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Article: Connecticut Inventor Develops Concrete Self-Anchoring Fastener
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 10, 2006
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Alex S. Toback of West Hartford, Conn., has developed fasteners which are designed to secure an object to a masonry structure.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastener adapted for anchoring into a masonry structure, such as a concrete block, employs an epoxy resin system so that the fastener is both mechanically engaged and bonded to the structure."
An abstract of the invention, released by the Patent Office, said: "In one preferred configuration, the bead is composed of a hardener, a resin and a nylon powder and has a cardioid-shaped configuration which subtends substantially 360 degree around the shank at an intermediate position of a ...