STA-PUT / HURRICANE NAIL

摘要

The Sta-Put/Hurricane nail has longitudinal anchoring feature located at the driving point of the nail and/or along the shaft. The longitudinal anchor barbs (hook like barb) actively engage the wood (substrate) material when driven through to provide a superior mechanical bond between two or more pieces of wood material than conventional nails. The notched longitudinal anchor barb actively engages the wood (substrate) when force is applied in opposite direction of that of the driven direction. The barbs provide and maintain superior fastening properties during sustained high velocity windstorms (hurricane, tornadoes, etc.) and effectively resist the “popping out” effect of conventional nails due to weathering and aging. The “popping out” effect is when the nail fails and begins to extract itself, thus weakening and subsequently failing.

主权项

1. The Sta-Put/Hurricane nail is a fastener that prevents the “popping out” effects which plaques the common shank wood nail by and failure of common nails in high velocity winds exposure to maintain a mechanical bond by employing longitudinal anchors. The longitudinal anchors (FIG. 2) are found notched at the shaft/shank/point of the fastening nail. The notched longitudinal anchors have a barb pointed in the opposite direction to which the fastener is driven.