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US 11,999,447 B1Granted
Accessory mounting track
AssigneeYakAttack, LLC
InventorLuther Cifers, III
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Abstract
An accessory mounting track provides quick and easy removable attachment and positioning of various devices. The method of attachment of devices to the accessory mounting track may be compatible with the attachment of these devices to other mounting systems, allowing the accessory mounting track to be used interchangeably with those systems.
Claims23
An accessory mounting system comprising:
- an accessory mounting track comprising:
- a slot within the accessory mounting track,
- a slot opening in an upper surface of the accessory mounting track in communication with the slot, the slot opening defining a first distance, and
- a clearance pocket on opposing sides of the slot, the clearance pockets being laterally spaced apart from each other by a second distance that is larger than the first distance;
- a guide-surface portion extending from an insertion-pocket portion toward an intersection with a bottom surface of a respective one of laterally spaced beams defining the slot opening, the intersections being laterally spaced apart from each other by a third distance that is larger than the first distance and smaller than the second distance;
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- a device coupleable to the accessory mounting track, the device coupled to a retention element comprising a flange having a smallest lateral dimension that is greater than the first distance and at least one lateral dimension that is less than the second distance and at least one lateral dimension that is less than the third distance, the retention element being configured to be inserted into the slot by passing the flange of the retention element through the slot opening from a position above the accessory mounting track.
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An accessory mounting system comprising:
- an accessory mounting track comprising:
- a base,
- two laterally spaced beams, each one of the beams extending over a portion of the base toward the other beam, each of the beams having a top surface and an opposing bottom surface,
- two rails extending from the base each one of the two rails connecting the base to a respective one of the two beams, each one of the rails comprising an inner rail wall and an opposing outer rail wall,
- a space within the accessory mounting track defined at least in part by the two beams and the two rails,
- a gap between the beams defining a first distance, and
- an insertion pocket portion on opposing sides of the space, the insertion pocket portions extending in a direction of a respective one of the outer rail walls, the insertion pocket portions being laterally spaced apart from each other by a second distance that is larger than the first distance;
- a guide-surface portion extending in a direction away from the respective one of the outer rail walls from the insertion pocket portion to an intersection with the bottom surface of a respective one of the two beams, the intersections being laterally spaced apart from each other by a third distance that is larger than the first distance and smaller than the second distance;
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- an accessory device coupleable to the accessory mounting track, the device coupled to a retention element comprising a flange having a smallest lateral dimension that is greater than the first distance and at least one lateral dimension that is less than the second distance and at least one lateral dimension that is less than the third distance, the retention element being configured such that, when the flange of the retention element is substantially inserted into the insertion pocket portion, the flange of the retention element fully clears the gap to enable insertion of the flange of the retention element entirely through the gap from a position above the accessory mounting track.
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An accessory mounting system comprising:
- an accessory mounting track comprising;
- a base,
- two beams, each one of the beams extending over a portion of the base toward the other beam, each of the beams having a top surface and an opposing bottom surface, wherein the beams are laterally spaced apart gap having a first distance,
- two rails extending from the base, each one of the two rails connecting the base to a respective one of the two beams, each one of the rails comprising an inner rail wall and an opposing outer rail wall, wherein the inner rail wall of each of the two rails defines:
- an insertion-pocket portion extending towards a respective one of the outer rail walls, and
- a guide-surface portion extending in a direction away from a respective one of the outer rail walls, from the insertion-pocket portion to an intersection with the bottom surface of a respective one of the two beams;
- wherein the insertion-pocket portions are laterally spaced apart from each other by a second distance that is larger than the first distance and the intersections of the guide-surface portions with the respective bottom surfaces of the two beams are laterally spaced apart from each other by a third distance that is larger than the first distance and smaller than the second distance;
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- a device coupleable to the accessory mounting track, the device coupled to a retention element comprising a flange with a smallest lateral dimension that is greater than the first distance of the gap between the two beams and at least one lateral dimension that is less than the second distance between the insertion-pocket portions and at least one lateral dimension that is less than the third distance at the intersections of the respective guide-surface portions with the respective bottom surfaces of the two beams, the retention element configured to be inserted into the accessory mounting track by passing the retention element through the gap between the two beams from a position above the top surfaces of the two beams.
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A top-loading mounting track system, comprising:
- a top-loading mounting track comprising at least one top-loading track section, the top-loading track section comprising:
- a base,
- two beams, wherein each of the beams extends over a portion of the base toward the other beam, wherein each of the beams has a top surface and an opposing bottom surface, wherein the beams are laterally spaced apart from each other by a gap having a first distance, and
- two rails extending opposite each other from the base, each rail of the two rails connecting the base to a different one of the two beams, each rail comprising an inner rail wall and an opposing outer rail wall, wherein the inner rail wall of each of the two rails defines an insertion-pocket portion of the inner rail wall extending towards the opposing outer rail wall, and an angled guide-surface portion of the inner rail wall extending at an angle away from the opposing outer rail wall from the insertion-pocket portion to an intersection with the bottom surface of one of the two beams, wherein the insertion-pocket portions of the inner rail walls of the two rails are laterally spaced apart from each other by a second distance that is larger than the first distance and the intersections of the respective angled guide-surface portions with the respective bottom surfaces of the two beams are laterally spaced apart from each other by a third distance that is larger than the first distance and smaller than the second distance;
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- a mount assembly coupleable to the top-loading mounting track, the mount assembly comprising a mount coupled to a retention element comprising a flange with a smallest lateral dimension that is greater than the first distance of the gap between the two beams of the top-loading mounting track and at least one lateral dimension that is less than the second distance between the insertion-pocket portions of the two rails of the top-loading mounting track and at least one lateral dimension that is less than the third distance at the intersections of the respective guide-surface portions with the respective bottom surfaces of the two beams, the retention element configured and arranged for insertion into the top-loading mounting track by passing the retention element through the gap between the two beams of the at least one top-loading track section from a position over the top surfaces of the two beams.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.