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US 6,470,629 B1Granted
Mounting system and adaptor clip
OwnerRobert M. Haddockinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for securing members to a surface. The apparatus includes a mounting clamp, a mounting adaptor, a panel support member and a fastener. The panel support member and the mounting adaptor are slidably interconnected to one another. The mounting adaptor is fixedly interconnected to the mounting clamps using the fastener. The mounting adaptor may also include an area of reduced strength to permit the controlled failure of the apparatus in response to excess loading. The panel support member may be adapted to receive a panel. When installed on a surface, the apparatus obscures the view of mounting devices or equipment that may also be secured to the surface.
Claims35
A mounting system that comprises:
- a mounting clamp;
- a mounting adaptor that comprises first, second, and third adaptor portions, wherein said first adaptor portion is disposed on said mounting clamp and comprises a first hole, and wherein said second adaptor portion is disposed between said first and third adaptor portions in an end view of said mounting adaptor;
- a fastener that extends through said first hole in said first adaptor portion of said mounting adaptor and into said mounting clamp, wherein said fastener interconnects said mounting adaptor with said mounting clamp;
- a cross member that comprises first and second legs, wherein said first leg extends away from said second leg in an end view of said cross member, wherein a first portion of said first leg is disposed above said mounting clamp, and wherein a first portion of said second leg is disposed in is front of said mounting clamp;
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- first means for slidably interconnecting said first leg of said cross member with said second portion of said mounting adaptor.
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A mounting adaptor that comprises:
- a first adaptor section that comprises a first fastener hole and that may be disposed on a mounting clamp, wherein a fastener may be directed through said first fastener hole to interconnect said mounting adaptor and said mounting clamp;
- a second adaptor section, wherein said second adaptor section comprises first means for slidably interconnecting said mounting adaptor with a first cross member whereby said mounting adaptor interconnects said first cross member with said mounting clamp;
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- a third adaptor section, wherein third adaptor section comprises second means for slidably interconnecting said mounting adaptor with said first cross member, wherein said second adaptor section is disposed between said first and third adaptor sections in an end view of said mount adaptor.
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The mounting system of 11, further comprising:
- means for limiting relative movement between said mounting adaptor and said first cross member to a direction that is parallel with a longitudinal extent of said first cross member.
A mounting adaptor that comprises:
- a one-piece body that comprises:
- a first adaptor section that comprises a first fastener hole and that maybe disposed on a mounting clamp, wherein a fastener may be directed through said fist fastener hole to interconnect said mounting adaptor and said mounting clamp;
- a second adaptor section that comprises a raised portion that is longitudinally extending, wherein said raised portion comprises inner and outer walls, wherein said inner wail defines a first hollow space that is disposed under said raised portion, that is defined by said inner wall, and that is longitudinally extending, and wherein said second adaptor section further comprises a beaded portion that cantilevers from a portion of said inner wall of said raised portion within said first hollow space and that is also longitudinally extending, wherein said beaded portion provides for interconnection of a first cross member with said mounting adaptor;
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- a third adaptor section, wherein said second adaptor section is disposed between said first and third adaptor sections in an end view of said mounting adaptor, and wherein said first and third adaptor sections are parallel with each other and disposed in vertically offset relation.
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A mounting system that comprises:
- first and second mounting clamps;
- first and second mounting adaptors, wherein each of said first and second mounting adaptors comprises first and second mounting adaptor portions, wherein said first mounting adaptor portion of said first mounting adaptor is disposed on said first mounting clamp, and wherein said first mounting adaptor portion of said second mounting adaptor is disposed on said second mounting clamp;
- first and second fasteners that anchor said first adaptor portion of said first and second mounting adaptors, respectively, to said first and second mounting clamps, respectively;
- a cross member;
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- first and second means for detachably interconnecting said cross member with said second adaptor portion of said first and second mounting adaptors, respectively.
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A method for interconnecting a cross member with a mounting surface comprising the steps of:
- attaching a first mounting clamp to said mounting surface;
- positioning a first mounting adaptor along a length of said cross member, wherein said positioning step comprises sliding said first mounting adaptor along said cross member and resisting any relative motion other than said sliding step between said first mounting adaptor and said cross member;
- attaching said first mounting adaptor to said first mounting clamp;
- positioning a second mounting adaptor along said cross member, wherein said positioning a second mounting adaptor step comprises sliding said second mounting adaptor along said cross member and resisting any relative motion other than said sliding said second mounting adaptor step between said second mounting adaptor and said cross member;
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- attaching said second mounting adaptor to said second mounting clamp, wherein both of said first and second mounting adaptors fail to span an entire distance between said first and second mounting clamps after said attaching said first and second mounting adaptor steps.
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A method for interconnecting a cross member with a mounting surface, comprising the steps of:
- attaching first and second mounting clamps to displaced locations on said mounting surface;
- positioning first and second mounting adaptors on said cross member such that both of said first and second mounting adaptors fail to span an entire distance between said first and second mounting clamps after said positioning step;
- passing a first fastener through said first mounting adaptor and into said first mounting clamp;
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- passing a second fastener through said second mounting adaptor and into said second mounting clamp.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.