THE HILLMAN GROUP, INC.

An anchor for wallboard installation includes an elongated anchor body including a driving end and a wall boring end. The anchor body has a main body portion running from the driving end toward the wall boring end, and at least one thread extending along regions of the main body portion. The anchor body includes an internal bore surrounded by a wall of the main body portion. The anchor body includes diametrically opposed first and second thinwall segments formed in the wall of the main body portion to facilitate axial split of the main body portion along lines of weakness created by the first and second thinwall segments.

A screw includes a head end, a shank and a tapered end, the head end including a tool engaging part, the shank having a central axis, the head end located at a first end of the shank and the tapered end located at a second end of the shank. A thread is formed along the shank, begins on the tapered end, extends onto the shank and toward the head end. The head end includes a neck running from the first end of the shank to a head cap, wherein the head cap includes an underside facing the tapered end and defining an annular ledge, wherein the annular ledge faces the tapered end. The neck includes a first frustoconical segment running from the shank to an axial location spaced from the annular ledge, wherein the neck includes a second frustoconical segment running from the annular ledge toward the axial location.

A wood screw includes a head end, a shank and a tapered end, the head end including a tool engaging part, the head end located at a first end of the shank and the tapered end located at a second end of the shank. A thread is formed along the shank. The head end includes a neck running from the first end of the shank to a head cap, wherein the head cap includes an underside facing the tapered end, wherein the underside includes a plurality of serrations extending around the underside, each serration having a leading face and a trailing face that define a cutting edge, wherein the trailing face of each serration tapers away from the tapered end. A reaming section may be provided between the thread and the head end. The thread may include a notch configuration. The thread may be a dual start thread.

An anchor assembly for hanging an object on a wall includes a first anchor component and a second anchor component. The second anchor component is pivotably associated with the first anchor component for movement between an anchoring orientation and a non-anchoring orientation to enable staged installation of the anchor assembly into a wall. At least one wall penetrating retainer extends from each of the first and second anchor components. When the second anchor component is in the anchoring orientation a curved configuration of the wall penetrating extent of the retainer of the second anchor component opposes a curved configuration of the wall penetrating extent of the retainer of the first anchor component to form a jaw-type arrangement.