Wall mounting apparatus
AssigneeSalto, LLC
InventorSalvatore Sisto
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Abstract
A wall mounting apparatus and a method of manufacturing portions thereof. The wall mounting apparatus includes a wall-mountable assembly and a mounting bracket. The wall-mountable assembly includes an article and a mounting channel. The mounting channel of the wall-mountable assembly and the mounting bracket have angled surfaces that engage each other to achieve a tight fit therebetween when coupled together. The mounting bracket may be coupled to a wall, and then the wall-mountable assembly mounted to the mounting bracket so that the mounting bracket nests within the mounting channel of the wall-mountable assembly. The surfaces of the mounting bracket and the mounting channel that engage one another may be canted or beveled in addition to being angled, thereby forming a tight fit engagement therebetween.
Claims19
A wall mounting apparatus comprising:
- a mounting bracket comprising a front surface, a rear surface, a bottom end, a top end, a first side surface extending at least partially between the top and bottom ends, and a second side surface extending at least partially between the top and bottom ends, the first side surface comprising a first engagement portion and the second side surface comprising a second engagement portion, the first and second engagement portions being angled so as to converge towards one another in a direction from the bottom end of the mounting bracket towards the top end of the mounting bracket and beveled so as to slope outwardly in a direction from the rear surface of the mounting bracket towards the front surface of the mounting bracket, wherein the mounting bracket is configured to be coupled to a support surface with the rear surface of the mounting bracket facing the support surface;
- a wall mountable assembly comprising an article and a mounting channel, the mounting channel having a longitudinal axis and being at least partially bounded by a sidewall, the sidewall comprising a first sidewall portion located on a first side of the longitudinal axis and a second sidewall portion located on a second side of the longitudinal axis, the first sidewall portion being elongated along a first axis that is angled relative to the longitudinal axis and the second sidewall portion being elongated along a second axis that is angled relative to the longitudinal axis, the first and second sidewall portions being beveled;
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- wherein the mounting bracket is configured to be coupled to the article with the mounting bracket at least partially positioned within the mounting channel and the first and second engagement portions of the first and second side surfaces of the mounting bracket engaged with the first and second sidewall portions of the wall mountable assembly.
A wall mounting apparatus comprising:
- a wall-mountable assembly comprising:
- an article;
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- a mounting channel having a bottom end, a top end, and a longitudinal axis extending between the bottom and top ends, the mounting channel being at least partially bounded by a sidewall, the sidewall comprising a first sidewall portion located on a first side of the longitudinal axis and a second sidewall portion located on a second side of the longitudinal axis, the first and second sidewall portions being angled towards the longitudinal axis, the first and second sidewall portions comprising beveled surfaces;
- a mounting bracket configured to be mounted to a wall, the mounting bracket comprising a bottom end, a top end, a front surface, a rear surface that faces the wall when the mounting bracket is mounted to the wall, a first engagement surface, and a second engagement surface, the first and second engagement surfaces being angled inwardly towards the longitudinal axis in a direction from the front surface of the mounting bracket towards the rear surface of the mounting bracket, and the first and second engagement surfaces being angled towards the longitudinal axis in a direction from the bottom end of the mounting bracket towards the top end of the mounting bracket;
- wherein the article is configured to be mounted to the wall via sliding engagement between the article and the mounting bracket while the mounting bracket is mounted to the wall and at least partially located within the mounting channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.