US 5,699,993 AGranted

Seismic anchoring device for equipment

OwnerMatthew Hill, N. Michele Hillinventors

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Abstract

A seismic anchoring system for a piece of equipment anchored on a raised floor. A seismic anchoring clip includes two members rotatably coupled together. Each member has an opening accessible from a side through an entrance. The members are rotatbly coupled together between first and closed positions. The entrances face one another when the members are in the open position so that the openings are accessible through the entrances. The openings are partially aligned and form a closed throughhole when the members are in the closed position. A support leg for the piece of equipment is positioned between the entrances when the clip is in the open position. The members are then rotated to the closed position so that the support leg is trapped in the closed throughhole.

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Dependent claims

A method for anchoring and providing lateral support for the upright leg of a piece of equipment supported on a floor, comprising the steps of:

providing an anchoring clip having a first member and a second member, the first member including a first opening accessible from a side through a first entrance, the second member having a second opening accessible from a side through a second entrance, the first and second members being rotatably coupled together about an axis of rotation for movement between an open condition and a closed condition, the first and second openings being accessible through the first and second entrances, respectively, when the first and second members are in the open condition, the first and second openings being partially aligned with one another and forming a closed throughhole through the first and second members when the first and second members are in the closed condition, the closed throughhole having an axis extending in the direction of the axis of rotation;
positioning the upright support leg of the piece of equipment between the first and second openings when the first and second members are in the open condition;
moving the first and second members to the closed condition after the positioning step thereby trapping the support leg in the closed throughhole;
locking the first and second members in the closed condition;
and,
securing the anchoring clip to the floor with the first and second members locked in the closed condition and the axis of the throughhole disposed upright relative to the floor to laterally support the leg in an upright condition.

3 more elements

A seismic anchoring clip to anchor and provide lateral support for an upright leg of a piece of equipment supported on a floor, said clip comprising:

a first plate member having a first leg engaging portion with a first opening extending therethrough and accessible through one side thereof, whereby the leg of the piece of equipment may be introduced into the first opening, and a first spacing portion extending at ah angle with respect to the leg engaging portion;
a second plate member having a second leg engaging portion with a second opening extending therethrough and accessible through one side thereof, whereby the leg of the piece of equipment may be introduced into the second opening, and a second spacing portion extending at an angle with respect to the leg engaging portion;
means coupling the leg engaging portions of the first and second plate members together in overlapping relationship whereby the members may be rotated between an open condition in which the openings in the leg engaging portions of the plate members are accessible and the spacing portions of the plate members are angularly displaced relative to one another and a closed condition in which the openings are partially aligned to form a closed throughhole having an axis extending through the leg engaging portions of the first and second plate members and the spacing portions are generally angularly aligned;
and,
means to secure the spacing portions of the first and second plate members to the floor when aligned to maintain the leg engaging portions in spaced relationship to the floor with the axis of the throughhole disposed upright relative to the floor.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 08/492,622Filed 20 Jun 1995
Granted: 23 Dec 1997
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

A47B 91/00
Feet for furniture in general
H02B 1/54
Frameworks, boards, panels, desks, casings; Details of substations or switching arrangements: anti-seismic devices or installations
H05K 7/1495
Cabinets therefor, e.g. chassis or racks or mechanical interfaces between blades and support structures: providing data protection in case of…
A47B
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