Fastening plate for a metal fitting means, preferably to fasten a hinge arm to a supporting wall of a piece of furniture
AssigneeArturo Salice S.p.A.
InventorLuciano Salice
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Abstract
A fastening plate for fastening a hinge arm to a supporting wall of a piece of furniture includes two oblong holes on an common centerline through which fastening screws engage. One fastening screw is supported with its head on a spacer element having a height greater than that of the fastening plate, and another fastening screw braces the fastening plate against the supporting wall. The height of the spacer element is greater than that of the fastening plate so that a slight amount of play is provided between the head of the fastening screw supported on the spacer element and the surface of the fastening plate, so that the fastening plate can be moved for adjustment while any undesired lifting of the fastening plate is prevented.
Claims18
A fastening assembly for affixing a fitting structure to a support structure, comprising:
- a fastening plate having a bottom side for contacting the support structure, the fastening plate including two oblong holes through which a pair of fastening screws may be inserted, each oblong hole having two opposing long edges, a distance between the two opposing long sides defining a width of the oblong hole;
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- a spacer frame having a height greater than that of the fastening plate at the vicinity of the oblong holes for extending through one of the oblong holes, the spacer frame having a shaft extending from a borehole at a top-most surface thereof to a bottom-most surface thereof for receiving one of the fastening screws, wherein the bottom of the shaft has broadened edge portions for contacting the support structure, such that when the spacer frame extends through one of the oblong holes and the fastening plate is affixed to the support structure, both the bottom side of the fastening plate and the bottom-most surface of the spacer frame are placed on the support structure.
A fastening assembly for affixing a metal fitting to a support structure, comprising:
- a fastening plate having a bottom side for contacting the support structure and a shaped portion for receiving the metal fitting, the fastening plate including two oblong holes through which a pair of fastening screws may be inserted;
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- a spacer frame having a height greater than that of the fastening plate in the vicinity of the oblong holes for extending through one of the oblong holes, the spacer frame having a shaft extending from a borehole at a top-most surface thereof to a bottom-most surface thereof for receiving one of the fastening screws, such that when the spacer frame is placed with its bottom-most surface on the support structure and extending through one of the oblong holes, the metal fitting can be affixed to the support structure such that the fastening plate can be adjusted with play but is prevented from being lifted away from the support structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.