Secure mounting bracket for disposable sharps container
AssigneeMed-Safe Systems, Inc.
InventorsRichard A. Shillington, Gilbert Packer
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Abstract
A secure mounting bracket assembly for detachably mounting articles to a horizontal rail of a rail system, comprises a mounting panel having a front face and a back face, upper and lower relatively moveable hooks on said back of said panel for releasably hooking over an upper edge and under a lower edge of the horizontal rail, and a latch lever extending outward from and accessible from the front face of the panel for moving the lower hook for selectively latching to and releasing from the rail, and an upper edge of the panel extends into a slot on the back of an article for lockably mounting the article on the front face of the panel in a position for covering and preventing access to the latch lever.
Claims20
A secure mounting bracket assembly for detachably mounting selected articles to a support structure, comprising:
- a mounting panel having a front face and a back face;
- first attaching means extending from said back face for releasable attachment to a support structure, said first attaching means comprising upper and lower relatively moveable hook means on said back of said panel for releasably hooking over and behind an upper edge and for hooking under and behind a lower edge of the support structure, and a latch lever extending outward from and accessible from the front face of said panel for moving one of said upper and lower hook means for selectively latching to and releasing from said support structure;
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- second attaching means including locking means on the front face of said mounting panel for lockably mounting a selected article on said front face in a position for covering and preventing access to said latch lever.
A combination detachable mounting bracket and elongated horizontal support rail assembly for detachably mounting an article to said horizontal rail of a wall system, comprising:
- an elongated horizontal support rail;
- A mounting panel having a front face and aback face;
- first releasable attaching means extending from said back face for releasable attachment to said horizontal support rail, said first attaching means comprising an upper hook for hooking over and behind an upper edge of said support rail and a lower moveable hook on said back of said panel for releasably hooking under and behind a lower edge of said support rail, and a latch lever extending outward from and accessible from the front face of said panel for moving said lower hook for selectively latching to and releasing from said rail;
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- second attaching means including locking means on the front face of said mounting panel for lockably mounting an article on said front face in a position for covering and preventing access to said latch lever.
A detachable mounting bracket for detachably mounting a disposable container to a horizontal rail of a wall system, comprising:
- a disposable container;
- a generally rectangular mounting panel having a substantially planar front face and a substantially planar back face;
- first releasable attaching means extending from said back face for releasable attachment to said horizontal support rail, said first attaching means comprising an upper hook for hooking over and behind an upper edge of said support rail and a lower moveable hook for releasably hooking under and behind a lower edge of the support rail, and a latch lever extending outward from and accessible from the front face of said panel for moving said lower hook for selectively latching to and releasing from said rail;
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- second attaching means including locking means on the front face of said mounting panel for lockably mounting said disposable container on said front face in a position for covering and blocking access to said latch lever;
- said attaching means comprises an upper extended edge on said mounting panel;
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- a slot on said article for receiving said upper extended edge, and locking means for preventing removal of said upper edge from said slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.