Wall mounting apparatus
AssigneeSalto, LLC
InventorSalvatore Sisto
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Abstract
A wall mounting apparatus and a method of manufacturing portions thereof. The wall mounting apparatus includes a wall-mountable assembly and a mounting bracket. The wall-mountable assembly includes an article and a mounting channel. The mounting channel of the wall-mountable assembly and the mounting bracket have angled surfaces that engage each other to achieve a tight fit therebetween when coupled together. The mounting bracket may be coupled to a wall, and then the wall-mountable assembly mounted to the mounting bracket so that the mounting bracket nests within the mounting channel of the wall-mountable assembly. The surfaces of the mounting bracket and the mounting channel that engage one another may be canted or beveled in addition to being angled, thereby forming a tight fit engagement therebetween.
Claims20
A method of manufacturing a wall-mountable assembly that is configured to engage a mounting bracket that is mounted to a wall to mount the wall-mountable assembly to the wall, the method comprising:
- manufacturing an article comprising a rear surface having at least one recess defined by a floor and a sidewall;
- manufacturing a mounting component comprising a front surface having a mounting channel, a rear surface, and a peripheral surface;
- positioning the mounting component within the recess of the article so that the rear surface of the mounting component is in contact with the floor of the recess and at least a portion of the peripheral surface of the mounting component is spaced apart from the sidewall of the recess by a gap;
- introducing a bonding agent into the gap between the peripheral surface of the mounting component and the sidewall of the recess;
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- allowing the bonding agent to cure to fixedly couple the mounting component to the article and form the wall-mountable assembly.
A wall mounting apparatus comprising:
- a wall-mountable assembly comprising:
- an article;
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- a mounting channel defined by a floor and a sidewall, the sidewall comprising a first sidewall portion located on a first side of a centerline of the mounting channel and a second sidewall portion located on a second side of the centerline of the mounting channel, a first notch in the first sidewall portion adjacent to the floor and a second notch in the second sidewall portion adjacent to the floor;
- a mounting bracket configured to be mounted to a wall, the mounting bracket comprising a first side edge and a second side edge, a first tab protruding from the first side edge and a second tab protruding from the second side edge;
- wherein the article is configured to be mounted to the mounting bracket such that the first side edge of the mounting bracket is in engagement with the first sidewall portion of the mounting channel and the first tab nests within the first notch and the second side edge of the mounting bracket is in engagement with the second sidewall portion of the mounting channel and the second tab nests within the second notch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.