Access panel with mounting tabs
AssigneeAscent Holdings, LLC
InventorTony J. Branham
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An assembly for covering an opening in a structural member, the assembly having a frame with at least two orifices formed in the frame, a cover structured for attachment to the frame, and at least two mounting members capable of being attached to the frame, each mounting member having a first end structured to be received in a respective orifice in the frame, each mounting member formed of a bendable material that enables a second end of the mounting member to bend at least 90 degrees to a bent shape and to retain the bent shape to enable attachment of the assembly to the structural member without the use of typical fasteners.
Claims17
An assembly for covering an opening in a structural member, the assembly comprising:
- a frame having at least two orifices formed in the frame;
- a cover structured for attachment to the frame;
- and
- at least two mounting members capable of being attached to the frame, each mounting member having a first end structured to be received in a respective orifice in the frame, each mounting member formed of a bendable material that enables a second end of the mounting member to bend at least 90 degrees to a bent shape and to retain the bent shape,
- wherein a central opening is formed in the middle of the frame and circumscribed by an upstanding wall that extends around the central opening, and
- wherein each of the at least two orifices are formed in the upstanding wall.
An assembly for covering an opening in a structural member, the assembly comprising:
- a frame having at least two orifices formed in the frame;
- a central opening formed in the middle of the frame and circumscribed by an upstanding wall that extends around the central opening, the upstanding wall having an inward facing wall surface that has at least two mounting blocks formed thereon, wherein each of the at least two orifices are formed, respectively, in the at least two mounting blocks;
- a cover structured for attachment to the frame, the cover further including an edge on which is formed a prong that includes a lip sized and shaped to engage a ledge formed on the inward facing wall surface of the upstanding wall;
- at least two mounting members capable of being attached to the frame, each mounting member having
- a first end structured to be received in a respective orifice in the frame and including a bayonet structured to retain the mounting member in engagement with the respective orifice in the frame;
- a second end including a through-opening through which may be inserted a fastener;
- an elongated opening formed transversely across the mounting tab to facilitate bending, wherein the elongated opening divides the first end of the mounting member from the second end thereof;
- wherein each mounting member is formed of a bendable material that enables the second end of the mounting member to bend at least 90 degrees to a bent shape and to retain the bent shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.