NAIL HAVING A PAIR OF OUTWARDLY DIVERGING HEAD ELEMENTS SHAPED TO PROVIDE PACKAGING, DRIVING AND FASTENING EFFECTIVENESS AND PACKAGE THEREOF

摘要

A nail constructed with a pair of head elements extending outwardly from one end of an elongated shank in diverging relation with respect to each other. The head elements are shaped to permit a multiplicity of such nails to be packaged in correspondingly head oriented parallel relation with the shanks of adjacent nails disposed in substantial abutting engagement and preferably with the head elements of adjacent nails in at least partial coextensive relation. The head elements are also shaped so that when the nail is driven into a workpiece at least a portion of the head elements will extend across the grain of a wood workpiece irrespective of the orientation of the head elements with respect to the workpiece. The head elements are also shaped so that the nail can be driven from a package of such nails within a fastener driving tool in such a way that guiding contact with the shank can be maintained at three annularly spaced locations thereabout so that movement in all four transverse component directions can be controlled substantially throughout the longitudinal driving movement of the nail and the driving movement can be accomplished by a fastener driving element having a size and shape at least equal to the shank and disposed in alignment therewith without head interference from the next adjacent nail of the package.