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US 11,445,866 B2Granted
Wall mount bar assembly
AssigneeLiberty Hardware Mfg. Corp.
InventorJames Leroy Daniels
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Abstract
A wall mount towel bar assembly provides a wall mount bracket adapted to be mounted to a planar surface. A threaded shaft is supported upon the wall mount bracket for rotation relative to the wall mount bracket. A sleeve is in threaded engagement with the threaded shaft with a sleeve aperture formed therein. A bar is received for translation in the sleeve aperture. Rotation of the threaded shaft locks the bar in the sleeve to maintain a position of the bar within the sleeve.
Claims18
A wall mount towel bar assembly comprising:
- a wall mount bracket adapted to be mounted to a planar surface;
- a threaded shaft supported upon the wall mount bracket for rotation relative to the wall mount bracket;
- a sleeve in threaded engagement with the threaded shaft with a sleeve aperture formed through the sleeve;
- and
- a bar received for translation through the sleeve aperture, whereby rotation of the threaded shaft in a first rotary direction locks the bar in the sleeve to maintain a position of the bar within the sleeve, and rotation of the threaded shaft in a second rotary direction that is opposite than the first rotary direction unlocks the bar in the sleeve to allow the bar to extend through the sleeve and permit linear adjustment of the bar in a range of positions relative to the sleeve for adjustability of a position of the bar relative to the wall mount bracket, the threaded shaft and the sleeve.
2 more elements
A method of installing a wall mount towel bar assembly comprising the steps of:
- providing a wall mount bracket adapted to be mounted to a planar surface;
- providing a threaded shaft supported upon the wall mount bracket for rotation relative to the wall mount bracket;
- providing a sleeve in threaded engagement with the threaded shaft with a sleeve aperture formed through the sleeve;
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- providing a bar received for translation through the sleeve aperture, whereby rotation of the threaded shaft in a first rotary direction locks the bar in the sleeve to maintain a position of the bar within the sleeve, and rotation of the threaded shaft in a second rotary direction that is opposite than the first rotary direction unlocks the bar in the sleeve to allow the bar to extend through the sleeve and permit linear adjustment of the bar in a range of positions relative to the sleeve for adjustability of a position of the bar relative to the wall mount bracket, the threaded shaft and the sleeve;
- wherein the wall mount bracket is a first wall mount bracket;
- wherein the sleeve is a first sleeve;
- wherein the threaded shaft is a first threaded shaft;
- providing a second wall mount bracket adapted to be mounted to the planar surface;
- providing a second threaded shaft supported upon the second wall mount bracket for rotation relative to the second wall mount bracket;
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- providing a second sleeve in threaded engagement with the second threaded shaft with an aperture formed therein to receive the bar for translation in the second sleeve, whereby rotation of the second threaded shaft locks the bar in the second sleeve to maintain a position of the bar within the second sleeve;
- mounting the first wall mount bracket and the second wall mount bracket to a wall;
- installing a pair of collars upon the first wall mount bracket and the second wall mount bracket;
- translating the bar within the first sleeve and the second sleeve that are supported upon the pair of collars to a selected position;
- tightening the first threaded shaft between the first sleeve and a corresponding first collar from the pair of collars;
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- tightening the second threaded shaft between the second sleeve and a corresponding second collar from the pair of collars to retain the selected position of the bar relative to the first sleeve and the second sleeve.
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A method of installing a wall mount towel bar assembly comprising the steps of:
- providing a wall mount bracket adapted to be mounted to a planar surface;
- providing a threaded shaft supported upon the wall mount bracket for rotation relative to the wall mount bracket;
- providing a sleeve in threaded engagement with the threaded shaft with a sleeve aperture formed through the sleeve;
- and
- providing a bar received for translation through the sleeve aperture, whereby rotation of the threaded shaft in a first rotary direction locks the bar in the sleeve to maintain a position of the bar within the sleeve, and rotation of the threaded shaft in a second rotary direction that is opposite than the first rotary direction unlocks the bar in the sleeve to allow the bar to extend through the sleeve and permit linear adjustment of the bar in a range of positions relative to the sleeve for adjustability of a position of the bar relative to the wall mount bracket, the threaded shaft and the sleeve;
- mounting the wall mount bracket to a wall;
- installing a collar upon the wall mount bracket;
- translating the bar within the sleeve that is supported upon the collar, to a selected position;
- and
- tightening a post between the sleeve and the collar to retain the selected position of the bar relative to the sleeve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.