Lift nut mounting bracket for prefabricated wall panels
OwnerJason Reznar, William Gregory Teller +1inventors
InventorsJason Reznar, William Gregory Teller, Justin McCullah
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Abstract
A lift nut mounting bracket for hoisting a building wall panel is provided. The lift nut mounting bracket includes a side plate and a top plate connected to the side plate at a first joint. The top plate includes a first opening therein. A receiving plate is connected to the top plate at a second joint. A receiver is formed in the receiving plate and is aligned with the first opening in the top plate. A nut is received and retained in the receiver. A plug may be inserted into the nut. A method of manufacturing a lift nut mounting bracket is also provided.
Claims41
A lift nut mounting bracket for hoisting a building wall panel, the lift nut mounting bracket comprising:
- a side plate;
- a top plate connected to the side plate at a first joint, the top plate including a first opening therein;
- a receiving plate adjacent to the top plate;
- a receiver formed in the receiving plate, the receiver being aligned with the first opening in the top plate;
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- a nut received and retained in the receiver.
A lift nut mounting bracket comprising:
- a single metal piece forming:
- a side section for connection to a frame of a wall panel;
- a top section that merges into the side section via a first bending section that is bent around a first bending axis, wherein the top section, the first bending section, and the side section form an angle of approximately 90 degrees;
- the top section including a first opening;
- a folded receiving section that merges into the top section via a second bending section that is bent around a second bending axis, wherein the receiving section, the second bending section, and the top section form an angle of approximately 180 degrees;
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- a receiver formed in the receiving section, the receiver overlapping the first opening in the top section;
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- a nut received and retained in the receiver.
A method of manufacturing a lift nut mounting bracket, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a single metal piece;
- forming a receiver and a first circular opening in the single metal piece, wherein the receiver and the first circular opening are generally aligned along a longitudinal axis of the single metal piece;
- bending the single metal piece along a first bending axis positioned opposite the receiver relative to the first circular opening to form a side section that is continuous with and merges with a top section;
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- bending the single metal piece along a second bending axis positioned between the first circular opening and the receiver to form a receiving section that is continuous with and merges with the top section, the receiving section being folded over the top section, wherein the receiving section overlaps and is spaced from the top section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.