Acoustically attenuating fasteners

Abstract

The general inventive concepts relate to fasteners and systems that use the fasteners to create an acoustically insulated room or space. A fastener for securing a wall panel to a framing member, the fastener including: a head; a shaft; and a sleeve, wherein the shaft extends from a lower surface of the head, wherein a first portion of the shaft includes a helical thread, wherein the sleeve surrounds a second portion of the shaft, and wherein the sleeve is made of an elastomeric material having a shore durometer hardness in the range of 10 to 30.

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