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US 11,986,694 B2Granted
Systems and methods for secure, releasable mounting of multiple items
AssigneeStackTrax LLC
InventorsAnthony Passamonte, Lindsey Corak
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for releasably securing items such as health, medical, fitness, and exercise equipment, in which anchor units are securely attachable directly or indirectly to a surface and are securely but releasably attachable to a plurality of items. The anchor unit may have a mounting base attachable to a surface, a fitting bracket that at one end may be permanently attachable or securely but releasably attachable to the mounting base, and an attachment subsystem for releasably, tightly, and securably attaching the mounting base to the fitting bracket. At its other end, the fitting bracket may be attachable to multiple items, or it may be permanently attachable to a selected item.
Claims19
An item mounting system comprising:
- a plurality of anchor units securely attachable directly or indirectly to a surface, wherein a first anchor unit has:
- a mounting base that is securely attachable directly or indirectly to the surface, and a fitting bracket:
- having at one end a mounting base attachment fixture securely but releasably attachable to the mounting base,
- having at another end an item attachment fixture that is attachable to one or more items in a set of items, and
- arranged to fit tightly within the mounting base through an aperture in a front surface of the mounting base;
- a securing subsystem arranged to secure the mounting base to the surface;
- and
- an attachment subsystem arranged to releasably, tightly, and securably attach the mounting base to the fitting bracket
- wherein the fitting bracket and the mounting base are generally planar, the fitting bracket arranged to be disposed orthogonally within the mounting base, with the fitting bracket being disposed within the interior of the mounting base along the length of the mounting base to form an assembled anchor unit;
- wherein a mounting base-facing surface of the fitting bracket and a fitting bracket-facing surface of the mounting base are arranged to form a pair of open conduits extending across the assembled anchor unit when the fitting bracket is disposed within the mounting base, the conduits extending across a width of the fitting bracket when the fitting bracket is fit into the mounting base;
- and
- wherein a fitting attachment subsystem further comprises the pair of open conduits and a locking U-pin arranged to extend across the assembled mounting base through the pair of open conduits;
- wherein the open conduits are defined by:
- a first open channel disposed along a width of an upper portion of a mounting base-facing surface of the fitting bracket and a second open channel disposed horizontally along a width of a bottom portion of the mounting base-facing surface of the fitting bracket, the first and second open channels sized and arranged to allow legs of the locking U-pin to extend thereacross;
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- a first pair of mounting base pin holes disposed on a first side of the mounting base and a second pair of mounting base pin holes disposed on a second side of the mounting base, the first and second pairs of mounting base pin holes arranged in size and location to serve as entries to and exits from the open conduits and to receive the legs of the locking U-pin so that the locking U-pin is extendable through the assembled anchor unit.
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A method, comprising:
- a mounting base that is securely attachable directly or indirectly to a surface, and
- a fitting bracket,
- having at one end a mounting base attachment fixture securely but releasably attachable to the mounting base, and having at another end an item attachment fixture that is attachable to one or more items in a set of items, and
- arranged to tightly fit within the mounting base through an aperture in a front surface of the mounting base;
- a securing subsystem arranged to secure the mounting base to the surface;
- and
- an attachment subsystem arranged to releasably, tightly, and securably attach the mounting base to the fitting bracket;
- wherein the fitting bracket and the mounting base are generally planar, the fitting bracket arranged to be disposed orthogonally within the mounting base, with the fitting bracket being disposed within the interior of the mounting base along the length of the mounting base to form an assembled anchor unit;
- wherein amounting base-facing surface of the fitting bracket and a fitting bracket-facing surface of the mounting base are arranged to form a pair of open conduits extending across the assembled anchor unit when the fitting bracket is disposed within the mounting base, the conduits extending across a width of the fitting bracket when the fitting bracket is fit into the mounting base;
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- wherein a fitting attachment subsystem further comprises the pair of open conduits and a locking U-pin arranged to extend across the assembled mounting base through the pair of open conduits;
- wherein the open conduits are defined by:
- a first open channel disposed along a width of an upper portion of a mounting base-facing surface of the fitting bracket and a second open channel disposed horizontally along a width of a bottom portion of the mounting base-facing surface of the fitting bracket, the first and second open channels sized and arranged to allow legs of the locking U-pin to extend thereacross;
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- a first pair of mounting base pin holes disposed on a first side of the mounting base and a second pair of mounting base pin holes disposed on a second side of the mounting base, the first and second pairs of mounting base pin holes arranged in size and location to serve as entries to and exits from the open conduits and to receive the legs of the locking U-pin so that the locking U-pin is extendable through the assembled anchor unit;
- securely attaching the mounting base of the anchor unit directly or indirectly to the surface;
- releasably securing the fitting bracket to the mounting base, by:
- tightly inserting the mounting base to the attachment fixture disposed on one end of the fitting bracket into the aperture in the mounting base to form an installed fitting bracket/mounting base, and
- releasably, tightly, and securably attaching the mounting base to the fitting bracket with a releasable connector;
- and
- attaching one or more items in a set of items to an item attachment fixture disposed on another end of the fitting bracket.
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An anchor unit comprising:
- a mounting base that is securely attachable directly or indirectly to a surface, and
- a fitting bracket,
- having at one end a mounting base attachment fixture securely but releasably attachable to the mounting base, and having at another end an item attachment fixture that is attachable to one or more items in a set of items, and
- arranged to tightly fit within the mounting base through an aperture in a front surface of the mounting base;
- a securing subsystem arranged to secure the mounting base to the surface;
- and
- an attachment subsystem arranged to releasably, tightly, and securably attach the mounting base to the fitting bracket;
- wherein the fitting bracket and the mounting base are generally planar, the fitting bracket arranged to be disposed orthogonally within the mounting base, with the fitting bracket being disposed within the interior of the mounting base along the length of the mounting base to form an assembled anchor unit;
- wherein amounting base-facing surface of the fitting bracket and a fitting bracket-facing surface of the mounting base are arranged to form a pair of open conduits extending across the assembled anchor unit when the fitting bracket is disposed within the mounting base, the conduits extending across a width of the fitting bracket when the fitting bracket is fit into the mounting base;
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- wherein a fitting attachment subsystem further comprises the pair of open conduits and a locking U-pin arranged to extend across the assembled mounting base through the pair of open conduits;
- wherein the open conduits are defined by:
- a first open channel disposed along a width of an upper portion of a mounting base-facing surface of the fitting bracket and a second open channel disposed horizontally along a width of a bottom portion of the mounting base-facing surface of the fitting bracket, the first and second open channels sized and arranged to allow the legs of the locking U-pin to extend thereacross;
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- a first pair of mounting base pin holes disposed on a first side of the mounting base and a second pair of mounting base pin holes disposed on a second side of the mounting base, the first and second pairs of mounting base pin holes arranged in size and location to serve as entries to and exits from the open conduits and to receive the legs of the locking U-pin so that the locking U-pin is extendable through the assembled anchor unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.