US 12,228,165 B2
Sealed fastener cap and related method of manufacture
Christopher M. Colyn, Grandville, MI (US); Todd E.A. Schwartzkopf, Hudsonville, MI (US); and Roger A. Vandenberg, Hudsonville, MI (US)
Assigned to National Nail Corp., Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Filed by National Nail Corp., Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/133,710.
Application 18/133,710 is a division of application No. 17/718,926, filed on Apr. 12, 2022, granted, now 11,674,544.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/177,128, filed on Apr. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0258221 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. F16B 41/00 (2006.01); B25C 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 41/005 (2013.01) [B25C 7/00 (2013.01); F16B 41/00 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
11. A method of using a fastener cap system, the method comprising:
providing a plurality of rigid caps, each rigid cap including a cap uppermost surface and a cap lowermost surface, each rigid cap joined with a sealing member, the sealing member being disposed above the cap lowermost surface in a pre-installation mode; and
moving the plurality of rigid caps along a cap feeder such that at least one of the cap lowermost surface and the cap uppermost surface slidably engages the cap feeder, but the sealing member does not engage the cap feeder in the pre-installation mode as the plurality of rigid caps move along the cap feeder.