Channel Nut with Offset Notches
AssigneeHilti Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsNicholas MORRIS, Simon FASSER, Lukas MUNDWILER
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Abstract
A channel nut includes a web, a first flange projecting from the web where the first flange has a first notch for receiving a first lip of a strut channel, and a second flange projecting from the web where the second flange has a first notch for receiving the first lip of the strut channel. The first notch of the first flange and the first notch of the second flange are arranged in a non-aligned relationship with respect to each other such that the first notch of the first flange and the first notch of the second flange form a curved first seat for the first lip of the strut channel.
Claims17
-16. (canceled)
A channel nut, comprising:
- a web (3);
- a first flange (1) projecting from the web (3), wherein the first flange (1) has a first notch (11) for receiving a first lip (81) of a strut channel;
- and
- a second flange (2) projecting from the web (3), wherein the second flange (2) has a first notch (21) for receiving the first lip (81) of the strut channel;
- wherein the first notch (11) of the first flange (1) and the first notch (21) of the second flange (2) are arranged in a non-aligned relationship with respect to each other such that the first notch (11) of the first flange (1) and the first notch (21) of the second flange (2) form a curved first seat (61) for the first lip (81) of the strut channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.