Quick disconnect mount
AssigneeTaylor Made Group, LLC
InventorsRobert R. Shearer, Donald A. Zirkelbach, Charles Robert Withers
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Abstract
A quick disconnect mount includes a mounting stud securable to a structure, and a connector securable on the mounting stud. The mounting stud includes at least one circumferential ridge and at least one circumferential trough, and the connector includes a central channel sized to fit over the mounting stud and a locking bar engageable with the circumferential trough.
Claims12
A method of connecting a support pole to a boat deck using a quick disconnect mount having a mounting stud secured to the boat deck and a connector securable on the mounting stud, the mounting stud including a circumferential ridge and a circumferential trough, and the connector including a central channel sized to fit over the mounting stud and a locking bar engageable with the circumferential trough, the method comprising:
- (a) securing the support pole to the connector;
- (b) aligning the connector with the mounting stud;
- (c) positioning the connector over the mounting stud to a first position such that the circumferential ridge displaces the locking bar from an extended position to a retracted position;
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- (d) positioning the connector over the mounting stud to a second position such that the locking bar is displaced into the extended position engaging the circumferential trough.
A method of using a quick disconnect mount, the method comprising:
- (a) securing a mounting stud to a structure, the mounting stud including at least one circumferential ridge and at least one circumferential trough;
- (b) providing a connector including a central channel sized to fit over the mounting stud and a locking bar engageable with the circumferential trough;
- (c) positioning the connector over the mounting stud and displacing the locking bar from an extended position to a retracted position;
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- (d) displacing the connector into engagement with the mounting stud such that the locking bar is returned to the extended position engaging the circumferential trough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.