System for Mounting Objects to Polymeric Membranes
AssigneeBwdt, LLC
InventorJoel A. Stanley
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Abstract
A system and method to attach an object to a support structure, the system having an elastic membrane attached to the support structure, a mounting plate thermally bonded to the elastic membrane, and an adjustable riser coupled to the mounting plate. The adjustable riser having a base member, an attachment member, and an attachment means configured to adjustably secure the attachment member to the base member. The method includes the process of thermally bonding the elastic member to the support structure, securing the adjustable riser to the mounting plate, adjusting the attachment member relative to the base member via the attachment means, and securing the object to the adjustable riser.
Claims20
A mounting system for attaching an object to a support structure, the mounting system comprising:
- an elastic membrane attached to the support structure;
- a mounting plate thermally bonded to the elastic membrane;
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- an adjustable riser, having:
- a base member configured to couple the riser to the mounting plate;
- an attachment member configured to couple the object to the riser;
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- an attachment means configured to adjustably secure the attachment member to the base member, the attachment means providing height adjustment of the attachment member relative to the base member;
- wherein the adjustable riser provides selective height adjustment of the object relative to the support structure;
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- wherein the elastic membrane provides the adjustable riser elastic movement relative to the support structure as a force is exerted on the object.
An adjustable riser for a mounting system, comprising:
- a base member having an attachment means for coupling the riser to a mounting plate of the mounting system;
- an attachment member configured to couple the riser to an object;
- an attachment means configured to adjustably secure the attachment member to the base member in a fixed position, the attachment means providing height adjustment of the attachment member relative to the base member;
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- a footing for elevating the base member above a raised portion of the mounting plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.