System and method for bi-directional access to a fastening device
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorSean William Tucker
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a fastening system comprising a first mounting bracket rotatably attached to a first assembly, a second mount bracket rotatably attached to a second assembly and a rigid attachment between the first mount bracket and the second mount bracket wherein the attachment enables the first mount bracket and the second mount bracket to rotate together about a common axis and wherein the attachment enables a portion of the first mount bracket and a portion of the second mount bracket to be separated by space.
Claims16
A fastening system comprising:
- a first mount bracket rotatably attached to a first assembly;
- a second mount bracket rotatably attached to a second assembly;
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- a rigid attachment between said first mount bracket and said second mount bracket wherein said attachment enables said first mount bracket and said second mount bracket to rotate together about a common axis and wherein said attachment enables a portion of said first mount bracket and a portion of said second mount bracket to be separated by space.
A mounting system for mounting a structure to a support, comprising:
- a plurality of rotatably positionable bracket assemblies, each of said bracket assemblies including a pair of “L” brackets, each of the “L” brackets having a first leg and a second leg;
- rigid fasteners for removably joining together the first legs of said “L” brackets, wherein the first legs of said “L” brackets are separated by space;
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- rotatable fasteners for rotatably fastening the second leg of one of said “L” brackets to said structure and for rotatably fastening the second leg of the other “L” bracket to said support.
A method of fastening comprising:
- attaching a first mount bracket to a first assembly;
- attaching a second mount bracket to a second assembly;
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- attaching said first and said second mount brackets such that said mount brackets retain rotational freedom around a rotation axis.
A fastening system comprising:
- a means for rotatably attaching a first mount bracket to a first assembly;
- a means for rotatably attaching a second mount bracket to a second assembly;
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- a means for connecting said first mount bracket to said second bracket in at least two positions along a rotational axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.