Device support bracket
OwnerFrank Riceinventor
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Abstract
A support bracket spans framing members and is secured to two ceiling framing members, two studs, or between two tee-bars. The support bracket is wide enough to accommodate a device mount, which could be a junction box for electrified devices or a support bracket for non-electrified devices. The support bracket is open in the center to accommodate connections to the device mount from below, while still allowing access from above. The support bracket includes rails to accommodate junction box fastening screws. The support bracket is constructed with right angle flanges to add structural support and to allow for attachment of load-bearing support devices.
Claims13
A support bracket for supporting a device mount between framing members of a building structure, comprising:
- an elongate unibody with a unibody length sufficient to span the framing members, said elongate unibody being a single sheet of metal;
- mounting ends adapted for attachment of the support bracket to said framing members, said mounting ends formed from said single sheet of metal;
- an aperture in said elongate unibody extending along an aperture length across substantially all of said unibody length, said aperture providing access through the support bracket to the device mount;
- a first elongated mounting slot in said elongate unibody extending across substantially all of said aperture length;
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- a second elongated mounting slot in said elongate unibody extending across substantially all of said aperture length, said second mounting slot and said first mounting slot being on opposite sides of said aperture, wherein said first and second mounting slots are long enough to allow the device mount to be positioned at a mounting position anywhere within a continuous mounting range along said mounting slots and to allow a screw to be inserted into at least one the first or second mounting slots at any distance from the framing members within said continuous mounting range extending substantially all of said aperture length.
A support bracket for supporting a device mount between framing members of a building structure, comprising:
- an elongate unibody with a unibody length sufficient to span the framing members, said elongate unibody being a single sheet of metal;
- mounting ends adapted for attachment of the support bracket to said framing members, said mounting ends formed from said single sheet of metal;
- an aperture in said elongate unibody extending along an aperture length across substantially all of said unibody length, said aperture providing access through the support bracket to the device mount;
- a first mounting slot cut from said elongate unibody, interspersed with a first set of slot support tabs, said first mounting slot extending across substantially all of said aperture length;
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- a second mounting slot cut from said elongate unibody, opposite said aperture from said first mounting slot, said second mounting slot extending across substantially all of said aperture length and interspersed with a second set of slot support tabs offset from said first set of slot support tabs;
- wherein said first set of slot support tabs and said second set of slot support tabs are relatively offset, thereby allowing a screw to be inserted into at least one of said first and second mounting slots at any distance from a framing member within a continuous mounting range which extends substantially all of said aperture length, with interference from no more than one slot support tab.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.