System and method for mounting structures to a vehicle
AssigneeAdrian Steel Company
InventorsEarl Richard Austin, III, Mark Anthoney Henry, Jr., Joshua Merle Rogers, Thomas Michael Willis, Kyle Jeffery Lakatos
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Abstract
A system and method for mounting structures to a vehicle may include providing an anchor point; the anchor point may have of an anchor point aperture in a structural member. The system and method may also include securing a plate to the anchor point by aligning an aperture in an anchor flange of the plate with the anchor point aperture. The system and method may also include locating a fastener through the anchor flange aperture and the anchor point aperture to secure the plate to the anchor point.
Claims27
A method for mounting structures to a vehicle, comprising:
- providing an anchor point, the anchor point comprised of an anchor point aperture in a structural member;
- securing a plate to the anchor point by aligning an aperture in an anchor flange of the plate with the anchor point aperture;
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- locating a fastener through the anchor flange aperture and the anchor point aperture to secure the plate to the anchor point;
- wherein a lower surface of the plate is placed in direct facing contact with an upper surface of a floor, and a lower surface of the floor is on an exterior of the vehicle.
A method for mounting structures to a vehicle, comprising:
- providing a plurality of anchor points in a plurality of structural members, the anchor points each comprised of an anchor point aperture, wherein the plurality of anchor points are coplanar with one another;
- locating a first plate having a substantially planar upper surface and a substantially planar lower surface on a floor deck so that the lower surface is in direct facing contact with an upper surface of the floor deck, and the upper surface of the first plate is below the plurality of anchor points;
- locating a second plate having a substantially planar upper surface and a substantially planar lower surface on the floor deck so the upper and lower surfaces of the second plate are substantially coplanar with the first plate;
- aligning an aperture in an angled anchor point flange on each plate with one of the anchor point apertures;
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- connecting each plate with one of the anchor points by locating a fastener through each anchor point flange aperture into a respective anchor point aperture.
A system for mounting structures to a vehicle, comprising:
- an anchor point in a structural member of the vehicle, the anchor point having an anchor point aperture;
- a plate having an upper surface and a lower surface,
- an anchor flange extending at an angle with respect to the upper surface, the anchor flange having an anchor flange aperture therein, wherein the anchor flange aperture is aligned with the anchor point aperture;
- a fastener extending through the anchor flange aperture and the anchor point aperture to secure the plate to the anchor point.
A system for mounting structures to a vehicle, comprising:
- an anchor point in each of two structural members, each anchor point having an anchor point aperture;
- a first plate having an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower surface located in direct facing contact with an upper surface of a floor deck of the vehicle;
- a second plate having an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower surface located in direct facing contact with the upper surface of the floor deck of the vehicle, the second plate being coplanar with the first plate;
- wherein the upper surfaces of the first plate and the second plate are located below the anchor points at a substantially equal distance;
- a first anchor flange extending at a first angle with respect to the upper surface of the first plate, the first anchor flange having an anchor flange aperture therein, wherein the first anchor flange aperture is aligned with one anchor point aperture;
- a second anchor flange extending at a second angle with respect to the upper surface of the second plate, the second anchor flange having anchor flange aperture therein, wherein the first angle is different than the second angle, wherein the second anchor flange aperture is aligned with one anchor point aperture;
- a fastener extending through each anchor flange aperture and each anchor point aperture to secure each respective plate to the respective anchor point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.