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US 5,193,774 AGranted
Mounting bracket apparatus
OwnerJohn W. Rogersinventor
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Abstract
A mounting bracket apparatus for securing a relatively heavy item of equipment such as an electrical transformer to an upstanding object or structure such as a utility pole. The mounting bracket employs a plurality of elongated and symmetrically shaped object contact members that each contact the pole at spaced gripping locations to enhance the frictional contact force.
Claims8
An equipment mounting assembly adapted for securing about a substantially vertically disposed object having a substantially circular outer cross-section to structurally support equipment carried by the equipment mounting assembly, including:
- a plurality of longitudinally elongated object contacting members disposed in a predetermined circumferentially spaced pattern surrounding the object, each of said contacting members having a base portion and a pair of spaced apart parallel flange portions, each said base portion forming an object contact surface for operable holding engagement with the object to fixedly support said member on the object, said object contact surface formed on said base portion to position said flanges extending outwardly of said base portion when the object contact surface engages the object, each of said elongated object contacting members having a longitudinal center line axis, said longitudinal axis of each of said object contacting members and the center of the cross-section of the object defining a substantially vertical center line plane;
- means for holding said object contact surface of each of said object contacting members in supporting contact with the object;
- said means for holding having means for operably interconnecting said plurality of object contacting members to hold each of said object contacting members in the predetermined circumferentially spaced pattern surrounding the object;
- said means for holding having adjustable tension means for radially constricting said plurality of object contact members in holding engagement with the object;
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- each of said contact surface of each of said object contacting members formed with a radius of curvature to form parallel spaced engagement areas with the object, said engagement areas being disposed substantially symmetrically on opposite sides of said plane so each object contact member forms two contact angles with pole for optimizing the orientation of the force component vectors to ensure the holding of the object contact members in the predetermined circumferentially spaced pattern.
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