David L Lyons

US Patent:

20150275956, Oct 1, 2015

Filed:

Apr 1, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/676023

Inventors:

- Solon OH, US
Peter B. Korte - Bay Village OH, US
Raymond S. Laughlin - Middlefield OH, US
Raymond M. Olle - Broadview Heights OH, US
David Lyons - Mantua OH, US
Ronald A. Jones - Cleveland Heights OH, US
Nicholas J. Ambrogio - Highland Heights OH, US

International Classification:

F16B 39/24

Abstract:

A securement device includes a pair of plungers movable within a housing. The plungers act as quick lock mechanism to engage and secure a threaded rod (or other object) that passes into a hole that runs through the housing. The plungers are spring-biased to position themselves toward so as to provide a radially inward force, for example to engage a threaded rod or device in the through hole in the housing. A spring within the housing presses the plunger pieces toward a portion of the housing where the outer surfaces engage other surfaces to push the plungers inward. The device includes a disengagement feature or mechanism that is used to push the plunger pieces out of engagement with the threaded rod. The disengagement feature may include a disengagement tool, and may include wings, such as on the plungers or on carriers for the plungers, that protrude out of the housing.