US 12,215,730 B2
Fastener assembly
Jon Lambert, Crown Point, IN (US); and Kent Troxel, Highland, IN (US)
Assigned to Advanced Wheel Locks LLC, Crown Point, IN (US)
Filed by Advanced Wheel Locks LLC, Crown Point, IN (US)
Filed on Aug. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/888,407.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/233,865, filed on Aug. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0056188 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. F16B 41/00 (2006.01); B60B 3/16 (2006.01); F16B 37/14 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 41/005 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fastener assembly comprising:
a threaded fastener having a threaded shaft and a head coupled to the threaded shaft;
an engagement member having a central cavity and an outer profile having a plurality of notches cut therein to define an engagement feature that is engageable by a torquing member;
a retention member configured to engage the engagement member and retain the head of the threaded fastener within the central cavity of the engagement member; and
a lower base threaded on the threaded shaft and into abutment with the engagement member and/or the retention member,
wherein the central cavity is configured to engage the head of the threaded fastener such that rotation of the engagement member results in similar rotation of the threaded fastener.