US 11,692,579 B2
Steel stud anchor
Franklin Jiri Call, Pickering (CA); and Mark Robbeson, Toronto (CA)
Assigned to Franklin Jiri Call, Pickering (CA); and Mark Robbeson, Toronto (CA)
Filed by Franklin Jiri Call, Pickering (CA); and Mark Robbeson, Toronto (CA)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/20,311.
Application 17/020,311 is a continuation of application No. 15/425,354, filed on Feb. 6, 2017, granted, now 10,774,866.
Application 15/425,354 is a continuation of application No. 14/632,966, filed on Feb. 26, 2015, granted, now 9,593,705, issued on Mar. 14, 2017.
Application 14/632,966 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/194,679, filed on Mar. 1, 2014, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2021/0062852 A1, Mar. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. F16B 25/00 (2006.01); F16B 25/10 (2006.01); E04B 2/58 (2006.01); E04F 13/08 (2006.01); F16B 23/00 (2006.01); F16B 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 25/0021 (2013.01) [E04B 2/58 (2013.01); E04F 13/0832 (2013.01); F16B 25/0031 (2013.01); F16B 25/0042 (2013.01); F16B 25/0057 (2013.01); F16B 25/0073 (2013.01); F16B 25/0078 (2013.01); F16B 25/10 (2013.01); F16B 25/103 (2013.01); F16B 21/00 (2013.01); F16B 23/0007 (2013.01); F16B 25/00 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49963 (2015.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A metal steel stud anchor for use with a steel stud comprising a head, a shaft and a pointed tip:
wherein the shaft is conically shaped and extends from the head to the pointed tip, with the shaft having a top grooved zone adjacent to the head and a threaded portion adjacent to the grooved zone and extending to the pointed tip, said threaded portion having threads for forming a comma shaped opening in the steel stud as the anchor is screwed through the steel stud, such that the opening is wider at one end and is slightly elongated to one side at an opposing end, wherein the shaft diameter has a non-linear progression along the length of the shaft.