US Patent 10436111 Foreign material exclusion device and retaining member therefor

A retaining member particularly suitable for use as part of a foreign material exclusion device that can be used to temporarily seal an area of a construction from foreign material or debris, wherein the retaining member includes a post adapted to be inserted through a body of the foreign material exclusion device and cap having a rim and a fitting, the latter mateably engageable with an end of the post. The post and fitting each include through bores that are alignable such that they can be connected, for example with an extraction member of the foreign exclusion material device. Foreign material exclusion devices including the retaining member are disclosed.