RAIL ATTACHMENT DEVICE

摘要

A strong and repeatedly adjustable butt joint is provided between two members using an apparatus comprising an elongate connecting screw extending from one of the two members to be joined and through a through, hole and into an access opening of the other of the two members to be joined. Positioned within the access opening is a lock comprising a housing, wedge and drive screw. The drive screw moves and then holds the wedge in a locked position capturing the connecting screw to create the butt joint.

主权项

1. An apparatus for creating a butt joint between two members comprising:
(a) a housing adapted to be received within a first of the two members, said housing having a base, a bore extending through the base, and a pair of wall sections extending from the base and defining a first slot and a recess; (b) a wedge adapted to be received within the recess of the housing and moved between a first unlocked position and a second locked position, said wedge having a second slot; (c) a driving member extending through the bore of the housing and adapted to move the wedge between the first unlocked position and the second locked position and then retain the wedge in the second locked position; and (d) a connecting member adapted to extend from a second of the two members, said connecting member comprising an elongate shaft and a head at one end of the shaft, the head adapted to be held by the wedge when the wedge is in the second locked position.