Mounting device
AssigneeIndustrial Revolution, Inc.
InventorGraeme ESAREY
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Abstract
A mounting device typically used for mounting line-of-site equipment, the mounting device including leg members that can fold into a trough like body of the mounting device, and further including a strap spool connected to an end portion of the mounting device. A strap on the strap spool can be unspooled and used to attach the mounting device to a surface.
Claims18
A mounting device, comprising:
- a body portion;
- a connector for use in connecting optical equipment to the body portion;
- and
- a strap spool attached to a bottom portion of the body portion.
A mounting device, comprising:
- a body potion having a longitudinal base portion with a slot formed thereon, and having a pair of laterally flared walls, one attached to each side of the longitudinal base portion;
- a pair of leg members, with one of the pair of leg members pivotably attached to each of the pair of laterally flared walls;
- and
- a strap spool attached to a bottom portion of the body portion by a shaft connected to walls of an open chamber, with the open chamber being wider in width than the longitudinal base portion.
A method of attaching optical equipment attached to a mounting device to a surface, the method comprising the steps of:
- unspooling a strap from a strap spool that is removably attached to a body portion of the mounting device;
- threading the strap through a slot on the body portion;
- and
- wrapping the strap about a surface and securing the strap to the surface.
The method of claim 13 further comprising, detaching the strap spool from the body portion and placing the strap spool within a trough of the body portion near the slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.