Detachable mounting accessory apparatus for use with wall panel systems
AssigneeRubbermaid Office Products Inc.
InventorJohn Melzian
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Abstract
A mounting apparatus for mounting to a slotted standard of a wall panel system is provided. The apparatus includes a pair of mounting brackets which engage a pair of slots in the slotted standard. Spacing between the mounting brackets is selectively varied. In use, the pair of brackets is first positioned for convenient insertion into slots of the slotted standard. Then the spacing of the brackets is increased to clamp the brackets securely to the slotted standard. The provision of variable spacing between the pair of brackets also allows the apparatus to be mounted to a variety of slotted standards having different slot spacing. The mounting apparatus thus allows an office lamp or the like to be easily detachably mounted to a wall panel system.
Claims22
A mounting apparatus for detachably mounting to a slotted standard of a wall panel system, said mounting apparatus comprising:
- a housing having a back plate;
- upper and lower mounting brackets, each having a tab for detachably engaging a respective slot of the slotted standard;
- means for mounting said lower mounting bracket to said back plate with said tab extending generally outward from said back plate;
- a vertical slot formed in said back plate for receiving said tab of said upper mounting bracket;
- a block disposed for vertical displacement within a chamber formed within said housing, said block engaging said upper mounting bracket;
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- a threaded screw disposed through a bore hole formed in a upper plate of said housing, said screw extending through said housing into said chamber for engaging with a tapped bore hole extending into an upper portion of said block;
- said block being vertically displaceable within said chamber by rotation of said screw such that said upper bracket, secured to said block, is displaced within said slot relative to said housing such that spacing between said upper and lower mounting brackets is selectable.
A mounting apparatus for detachably mounting to a slotted standard of a partition wall unit, said mounting apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- first and second mounting brackets mounted to said housing, said brackets detachably engaging respective slots of the slotted standard, with said second mounting bracket including a plate with a tab extending outward from an edge of said plate;
- a first vertical slot formed in said housing for receiving said first mounting bracket;
- a second vertical slot formed in said housing;
- a notch formed in said plate of said second mounting bracket for engaging with said first and second slots of said housing, with an upper portion of said second bracket extending outwardly through said first slot and a lower portion of said second mounting bracket extending outwardly through said second slot;
- a block disposed for vertical displacement within a chamber formed within said housing, said block engaging said first mounting bracket;
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- means for selectively displacing said block within said chamber to thereby selectively displace said first mounting bracket such that spacing between said first and second mounting brackets is selectively variable.
A mounting apparatus for detachably mounting to a slotted standard of a wall panel system, said mounting apparatus comprising:
- a substantially enclosed housing;
- upper and lower mounting brackets, extending from a rear surface of said housing, for engaging with respective upper and lower slots of the slotted standard;
- a lamp;
- a base of said lamp mounted to said housing;
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- means for selectively varying spacing between said upper and lower mounting brackets, such that the mounting apparatus is mountable to a variety of slotted standards having different slot spacing.
A mounting apparatus for detachably mounting to a slotted standard of a partition wall unti, said mounting apparatus comprising:
- a substantially enclosed housing;
- means for mounting an office appliance to said housing;
- first and second mounting brackets mounted to said housing for detachably engaging respective slots of the slotted standard;
- a first vertical slot formed in said housing for receiving said first mounting bracket;
- a block disposed for vertical displacement within a chamber formed within said housing, said block engaging said first mounting bracket;
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- means for selectively displacing said block within said chamber to thereby selectively displace said first mounting bracket such that spacing between said first and second mounting brackets is selectively variable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.