Manual track fittings
AssigneeValeda Company, LLC
InventorsPatrick Girardin, Robert Andrew Cumming, James Douglas Wiles, Bryan David Platt
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Abstract
A track fitting for securing a structure to an open-top channeled track may include at least one leaf having a flange portion that depends at an angle from a levering portion, and at least one fastener for connecting the levering portion to the structure, wherein in a secured condition, the flange portion is oriented for engagement with an underside of at least one of the two inwardly directed lips and the levering portion extends outside the open-top channel where the fastener secures the levering portion to the structure.
Claims31
A track fitting for securing a structure to a track, the track having an open-top channel defined by two inwardly directed lips and two undercuts to either side of the open-top channel, the track fitting comprising at least one flange member having a flange portion that depends at an angle from a connecting portion, and at least one fastener for connecting the connecting portion to the structure, wherein the connecting portion is a levering portion configured to lever the flange portion into engagement with at least one of an underside of at least one of the two inwardly directed lips and an outside face of at least one of the two undercuts as the fastener secures the levering portion to the structure outside of the open-top channel, whereby the flange member is pre-loaded to provide a clamping force to resist movement of the structure relative to the track.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.