Fixture carrier
AssigneeZurn Water, LLC
InventorDonald J. Bissell
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Abstract
A fixture carrier for supporting a plumbing fixture includes an upright defining a first axis, and a cross-bar coupled to the upright and defining a second axis oriented perpendicular to the first axis. The fixture carrier additionally includes an arm defining a third axis oriented perpendicular to the first axis and the second axis, a bracket removably coupled to the arm and configured to couple the arm to the upright, and a plate positioned between the bracket and the arm. The plate includes an aperture configured to receive a portion of the bracket. The plate is slidable along the aperture relative to the bracket in a direction parallel to the second axis.
Claims20
A fixture carrier for supporting a plumbing fixture, the fixture carrier comprising:
- an upright;
- a cross-bar coupled to the upright;
- a bracket coupled to the upright, the bracket including a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and a third side extending between the first side and the second side, the first side, second side, and third side forming a pocket that extends around a portion of the upright, an end of the first side including a first flange, an end of the second side including a second flange;
- a plate coupled to the bracket, the plate abutting the first flange and the second flange, the plate being slidable relative to the bracket;
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- an arm coupled to the plate and protruding in a direction that is orthogonal relative to the upright.
A fixture carrier for supporting a plumbing fixture, the fixture carrier comprising:
- an upright extending in a first direction;
- a cross-bar coupled to the upright;
- a coupling mechanism including,
- a bracket coupled to the upright and movable in a direction parallel to the first direction, the bracket including a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and a third side extending between the first side and the second side, the first side, second side, and third side forming a pocket that at least partially encompasses the upright therein, an end of the first side including a first flange, an end of the second side including a second flange, and
- a plate coupled to the bracket, the plate abutting the first flange and the second flange, the plate being movable relative to the bracket, the plate including a receptacle horizontally offset from center relative to the plate;
- an arm coupled to the receptacle of the plate, the arm extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction;
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- a sleeve positioned on the arm and slidable along at least a portion of a length of the arm.
A fixture carrier for supporting a plumbing fixture, the fixture carrier comprising:
- an upright extending along a longitudinal axis oriented in a first direction;
- a cross-bar coupled to the upright, the cross-bar extending in a second direction;
- an arm extending in a third direction;
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- a coupling mechanism including a bracket removably coupled to the upright, a plate coupled to the bracket and the arm, and at least one fastener extending through the plate and the bracket, the fastener removably coupling the bracket to the plate;
- wherein the bracket incudes a first flange and a second flange, the plate abutting the first flange and the second flange;
- wherein the bracket and the plate are movable together along a length of the upright while the bracket and plate are unsecured relative to the upright, wherein the plate is movable relative to the upright laterally while the plate is unsecured relative to the upright, and wherein the bracket is slidable relative along a length of the upright but is restricted from moving in the second direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.