Apparatus for removably attaching and object to a support surface
OwnerHelmut Steinhilberinventor
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Abstract
For fixing a rigid plate (10) on a fixing surface (12), a pad (18) mounted on the fixing surface (12) through the agency of a flat adhesive joint (20) is disposed in a cavity (14) on the underside of the plate (10). The pad (18) is joined at its centroid to the plate (10). Thereby a tilting moment acting on the plate (10) is transformed into a lifting force acting on the pad (18) in a direction perpendicular to the adhesive joint (20).
Claims15
Apparatus for removably attaching a rigid plate, with an object attached thereto, to a support surface comprising:
- (a) said rigid plate having a transverse extension engageable with said support surface and providing a cavity, said extension having an edge at said support surface;
- (b) a pad in the cavity of said rigid plate having a central region;
- (c) a connector joining the central region of said pad to said plate;
- (d) a body in said cavity having a surface thereof facing said pad and a surface thereof remote from said pad;
- (e) said body having adhesive on said remote surface thereof;
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- (f) means for connecting said pad to said body;
- whereby, said connector joining said central region of said pad to said plate and said means for connecting said pad to said body causes substantially only a lifting force on said pad and body perpendicular to said remote surface when said plate is subjected to a force tending to tilt said plate about said edge thereof.
Apparatus for removably attaching a rigid plate, with an object attached thereto to a support surface comprising:
- (a) said rigid plate having a transverse extension engageable with said support surface and providing a cavity, said extension having an edge at said support surface;
- (b) a pad in the cavity of said rigid plate having a central region;
- (c) a connector joining the central region of said pad to said plate;
- (d) a body in said cavity having a surface thereof facing said pad and a surface thereof remote from said pad;
- (e) said body having adhesive on said remote surface thereof;
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- (f) means for connecting said pad to said body for transmitting to said body a force imparted to said central region of said pad by said connector from said plate, which force is substantially perpendicular to said support surface,
- whereby when said plate is subjected to a force tending to tilt said plate about said edge, there will be applied on said pad and body a force perpendicular to said remote surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.