A molly or molly bolt (often misspelled moly ) is a type of screw fastener that fastens objects to plaster or gypsum board hollow walls by providing an anchor to be lodged inside a hole and expanded once in position. Larger sizes permit reasonably heavy objects, such as shelving, flatscreen-TV mounts or central-heating radiators, to be attached to drywall in locations where there is no stud behind the drywall. For heavy objects, multiple molly bolts may be required.
17-609: [REDACTED] Look up Molly , molly , Mollie , mollie , or mollies in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Molly , Mollie or mollies may refer to: Animals [ edit ] Any of the fish in the Mollienesia subgenus, especially Poecilia sphenops , short-finned molly Poecilia latipinna , sailfin molly Poecilia velifera , Yucatan molly People [ edit ] Molly (name) or Mollie,
34-499: A 1973 Broadway musical Molly dance , a form of English Morris dance Film and television [ edit ] Molly (1983 film) , an Australian film by Ned Lander Molly (1999 film) , an American film starring Elisabeth Shue Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front , a 2006 made-for-television film The Roads Not Taken (working title Molly ), a 2020 American drama film by Sally Potter Molly (miniseries) ,
51-446: A 1973 Broadway musical Molly dance , a form of English Morris dance Film and television [ edit ] Molly (1983 film) , an Australian film by Ned Lander Molly (1999 film) , an American film starring Elisabeth Shue Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front , a 2006 made-for-television film The Roads Not Taken (working title Molly ), a 2020 American drama film by Sally Potter Molly (miniseries) ,
68-428: A 19th-century Irish secret society MOLLE , modular lightweight load-carrying equipment See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Molly Moly (disambiguation) Mali (disambiguation) Mallee (disambiguation) Mahle (disambiguation) Mollywood (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
85-428: A 19th-century Irish secret society MOLLE , modular lightweight load-carrying equipment See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Molly Moly (disambiguation) Mali (disambiguation) Mallee (disambiguation) Mahle (disambiguation) Mollywood (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
102-739: A 2016 Australian miniseries Music [ edit ] "Molly" (Bobby Goldsboro song) "Molly" (Lil Pump song) "Molly" (Cedric Gervais song) "Molly" (Tyga song) " Molly (16 Candles Down the Drain) ", a 1995 single by Sponge "Molly", a song by Mindless Self Indulgence from Tight "Molly", a song by Mike Oldfield from QE2 "Molly", a song by Ween from the album The Pod The Mollys , an American band mixing Celtic folk and Tejano music Flogging Molly , an American Celtic punk band Places [ edit ] Aşağı Mollu , Azerbaijan, also called Molly Mollie, Indiana , an extinct American village Mollee, New South Wales,
119-691: A 2016 Australian miniseries Music [ edit ] "Molly" (Bobby Goldsboro song) "Molly" (Lil Pump song) "Molly" (Cedric Gervais song) "Molly" (Tyga song) " Molly (16 Candles Down the Drain) ", a 1995 single by Sponge "Molly", a song by Mindless Self Indulgence from Tight "Molly", a song by Mike Oldfield from QE2 "Molly", a song by Ween from the album The Pod The Mollys , an American band mixing Celtic folk and Tejano music Flogging Molly , an American Celtic punk band Places [ edit ] Aşağı Mollu , Azerbaijan, also called Molly Mollie, Indiana , an extinct American village Mollee, New South Wales,
136-509: A female given name, including a list of persons and characters with the name Molly Pitcher , one of several American women believed to have helped fight against British forces during the American Revolution Molly Malone , a mythical 19th-century Irish fishmonger and associated folk song and statue Molly Mormon , a stereotype of a Latter-day Saints woman Dance and theatre [ edit ] Molly (musical) ,
153-434: A female given name, including a list of persons and characters with the name Molly Pitcher , one of several American women believed to have helped fight against British forces during the American Revolution Molly Malone , a mythical 19th-century Irish fishmonger and associated folk song and statue Molly Mormon , a stereotype of a Latter-day Saints woman Dance and theatre [ edit ] Molly (musical) ,
170-481: A parish in White County, New South Wales In street slang [ edit ] MDMA 's crystallized form, a party drug Molotov cocktail , an improvised bottle-based incendiary weapon Molly house , a meeting place for gay men in 18th- and 19th-century England Other uses [ edit ] Molly (fastener) , a type of wall anchor Molly (memoir) , a 2023 memoir by Blake Butler Molly Maguires ,
187-427: A parish in White County, New South Wales In street slang [ edit ] MDMA 's crystallized form, a party drug Molotov cocktail , an improvised bottle-based incendiary weapon Molly house , a meeting place for gay men in 18th- and 19th-century England Other uses [ edit ] Molly (fastener) , a type of wall anchor Molly (memoir) , a 2023 memoir by Blake Butler Molly Maguires ,
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#1732850994248204-421: Is used to distinguish the plastic type ( wall plugs ) from mollies. The molly bolt was patented in 1934 by George Frederick Croessant. Although his patent acknowledges that expandable fasteners of this general kind were already known, Croessant's patent is intended to provide "an improved and adequate anchoring grip that may be retightened if necessary and that will permit repeated withdrawals and reengagements of
221-446: The associated bolt." The same year, Croessant also registered the trademark "MOLLY". The fastener is an anchor, an expandable sleeve that slides into a hole drilled into the wall. A lip wider than the hole prevents it from falling behind the wall, and often features such as cleats/spikes prevent it from rotating when being compressed. A machine screw is screwed into the sleeve, causing the anchor to bend, expand, spread and grip against
238-488: The 💕 [REDACTED] Look up Molly , molly , Mollie , mollie , or mollies in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Molly , Mollie or mollies may refer to: Animals [ edit ] Any of the fish in the Mollienesia subgenus, especially Poecilia sphenops , short-finned molly Poecilia latipinna , sailfin molly Poecilia velifera , Yucatan molly People [ edit ] Molly (name) or Mollie,
255-449: The title Molly . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Molly&oldid=1256685080 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Molly From Misplaced Pages,
272-459: The title Molly . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Molly&oldid=1256685080 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Molly (fastener) The name Molly
289-440: Was formerly trademarked but is now often used in generic reference . Other names used for this same general type of fastener include hollow-wall anchor and hollow-door anchor , sometimes with design variations but always with the same design theme of expansion via deformation as the screw is tightened. The name drywall anchor sometimes is used in a way that includes both mollies and plastic deformable anchors, and sometimes it
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