US Patent Issued on April 21 for "Wall anchor with deformable expandable part" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,217, issued on April 21.

"Wall anchor with deformable expandable part" was invented by Pierre McDuff (Outremont, Canada) and Lang Nguyen (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anchor for hollow walls comprises a main body and an anchor member. The main body includes a proximal end adapted to be engaged by a rotatable tool to rotate the anchor about a longitudinal axis thereof and to cause it to gradually engage a wall, a distal end adapted to cut through the wall as the anchor is rotated, and a shank between the proximal and distal ends. The anchor member includes expandable wings and a body defining a hole, ...