Mounting brackets and utility mount
AssigneeFourth Arrow, LLC
InventorsRobert M. Wynalda, Jr., David Wynalda
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Abstract
A selectively adjustable and lockable utility mount is used to mount a device to a stable structure. The utility mount includes a hydraulic lock that applies the locking force that maintains the locked condition of the utility mount. Mounting brackets for utility mounts have spaced-apart mount elements that engage a surface of a stable structure. Some configurations of mounting bracket include mount elements that are movable between stored conditions and deployed conditions. The stored conditions reduce the size of the device to make it more convenient to pack. A climbing stick uses the storable mount elements.
Claims14
A mounting bracket that is used to mount a device to a stable structure, the mounting bracket comprising:
- a bracket body having a front wall having an upper end and a lower end;
- the bracket body having a first sidewall and a second sidewall;
- each of the sidewalls defines a slot adapted to receive a mounting strap;
- an upper mount element and a lower mount element connected to each sidewall;
- each mount element being movable between a stored condition and a deployed condition;
- one of the upper and lower mount elements defining a plurality of ratchet teeth;
- a ratchet pawl carried by the bracket body;
- the ratchet pawl having an engaged position and a disengaged position;
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- in the engaged position, the ratchet pawl preventing the mount element that defines the plurality of ratchet teeth from moving in a direction from the stored position toward the deployed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.