US 11,028,945 B2Granted

Adjustable fitting assembly

AssigneeAnvil International, LLC

InventorGregory Nicholas Stagliano Ohnemus

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Abstract

Example aspects of fitting assembly and a method for adjusting a length thereof are disclosed. The fitting assembly can comprise a jaw fitting comprising a body, a first jaw extending from the body, and a second jaw extending from the body, the first jaw oriented substantially parallel to the second jaw, the jaw fitting defining a bore formed through the body and a hole formed through the first jaw, the jaw fitting further defining a slot between the first jaw and second jaw; a first fastener engaged with the hole and extending into the slot, the first fastener configured to couple a brace member to the jaw fitting; and a second fastener defining a tail end engaged with the bore, the second fastener repositionable relative to the jaw fitting to adjust a length of the fitting assembly, wherein the second fastener is oriented perpendicular to the first fastener.

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Dependent claims

A method for adjusting a length of a fitting assembly comprising;

providing the fitting assembly, the fitting assembly comprising a tubular brace member and a fitting, the tubular brace member comprising a cylindrical sidewall defining a cylindrical hollow interior, the fitting defining a first jaw, a second jaw, a slot defined between the first jaw and second jaw, a lip proximate to the second jaw and distal to the first jaw, a bore, wherein the bore does not extend into the second jaw, and a hole;
inserting a portion of the cylindrical sidewall of the tubular brace member into the slot;
abutting a peripheral edge of the tubular brace member against an end wall of the slot and against a lip wall of the lip;
inserting a first fastener through the hole and engaging the cylindrical sidewall with the first fastener to couple the fitting to the tubular brace member;
engaging a tail end of a second fastener with the bore, the second fastener selectively repositionable relative to the fitting between a first orientation and a second orientation;
and
repositioning the second fastener relative to the fitting to reposition the second fastener between the first orientation and the second orientation.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/878,483Filed 19 May 2020 · continuation
Priority: 30 Aug 2018
Published: US 2020/0072393 A110 Sep 2020
Granted: 8 Jun 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

F16B 2/10
External, i.e. with contracting action: using pivoting jaws
F16L 3/20
With special provision allowing movement of the pipe: allowing movement in transverse direction
A62C 35/68
Pipe-line systems: details, e.g. of pipes or valve systems
F16B 7/0446
For rods or tubes being in angled relationship: for tubes using the innerside thereof

Family

Application16/117,835Parent of this continuation · filed 30 Aug 2018
US 2020/0284378 A1Pre-grant publication · published 10 Sep 2020
US 10,816,108 B2Related patent
US 2020/0072393 A1Published application
US 11,028,945 B2This patent

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