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US 2020/0370313 A1Published application
Grabber tool and system
AssigneeFlent Ballantyne
InventorsFlent Ballantyne, Steven Ballantyne, Mark D. Bliss
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Abstract
Devices for anchoring objects to structural elements such as rafter beams and other similar objects are disclosed. Such anchoring devices include coupling devices configured to grasp beams nondestructively and may include multiple coupling devices to enable supporting extended structures too large or heavy to be supported by a single anchoring point in areas where hanging or supporting objects might otherwise be difficult.
Claims19
A nondestructive anchoring device for nondestructively anchoring objects to one or more wooden or other beams, the device comprising:
- a coupling device having a generally U-shaped cradle and a lever device having a lever arm and a lever body, the lever device forming a part of the cradle, the coupling device configured to, upon an application of force to the lever device tending to rotate the lever arm upward, grasp a respective beam about three sides of that beam from beneath the beam, the three sides including a bottom side of the beam and two mutually parallel sides of the beam perpendicular to the bottom side of the beam;
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- a mounting surface coupled to an underside of the anchoring device, the mounting surface disposed beneath the coupling device and configured to support an attached structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.