# US 11,306,867 B2 · Mounting system for elevating platform > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,306,867 B2 - Document ID: US11306867B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/084,130 - Filed: 2020-10-29 - Published: 2021-02-18 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2016-06-10 - Assignees: Altec Industries, Inc. - Applicants: Altec Industries, Inc. - Inventors: Ryan J. McKinney; Kyle E. Hoffmann; Jace Hegg - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11306867B2 ## CPC - F16M 13/02: for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle - B66F 11/044: {Working platforms suspended from booms} - H01B 17/24: Insulators apertured for fixing by nail, screw, wire, or bar, e.g. diabolo, bobbin - Y02E 10/47: Mountings or tracking - F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS - B66F: HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD ({invalid lifting devices A61G7/10; } mounting artificial islands on piles or like supports E02B17/00; scaffolding combined with lifting devices E04G1/22; lifting devices for sliding forms E04G11/24; lifting of buildings E04G23/06; shores or struts E04G25/00; lifts or other hoisting devices on ladders E06C7/12; props for mining E21D15/00) - H01B: CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES (selection for magnetic properties H01F1/00; waveguides H01P {; printed circuits H05K}) - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract Mounting plates for elevating platforms, including a mounting apparatus with interior and exterior reinforcement components elongated vertically. The interior reinforcement piece includes an embedded bolt that extends from the interior reinforcement piece, through a wall of the platform, and through the exterior reinforcement component. The interior and exterior reinforcement components have a stepped construction to convert peel stress to shear stress. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mounting apparatus for an elevating platform with at least one surface comprising: at least one interior reinforcement component, at least one exterior reinforcement component, and at least one fastener; wherein the at least one interior reinforcement component and the at least one exterior reinforcement component are positioned on an interior and an exterior of the at least one surface, respectively; and wherein the at least one fastener extends through the at least one surface and through the at least one exterior reinforcement component on an outside of the platform. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mounting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one interior reinforcement component is vertically elongated. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The mounting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one exterior reinforcement component is vertically elongated. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The mounting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one interior reinforcement component includes a first subcomponent and a second subcomponent. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The mounting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the interior reinforcement component includes a protrusion that is constructed to receive and electrically insulate the at least one fastener. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The mounting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one interior reinforcement component or the at least one exterior reinforcement component is constructed from fiber-reinforced thermosets, unreinforced thermosets, fiber-reinforced thermoplastics, unreinforced thermoplastics, filled thermoplastics, or filled thermosets. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The mounting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one exterior reinforcement component is constructed with stepped layers. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The mounting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one interior reinforcement component is constructed with stepped layers. ### Claim 9 A mounting apparatus for an elevating platform with at least one surface comprising: at least one exterior reinforcement component and at least one fastener; wherein the at least one exterior reinforcement component is positioned on an exterior of the at least one surface; wherein the at least one exterior reinforcement component is constructed with a stepped shape; and wherein the at least one fastener extends through the at least one exterior reinforcement component. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The mounting apparatus of claim 9, wherein the at least one exterior reinforcement component is vertically elongated. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The mounting apparatus of claim 9, wherein the stepped shape redirects peel stress into shear stress along the stepped shape. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The mounting apparatus of claim 9, wherein layers of the stepped shape are a series of raised thicknesses that extend away from the at least one surface. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The mounting apparatus of claim 9, wherein layers of the stepped shape are oblique toward a vertical midline of the platform. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The mounting apparatus of claim 9, wherein the at least one exterior reinforcement component is constructed from fiber-reinforced thermosets, unreinforced thermosets, fiber-reinforced thermoplastics, unreinforced thermoplastics, filled thermoplastics, or filled thermosets. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The mounting apparatus of claim 9, further comprising at least one interior reinforcement component. ### Claim 16 A mounting apparatus for an elevating platform with at least one surface comprising: at least two interior reinforcement assemblies, at least two exterior reinforcement components, and fasteners; wherein the at least two interior reinforcement assemblies are positioned on an interior of the at least one surface; wherein the at least two exterior reinforcement components are positioned on an exterior of the at least one surface; wherein each of the fasteners extend through the at least one surface and through one of the at least two exterior reinforcement components. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The mounting apparatus of claim 16, wherein the at least two interior reinforcement assemblies each include a first subcomponent. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The mounting apparatus of claim 16, wherein an end of at least one of the fasteners is encapsulated within at least one first interior reinforcement component. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The mounting apparatus of claim 16, further comprising at least one protrusion, wherein the at least one protrusion extends from at least one of the at least two interior reinforcement assemblies, through the at least one surface, and to at least one of the at least two exterior reinforcement components, and wherein the at least one protrusion is constructed to receive and electrically insulate at least one of the fasteners. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The mounting apparatus of claim 16, wherein the at least two interior reinforcement assemblies or the at least two exterior reinforcement components are constructed from fiber-reinforced thermosets, unreinforced thermosets, fiber-reinforced thermoplastics, unreinforced thermoplastics, filled thermoplastics, or filled thermosets.