Frame assembly including a mount for interconnecting a plate thereto
AssigneeBlanking Systems, Inc.
InventorFrank E. Oetlinger
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Abstract
A mount is provided for mounting a plate to a frame assembly. The mount includes a generally cylindrical head extendable through an aperture the plate and having an upper surface, a lower face, an outer peripheral surface, and a mounting rail receivable in a slot of the frame member of the frame assembly. The cylindrical head includes a bolt-receiving bore extending through the cylindrical head along a bore axis at an acute angle to the upper face that is adapted to receive a bolt therethrough. A flange extends radially extending from the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical head. The flange has a diameter greater than the diameter of at least a portion of the aperture through the plate. Tightening of the bolt captures the plate between the flange and the frame member.
Claims5
A frame assembly, comprising:
- a frame member having an outer surface, defining a longitudinal axis, and having a slot that extends parallel to the longitudinal axis and a cavity that extends parallel to the longitudinal axis and connects to the slot;
- a plate having an inner face, an outer face and an aperture defined by an inner surface extending between the inner face and the outer face;
- a nut receivable in the cavity;
- a mount having:
- a generally cylindrical head extending along a head axis, being receivable in the aperture in the plate and having an upper surface, a lower face, an outer peripheral surface,
- a mounting rail receivable in a slot of the frame member of the frame assembly, and a bolt-receiving bore extending through the cylindrical head along a bore axes at an acute angle to the head axis, the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical head including a tapered portion;
- a flange extending radially form the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical head, the flange having a diameter greater than the diameter of the aperture in the plate;
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- a bolt that extends angularly through the bolt-receiving bore and engages the nut received in the cavity so to interconnect the cylindrical head to the frame member and capture the plate between the flange and the frame member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.