US 11,746,811 B2
Connector pin
Chad H Jones, Frisco, TX (US); and Marcos Gonzalez, North Richland Hills, TX (US)
Assigned to Signature Systems Group, LLC, Flower Mound, TX (US)
Filed by Signature Systems Group, LLC, Flower Mound, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 25, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/582,077.
Prior Publication US 2021/0088061 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. F16B 5/06 (2006.01); F16B 21/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 5/0621 (2013.01) [F16B 21/02 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pin for connecting modular floor mats, said pin comprising:
a first end, an opposite second end and a stem extending along a longitudinal axis interconnected between said first and second ends;
a head at said first end having a radius;
a foot at said second end having at least one extension member extending along a foot axis transverse to said longitudinal axis, said at least one extension member having a length less than said radius of said head and an engagement surface configured to contact a portion of at least one of said modular floor mats;
said stem having a neck defined along at least a portion thereof;
a retention member disposed along a portion of said stem between said head and said foot, said retention member having:
(i) a collar disposed circumferentially around said neck, selectively rotatable relative thereto, and forming a frictional fit with said neck to restrict incidental rotation of said stem relative to said retention member; and
(ii) at least one arm extending from said collar entirely along an arm axis transverse to said longitudinal axis and by a distance less than said radius of said head, said at least one arm having an engagement surface configured to contact a pocket extending from a bore of at least one of said modular floor mats;
wherein said pocket is correspondingly dimensioned to enclose, receive and frictionally restrain said arm of said pin from rotational motion about said longitudional axis.