US 2026/0077700 A1Published application

Strap bracket

AssigneeFG Products, Inc.

InventorsChad Nelson, Matthew Nelson

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Abstract

An improved accessory bracket for composite panels and the like is disclosed. In one embodiment, the accessory bracket comprises two flanges, each having two posts that protrude inwards into a panel in through holes. During assembly, the flanges are inserted into two through holes from opposite sides of the panel such that the posts (which are male and female) engage with each other. The male posts have an interior longitudinal channel adapted, e.g., to engage with a screw inserted from the outer face of the flange having a female post. The head of the screw rests against the face of the flange it is inserted into, and the threads pull the opposing flange towards it. When fully tightened, the flanges provide a compression force on a relatively wide area of the panel, providing a secure accessory attachment point on the panel.

Claims23

Dependent claims

An accessory bracket, the accessory bracket comprising:

a bracket through assembly for mounting to a panel through first and second through holes in the panel at a first center-to-center spacing, the bracket through assembly comprising first and second flush mount flanges,
each flange having disposed on one side thereof a pair of posts spaced at the first center-to-center spacing, adapted for insertion into the first and second through holes in the panel,
the pair of posts of the first flush mount flange adapted to engage with the pair of posts of the second flush mount flange such that, with the first flush mount flange placed against a first side of the panel with its posts inserted in the first and second through holes, and the second flush mount flange placed against a second side of the panel with its posts inserted in the first and second through holes, the respective posts of the first and second flush mount flanges engage over a range of possible thicknesses of the panel, and
two of the posts of the first and second flush mount flanges adapted to receive fasteners inserted through an opposite flange and post of the bracket through assembly to draw the first and second flush mount flanges together against the first and second sides of the panel.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.