# US 12,215,822 B2 · Bracket assembly > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,215,822 B2 - Document ID: US12215822B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/510,240 - Filed: 2023-11-15 - Published: 2024-05-16 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2021-11-08 - Assignees: Advanced Design Mfg LLC - Applicants: Advanced Design MFG LLC - Inventors: Andrew Hascall McGrath - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12215822B2 ## CPC - F16M 13/022: {repositionable} - F16M 11/105: {the horizontal axis being the roll axis, e.g. for creating a landscape-portrait rotation} - F16M 11/2028: {for rolling, i.e. for creating a landscape-portrait rotation} - F16M 11/24: changeable in height or length of legs, also for transport only, {e.g. by means of tubes screwed into each other}(F16M11/42 takes precedence) - A47B 96/06: Brackets or similar supporting means for cabinets, racks or shelves ({A47B96/022 takes precedence; } aspects of adjusting height or inclination A47B57/00 {; brackets for the display of articles A47F5/08}) - A47B 96/14: Bars, uprights, struts, or like supports, for cabinets, brackets, or the like (aspects of adjusting height or inclination of shelves or brackets A47B57/00) - A47F 2010/065: {Food shields; sneeze guards} - F16B 9/00: Connections of rods or tubular parts to flat surfaces at an angle ({with a part of or on one member entering a hole in the other and involving plastic deformation F16B17/006;} friction-grip releasable fastenings in general F16B2/00; making press-fit connections B23P11/00, B23P19/00; fluid-tight connecting of pipes to reservoirs, sheets, or the like F16L, e.g. joining pipes {or rods conveying fluids} to walls F16L41/00) - F16M 11/10: around a horizontal axis {(F16M11/12 takes precedence)} - F16M 11/2014: {around a vertical axis (F16M11/2035 takes precedence)} - F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS - A47B: TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE (furniture jointing F16B) - A47F: SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS - F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D) ## Abstract A bracket assembly includes a supporting bar, a cylindrical member configured to slidably receive the supporting bar, an annular cap configured to removably couple with the cylindrical member, an arm extending outwardly from the annular cap, a torque cartridge, and a clamping element configured to releasably hold a frame. The torque cartridge includes a first portion and a second portion rotatably coupled with the first portion. The first portion of the torque cartridge is received within the arm such that the second portion of the torque cartridge is rotatable relative to the first portion and to the arm. The clamping element is coupled with the second portion of the torque cartridge at an outer end of the arm such that the clamping element is rotatable relative to the arm and to the annular cap. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A bracket assembly comprising: a supporting bar; a cylindrical member configured to slidably receive the supporting bar; an annular cap configured to removably couple with the cylindrical member; an arm extending outwardly from the annular cap; a torque cartridge including a first portion and a second portion rotatably coupled with the first portion, the first portion being received within the arm such that the second portion is rotatable relative to the first portion and to the arm; and a clamping element configured to releasably hold a frame, the clamping element being coupled with the second portion of the torque cartridge at an outer end of the arm such that the clamping element is rotatable relative to the arm and to the annular cap, while the first portion remains stationary relative to the annular cap and the supporting bar. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The bracket assembly of claim 1, wherein the clamping element is rotatable relative to the arm in an angular range of at least 360 degrees about a longitudinal axis of the arm. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The bracket assembly of claim 2, wherein the clamping element is securable in one of a plurality of rotational positions relative to the arm via only the torque cartridge. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The bracket assembly of claim 2, wherein the longitudinal axis of the arm is substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the supporting bar. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The bracket assembly of claim 1, wherein the annular cap is configured to slidably receive the supporting bar. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The bracket assembly of claim 5, wherein the cylindrical member and the annular cap are removably securable at one of a plurality of positions along a length of the supporting bar when the annular cap is coupled with the cylindrical member. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The bracket assembly of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the supporting bar has a shape of a hollow cylinder. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The bracket assembly of claim 1, wherein the bracket assembly includes a first cylindrical core, the annular cap is a first annular cap having a first arm, and the clamping element is a first clamping element, and wherein the bracket assembly further comprises: a second cylindrical member configured to slidably receive the supporting bar; a second cylindrical core configured to slidably receive the supporting bar and to engage the second cylindrical member; a second annular cap configured to engage the second cylindrical core, the second annular cap having a second arm extending outwardly therefrom; and a second clamping element that is rotatable relative to the second arm. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The bracket assembly of claim 8, wherein the first and second clamping elements are configured to releasably hold the frame. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The bracket assembly of claim 8, wherein the first clamping element is configured to releasably hold a first frame, and the second clamping element is configured to releasably hold a second frame. ### Claim 11 A bracket assembly comprising: a supporting bar; a cylindrical member configured to slidably receive the supporting bar; a cylindrical core configured to slidably receive the supporting bar and to engage the cylindrical member; an annular cap configured to engage the cylindrical core, the annular cap having an arm extending outwardly therefrom along a longitudinal axis; a torque cartridge including a first portion and a second portion rotatably coupled with the first portion, the first portion being received within the arm such that the second portion is rotatable relative to the first portion and to the arm; and a clamping element coupled with the second portion of the torque cartridge such that the clamping element is rotatable about the longitudinal axis, while the first portion remains stationary relative to the annular cap or the supporting bar. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The bracket assembly of claim 11, wherein the annular cap is configured to slidably receive the supporting bar such that the cylindrical member, the cylindrical core, and the annular cap are removably securable at one of a plurality of positions along a length of the supporting bar. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The bracket assembly of claim 11, wherein the cylindrical member is configured to removably receive one end of the cylindrical core, and the annular cap is configured to removably receive another end of the cylindrical core, opposite the cylindrical member. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The bracket assembly of claim 13, wherein the cylindrical member is threadably securable to the cylindrical core. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The bracket assembly of claim 14, wherein the cylindrical core is configured to clamp a portion of the supporting bar when the cylindrical member is threadably secured to the cylindrical core to movably secure the cylindrical core and the annular cap to the supporting bar. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The bracket assembly of claim 15, wherein the cylindrical core includes one or more locking elements that is configured to prevent rotation of the cylindrical member relative to the cylindrical core once the cylindrical member is threadably secured to the cylindrical core. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The bracket assembly of claim 11, wherein the arm is integrally formed with the annular cap. ### Claim 18 A method of assembling a bracket assembly, the method comprising: securing a cylindrical member and an annular cap to a supporting bar, the annular cap having an arm extending outwardly therefrom and a torque cartridge including a first portion that is arranged within the arm; and securing a frame to a clamping element that is coupled to the torque cartridge such that the frame is rotatable with the clamping element relative to the arm and to the supporting bar, while the first portion remains stationary relative to the arm or the supporting bar. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further comprising, prior to securing the cylindrical member and the annular cap to the supporting bar: sliding a cylindrical core and the cylindrical member onto an end of the supporting bar, the annular cap being coupled with the cylindrical core; and engaging the cylindrical member with the cylindrical core to removably secure the cylindrical core at one of a plurality of positions along a length of the supporting bar. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further comprising: securing a second cylindrical member and a second annular cap to the supporting bar; and securing the frame to a second clamping element of the second annular cap. ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) The bracket assembly of claim 1, wherein the second portion is coupled to the clamping element without a fastener. ### Claim 22 (depends on 1) The bracket assembly of claim 1, wherein the clamping element is removably coupled to the second portion. ### Claim 23 (depends on 1) The bracket assembly of claim 1, wherein the clamping element includes a blind hole that receives the second portion.