US PATENT SUBCLASS 411 / 23
.~.~.~ Flowable mass

Current as of: June, 1999
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411 /   HD   EXPANDED, THREADED, DRIVEN, HEADED, TOOL-DEFORMED, OR LOCKED-THREADED FASTENER

15  DF  HAVING SEPARATE EXPANDER MEANS {13}
21  DF  .~ Having securing element projecting through aperture in sleeve {1}
22  DF  .~.~ Deformable element {1}
23.~.~.~ Flowable mass

DEFINITION

Classification: 411/23

Flowable mass:

(under subclass 22) Subject matter wherein the means which is reshaped includes a body composed of either (a) a plastically yieldable material, the overall configuration of which is altered when a force is applied to the body or (b) a plurality of constituent particles which are free to move relative to each other when a force is applied to the body.