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Toggle bolt

  • US 3,946,636 A
  • Filed: 12/02/1974
  • Issued: 03/30/1976
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/02/1974
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A toggle bolt comprising;

  • a bolt having a head and threaded shank, a toggle member including a sleeve, a nut pivotally mounted within the sleeve and intermediate its ends adapted to received the threaded shank of the bolt, said sleeve having a first slot in one end thereof to permit pivoting of the bolt when engaged with the nut from a first position aligned with the sleeve and a second position crosswise of the sleeve, a leaf spring integrally formed out of a second slot formed in the sleeve, said leaf spring being on the side of the nut opposite the first slot and projected into the sleeve and into the path of the bolt in said first position, said leaf spring acting against the end of the bolt projected through the nut and into contact with the leaf spring to urge the bolt toward its second position, and said bolt adapted to be screwed out of contact with the leaf spring for free swinging pivotal movement between said first and second positions.

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