Mounting system, device, and method
AssigneeRMH Tech LLC
InventorsJonathon Moss, Dustin M. M. Haddock, Nikolaus Jo Holley
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Abstract
A mounting system for use with standing seams has a first side member with a mounting interface, a first foot, and a first aperture. A second side member of the mounting system has a first spacing arm, a second spacing arm, a second foot and a second aperture. The system may include a fastener extendable through the first aperture and the second aperture to secure the first side member to the second side member. One or more of the first spacing arm and the second spacing arm contact an interior surface of the first side member to ensure at least a minimum spacing between the first foot and the second foot when the first and second side members are secured together by the fastener.
Claims20
A clamp, comprising:
- a first component, comprising:
- a first riser having a top portion, a bottom portion, and a first aperture extending therethrough;
- a mounting interface extending from the top portion of the first riser, the mounting interface comprising a mounting aperture and having a first end separated from a second end opposite the first end by a first length;
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- a first foot extending from the bottom portion of the first riser and away from the mounting interface, the first foot having a first heel proximate the bottom portion of the first riser and terminating in a first toe, wherein the first foot comprises:
- an upper bridge extending from an exterior surface of the first riser;
- a knuckle extending from the upper bridge;
- a lower bridge extending from the knuckle;
- the first toe extending from the lower bridge;
- a lower surface extending between the first toe and the first heel and including an arch;
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- the first heel extending from an interior surface of the first riser;
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- a second component, comprising:
- a second riser having a top portion, a bottom portion, and a second aperture extending therethrough;
- a first arm extending from the top portion of the second riser;
- a second foot extending from the bottom portion of the second riser and away from the first arm, the second foot having a second heel proximate the bottom portion of the second riser and terminating in a second toe;
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- a second arm extending from the second riser in between the second aperture and the second foot.
A mounting system for use with a standing seam, comprising:
- a first side member, comprising:
- a mounting interface;
- a first foot;
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- a substantially planar portion including a first aperture between the mounting interface and the first foot;
- a second side member, comprising:
- a first arm with a first end;
- a second arm with a second end;
- a second aperture between the first and second arms;
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- a second foot;
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- a fastener extendable through the first aperture and the second aperture to secure the first side member to the second side member, wherein at least one of the respective first and second ends of the first and second arms contact a substantially planar interior surface of the substantially planar portion of the first side member to provide a predetermined spacing between the first foot and the second foot.
A method of connecting a mounting system to a standing seam defined by first and second metal panels, comprising:
- providing a first component of the mounting system, comprising:
- a mounting interface;
- a first foot comprising a first toe and a first heel;
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- a first aperture between the mounting interface and the first foot;
- inserting the first toe into a first channel of the first metal panel
- positioning the first heel in a first inset portion of the first metal panel, such that the first component is self-supporting in a first upright orientation within the first channel and the first inset portion of the first metal panel;
- providing a second component of the mounting system, comprising:
- a first arm with a first end;
- a second arm with a second end;
- a second aperture between the first and second arms;
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- a second foot comprising a second toe and a second heel;
- positioning the second heel in a second inset portion of the second metal panel, such that the second component is self-supporting in a second upright orientation within the second channel and the second inset portion of the second metal panel;
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- securing the first component to the second component with a fastener that extends through the first and second apertures, wherein at least one of the first and second ends of the arms of the second component engage an interior surface of the first component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.