Bracket support
OwnerFrederick Perrault, Raymond E. Perraultinventors
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Abstract
This invention provides a bracket supporting arrangement in which an elongated member has sets of opposed tabs projecting from a flat surface, the upper tab in each set including a rib and a bendable end portion, the member being adapted to support a bracket having a normally vertical portion with upper and lower edges, and an opening intermediate the edges, with side flanges adapted to overlap the side flanges of the channel in providing stability to the bracket.
Claims17
In combination with a bracket having a part adapted for connection to a support, said part including an upper edge, a lower edge, and means defining an upwardly facing abutment surface intermediate said edges and facing towards said upper edge, said upper edge, lower edge and abutment being spaced fixed distances from each other, a support for said bracket comprising
- a member having a surface, and opposed tabs outwardly of said surface,
- the first of said tabs overlapping said part of said bracket upwardly of said lower edge thereof,
- the second of said tabs overlapping said part of said bracket downwardly of said upper edge,
- said second tab having a portion in juxtaposition with said upwardly facing abutment surface for retaining said bracket against upward movement.
In combination with a bracket having a part adapted for connection to a support, said part including an upper edge, a lower edge, and means defining an upwardly facing abutment intermediate said edges, a support for said bracket comprising
- a member having a surface, and opposed tabs outwardly of said surface,
- the first of said tabs overlapping said part of said bracket upwardly of said lower edge thereof,
- the second of said tabs overlapping said part of said bracket downwardly of said upper edge,
- said second tab having a portion adjacent said upwardly facing abutment for retaining said bracket against upward movement, said portion of said second tab being narrower than the remaining portions of said second tab.
In combination with a bracket having a part adapted for connection to a support, said part including an upper edge, a lower edge, and means provided by an opening in said part of said bracket defining an upwardly facing abutment intermediate said edges, a support for said bracket comprising
- a member having a surface, and opposed tabs outwardly of said surface,
- the first of said tabs overlapping said part of said bracket upwardly of said lower edge thereof,
- the second of said tabs overlapping said part of said bracket downwardly of said upper edge,
- said second tab having a portion adjacent said upwardly facing abutment for retaining said bracket against upward movement, said portion of said second tab being at the end thereof and bent into said opening.
A supporting device for holding a bracket comprising an elongated member having a substantially flat surface, and a duality of spaced opposed tabs extending outwardly from said substantially flat surface, each of said tabs including an outer portion overlapping the plane of said substantially flat surface, one of said tabs including a distal end and a bendable portion at said distal end adapted to be bent into an opening in a bracket associated therewith, said bendable portion being narrower than the width of said one tab inwardly of said distal end, said bendable portion being spaced farther from said substantially flat surface than is the other of said tabs.
A supporting device for holding a bracket comprising an elongated member having a substantially flat surface, and a duality of spaced opposed tabs extending outwardly from said substantially flat surface, each of said tabs including an outer portion overlapping the plane of said substantially flat surface, one of said tabs including a distal end and a bendable portion at said distal end adapted to be bent into an opening in a bracket associated therewith, said bendable portion being narrower than the width of said one tab inwardly of said distal end, said distal end inclining inwardly toward said plane of said surface at a shallow angle.
A supporting device for holding a bracket comprising an elongated member having a substantially flat surface, and a duality of spaced opposed tabs extending outwardly from said substantially flat surface, each of said tabs including an outer portion overlapping the plane of said substantially flat surface, one of said tabs including a distal end and a bendable portion at said distal end adapted to be bent into an opening in a bracket associated therewith, said bendable portion being narrower than the width of said one tab inwardly of said distal end, said outer portion of the other of said tabs inclining away from said plane of said surface at a shallow angle.
A supporting device for holding a bracket comprising an elongated member having a substantially flat surface, and a duality of spaced opposed tabs integral with said member extending outwardly from said substantially flat surface, each of said tabs including an outer portion overlapping the plane of said substantially flat surface, one of said tabs including a distal end and a bendable portion at said distal end adapted to be bent into an opening in a bracket associated therewith, said bendable portion being narrower than the width of said one tab inwardly of said distal end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.