Adjustable hole bracket
OwnerTony Pattiinventor
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Abstract
A hole bracket comprising two or more bracket members. Each bracket member comprises a hook for engaging an edge of a hole, a tab for inserting into a tab hole on another bracket member and a tab hole for receiving a tab from another bracket member. The hole bracket is assembled by interlocking the tabs and holes of the bracket members. An object hole may be provided in each bracket member for receiving an object that is to be attached to the hole bracket.
Claims26
A hole bracket for supporting an object in a hole in an apparatus, the hole being defined by an edge portion surrounding the hole and having a first side opposite a second side with each of said sides extending outwardly from the hole, the hole bracket comprising in combination:
- (A) a first bracket member, comprising:
- (a) a first and second end and a central portion;
- (b) a first hook attached to said first end in the first bracket member, said first hook having opposing arms adapted to fixedly clamp the first and second sides of the edge portion of the apparatus;
- (c) a first tab attached to the second end in the first bracket member for attaching said first bracket member to a second bracket member;
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- (d) at least one tab hole in said central portion of the first bracket member for attaching said first bracket member to another bracket member;
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- (B) the second bracket member comprising:
- (a) a first and second end and a central portion;
- (b) a second hook attached to said first end in said second bracket member, said second hook also having opposing arms adapted to fixedly clamp the first and second sides of the edge portion of the apparatus;
- (c) a second tab attached to the second end of the second bracket member for attaching said second bracket member to the first bracket member;
- (d) at least one tab hole in said central portion of the second bracket member for attaching said first bracket member to the first bracket member;
- the first tab penetrating and abutting tab hole in the second bracket member and the second tab penetrating and abutting the tab hole in the first bracket member in order to fix the length of the interconnected first and second bracket members and thereby bias the first and second hooks fixedly against the edge of the hole.
A hole bracket for attaching an object to a structure with hole, the hole being defined by an edge, the bracket comprising:
- (A) first and second interlocking bracket members, each of said members comprising:
- (a) a first end, a second end, and a central portion;
- (b) a hook attached to said first end;
- (c) at least one tab attached to said second end;
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- (d) at least one tab hold in said central portion;
- wherein said first and second member are attached together by inserting said tab of said first member into said tab of said second member and inserting said tab of said second member into said tab hole of said first member to thereby fix the length of the bracket, wherein said hooks hold said bracket on the edge of the hole when the bracket is inserted into the hole by bending the bracket to fit within the hole and have the hooks fixedly engage the edge of the hole by the biasing force of the bent bracket against the hooks and the edge.
A method of attaching a hole bracket to a structure, the structure having a hole defined by an edge, the hole bracket comprising a first and second member, said first and second members having hooks, the method comprising the following steps:
- (A) attaching the first and second members together to form the hole bracket;
- (B) bending the hole bracket;
- (C) inserting the hole bracket into a hole on a vehicle wheel;
- (D) unbending the hand hole bracket;
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- (E) seating the hooks on the edge of the hole.
A bracket for supporting an object in a structure hole in a structure, the hole being defined by an edge in the structure, the bracket comprising in combination a first member removably attached to a second bracket member, each of said bracket members having an edge hook, and at least one of said bracket members being adapted to be bent sufficient to allow the edge hooks to each seat on the edge of the structure hole and secure the bracket in place on the edge by the spring force provided by the bent first and second members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.