CPC F16B 13/124 (2013.01) [F16B 13/128 (2013.01)] | 4 Claims |
1. A device for restoring damaged fastener holes in a medium comprising:
a fastener sleeve having an exterior surface, a substantially hollow interior, a first narrow end, a second opposite thick end, wherein the fastener sleeve is configured to be selectively shortened to fully fit inside a target fastener hole;
wherein the exterior surface and the hollow interior each taper in decreasing diameter from the second opposite relatively thick end to the first narrow end;
wherein the fastener sleeve comprises a nub section disposed on its second opposite thick end and a plurality of circumferential scores extending sequentially to the first narrow end configured to allow the fastener sleeve to be snapped into two pieces at a location of any of one chosen circumferential score;
wherein the fastener sleeve comprises a textured surface on the exterior surface and said exterior surface further comprising a plurality of randomly placed, non-contiguous mis-aligned semi-spherical raised bumps substantially along an entire length of the exterior surface.
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