IP Library Granted Patent US 12,369,959
Granted Patent B2
US 12,369,959 · App. 18/082,905 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Screw with an improved screw head

Inventors: E Erik Timothy (Apollo Beach, FL); Chih-Hsien Shen (Kaohsiung, TW); Tse-Kuang Jou (Kaohsiung, TW)
Assignee: PRIMESOURCE BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC.
A61B17/8605A61B17/863A61B17/8635
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Patent No.
US 12,369,959
App. No.
18/082,905
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A screw with an improved screw head is provided. The screw may include a shank in between a head and a tip. The head may include a plurality of protrusions provided radially along the head. Each of the plurality of protrusions may include a protrusion wall, a leading wall, a trailing wall, and a bottom wall; the trailing wall may include one single trailing surface, the leading wall may include a plurality of leading surfaces, and the bottom wall may include at least one bottom surface.

Claims (19)

1. A screw comprising:

a shank in between a head and a tip, the shank including a first portion having a first thread, a second portion having a smooth exterior surface, a third portion have a knurled surface, and a fourth portion having a smooth exterior surface, wherein:

the first portion is provided between the second portion and the tip,

the second portion is provided between the first portion and the third portion,

the third portion is provided between the second portion and the fourth portion,

wherein the head includes a plurality of protrusions provided radially along the head, wherein each of the plurality of protrusions includes a protrusion wall, a leading wall, a trailing wall, and a bottom wall.

2. The screw of claim 1 , wherein the trailing wall comprises one single trailing surface.

3. The screw of claim 1 , wherein the leading wall comprises a plurality of leading surfaces.

4. The screw of claim 1 , wherein the bottom wall comprises a plurality of bottom surfaces.

5. The screw of claim 4 , wherein at least one of the plurality of bottom surfaces is parallel to a top surface of the head.

6. The screw of claim 1 , wherein the tip includes a flute.

7. The screw of claim 1 , wherein the tip includes a second thread.

8. The screw of claim 7 , wherein the first thread and the second thread together form one continuous thread.

9. The screw of claim 1 , wherein the first thread includes a plurality of notches.

10. The screw of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of notches are provided on the first thread in a helical pattern.

11. The screw of claim 1 , wherein the head includes a plurality of frustoconical portions such that each successive frustoconical portion has a diameter smaller than a previous frustoconical portion.

12. The screw of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of protrusions each extends downwardly from a top surface of the head and extends outwardly from at least one of the plurality of frustoconical portions.

13. The screw of claim 12 , wherein a radius portion is provided in between two of the plurality of frustoconical portions.

14. The screw of claim 1 , wherein the protrusion wall is frustoconical in shape with an axis that extends through a center of the screw.

Assignments (4)
SECOND LIEN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 23, 2025
From: PRIMESOURCE BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC.; WATERMARK DESIGNS, LLC; HARDWARE RESOURCES, INC.; TOP KNOBS USA, INC.; NATIONWIDE INDUSTRIES, LLC; WSB HARDWARE, INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 073191/0683 →
FIRST LIEN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT Recorded Oct 3, 2025
From: PRIMESOURCE BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC.; WATERMARK DESIGNS, LLC; HARDWARE RESOURCES, INC.; WSB HARDWARE, INC.; NATIONWIDE INDUSTRIES, LLC; WSB HARDWARE, INC.
To: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 072996/0798 →
FIRST LIEN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 3, 2025
From: PRIMESOURCE BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC.; WATERMARK DESIGNS, LLC; HARDWARE RESOURCES, INC.; TOP KNOBS USA, INC.; NATIONWIDE INDUSTRIES, LLC; WSB HARDWARE, INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 072996/0843 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 13, 2023
From: TIMOTHY, E. ERIK; SHEN, CHIH-HSIEN; JOU, TSE-KUANG
To: PRIMESOURCE BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC.
Reel/Frame 062373/0885 →
Continuity (1)
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