Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Rumble .@. wrote:

I realised soon after posting that I was wrong. ;-) But I've a feeling
they have a name too. A captive nut suggests something a bolt goes into
rather than a self tapper.


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None of those are the type I'm thinking of. They're made out of thin strip
steel bent to a U shape and clip over a sheet metal edge.

Aren't they U-nuts (no offence!)?