US 12,104,628 B2
Fastener hole restoration device
James Stathis, Morris Plains, NJ (US)
Assigned to Shark Toolers, Morris Plains, NJ (US)
Filed by Shark Toolers, Morris Plains, NJ (US)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/561,027.
Prior Publication US 2023/0204061 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. F16B 13/12 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 13/124 (2013.01) [F16B 13/128 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.