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US 4,979,713 AGranted
Towel rack mounting means
AssigneeGatco, Inc.
InventorWilliam F. Bell
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Abstract
A towel rack mounting means including a triangular bracket which has three contacts with the interior of a circular base. The bracket has three flanges oriented in a triangular array. The round base is locked onto the bracket by screwing a threaded member through the wall of the base to contact one of the bracket flanges, causing the other two bracket flanges to engage a groove on the inner side of the base wall.
Claims13
A device for mounting a rack on a vertical support comprising:
- (a) a bracket adapted to be secured on said vertical support, said bracket having first, second and third contact members, oriented in a substantially triangular array;
- (b) a circular base attached to said rack, said base having a bottom portion and a round wall, said wall having an interior surface, said interior surface being substantially perpendicular to said support when mounted;
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- (c) locking means for forcing first and second contact members of said bracket, into contact with said interior surface of said wall of said base, so that said base is fixed against said vertical support and is capable of resisting forces from any direction.
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A device for mounting a rack on a wall comprising:
- (a) a bracket having a planar portion to be secured in a plane parallel to said wall, said bracket having first, second and third flanges connected to said planar portion, said flanges having distal edges, said distal edges of said first and second flanges being arcuate, each of said flanges extending out of said plane away from said wall forming an obtuse angle with said planar portion of said bracket, each of said flanges having a midpoint on its distal edge, said midpoints of said flanges forming an equilateral triangle;
- (b) a base having a bottom portion and a round wall said wall having an inner diameter large enough to encompass said bracket, said wall having an interior surface, said interior surface having a groove dimensioned to receive said arcuate distal edges of said first and second flanges of said bracket;
- (c) locking means for urging said first and second flanges of said bracket into engagement with said groove in said base including, a threaded member, said wall of said base having a threaded hole adapted to receive said threaded member, said third flange of said bracket having an outer surface for contacting said threaded member,
- so that as said threaded member is screwed into said wall of said base in contact with said outer side of said third flange, said first and second arcuate flanges are forced into locking engagement with said groove on said inner surface of said wall of said base, securely fastening said base to said wall.
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A device for mounting a rack on a planar support, comprising:
- (a) a base attached to said rack, said base having a generally circular wall, said wall being substantially perpendicular to said planar support;
- (b) a bracket having first, second and third flanges oriented in a substantially triangular array, each of said first and second flanges having a distal edge;
- (c) locking means for urging each of the distal edges of said first and second flanges of said bracket into contact with said wall of said base, so that each of said flanges is engaged with said base and said rack is secured to said planar support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.