US 10,371,314 B2 · Cable tray bracket

Abstract

A bracket for supporting an electrical device on a cable tray. A receiving area includes an aperture for fastening the electrical device. A plurality of retainers flanks the receiving area. The retainers are planar-formed of an integral, uniform-thickness sheet with the receiving area. The retainers extend away from each other on opposite sides of the receiving area, each formed with a relief of locally thickness-reduced sheet material along a line to define at least one fold axis for conforming the retainer to a portion of the cable tray to retain the bracket with respect to the cable tray, with the plurality of retainers extending directly over top outer edges of the cable tray. One or more of the retainers are provided along a first edge of the bracket for engaging a first edge of the cable tray, the first edge devoid of any fasteners and devoid of any fastener apertures.

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Dependent claims

A method of accessorizing a wire cable tray, the method comprising:

providing a mounting bracket having a receiving area and a plurality of retainers, the entire mounting bracket, including the receiving area and the plurality of retainers, having a flat sheet construction;
forming one or more reliefs in each of the plurality of retainers, each of the one or more reliefs formed as a line of locally reduced sheet thickness;
applying the mounting bracket to an exterior portion of the wire cable tray;
bending each of the plurality of retainers about the one or more reliefs formed therein to define one or more respective fold axes;
and
securing at least one electronic device to the mounting bracket with a fastener, the fastener engaging both a portion of the electronic device and an aperture in the receiving area.

3 more elements

A method of accessorizing a cable tray, the cable tray having a first upper edge and a second upper edge spaced laterally from the first upper edge, the method comprising:

providing a mounting bracket having a receiving area and plurality of retainers flanking the receiving area, the entire mounting bracket, including the receiving area and the plurality of retainers, having a flat sheet construction;
applying the mounting bracket to one or both of the first upper edge and the second upper edge of the cable tray such that the receiving area extends at least partially between the first upper edge and the second upper edge and the plurality of retainers extend laterally outside one or both of the first upper edge and the second upper edge;
bending each of the plurality of retainers relative to the receiving area over one or both of the first upper edge and the second upper edge of the cable tray;
and
securing at least one electronic device to the receiving area of the mounting bracket.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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