B 39/28 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 37/145 (2013.01) [F16B 39/28 (2013.01); F16B 37/14 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a washer/nut member comprising a disc-shaped base plate with a nut-shaped projection extending therefrom, wherein the nut-shaped projection includes a through passage to the disc-shaped base plate and the disc-shaped base plate includes a through opening aligned with the through passage, wherein the through opening is of a rectilinear profile shape, wherein the nut-shaped projection is fixed to the disc-shaped base plate;
a carriage bolt or other fastener engaged with the washer/nut member, wherein the carriage bolt or other fastener includes a head portion and an elongated shaft portion, wherein the head portion of the carriage bolt or other fastener is positioned within the through passage of the nut-shaped projection.