Wall mount bracket for multiports
AssigneeCorning Research & Development Corporation
InventorDayne Wilcox
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a wall mount bracket having an adjustable receiving area to engage and hold multiports of varying sizes.
Claims17
A multiport bracket comprising:
- an attachment plate;
- a pivot plate coupled to the attachment plate, the pivot plate configured to pivot about a pivoting axis;
- wherein the pivot plate includes a back surface and a first hook structure;
- an adjustable plate coupled to the pivot plate to define a receiving area, wherein the adjustable plate adjustably couples to the pivot plate such that a width of the receiving area can be adjusted to accommodate different size multiports;
- wherein the adjustable plate includes a back surface and a second hook structure, the second hook structure along an edge distal to the pivoting axis;
- and
- wherein the width of the receiving area is defined as the distance between the first hook structure and the second hook structure.
A method of attaching a multiport to a multiport bracket, wherein the multiport bracket includes an attachment plate, a pivot plate coupled to the attachment plate and configured to pivot about a pivoting axis, and an adjustable plate adjustably coupled to the pivot plate such that a width of a receiving area can be adjusted to accommodate different size multiports, the method comprising:
- coupling a first groove of the multiport to a first hook structure of the pivot plate, wherein the edge of the adjustable plate is distal to the pivoting edge;
- rotating the multiport to contact a back surface of the multiport to a back surface of the pivot plate;
- coupling a second edge of the multiport to a second hook structure of the adjustable plate adjacent to the pivoting edge;
- rotating the adjustable plate onto the pivot plate to define the receiving area within which the multiport is received.
A multiport bracket assembly comprising:
- a multiport bracket including:
- an attachment plate;
- a pivot plate coupled to the attachment plate, the pivot plate configured to pivot about a pivoting axis;
- wherein the pivot plate includes a back surface and a first hook structure, the second hook structure along an edge adjacent to the pivoting edge;
- an adjustable plate coupled to the pivot plate to define a receiving area, wherein the adjustable plate adjustably couples to the pivot plate such that a width of the receiving area can be adjusted to accommodate different size multiports;
- wherein the adjustable plate includes a back surface and a second hook structure, the second hook structure along an edge distal to the pivoting axis;
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- wherein the width of the receiving area is defined as the distance between the first hook structure and the second hook structure;
- a multiport seated in the receiving area and coupled to the first hook structure and the second hook structure, wherein a width of the multiport is substantially equal to the width of the receiving area;
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- wherein the multiport bracket has an overall width defined by a distance between the first hook structure and the second hook structure, wherein the overall width is up to 3 mm wider than the multiport when the multiport is coupled to the multiport bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.