Baluster clamp
OwnerSteven Olexovitchinventor
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Abstract
The apparatus is a clamp to hold flagpoles, plant support rods, and other items on rod-like structures, vertical posts (balusters) of stair or porch railings, and fences. The preferred embodiment is a large plastic split bolt with a knob-like head, structure on one end and a through slot, in the split bolt forming two separated sections with exterior threads. The slot is dimensioned so that a rod-like item fits within it. A threaded nut screws onto the threaded split sections of the bolt and tightens the clamp onto the rod-like structure. The head structure has a hole within it which is oriented at an angle to the vertical, so that a pole can be inserted into the hole and will support a container or a flag-extending up and away from the clamp and rod structure on which it is mounted.
Claims5
An apparatus for clamping onto a structure comprising:
- a split bolt with an axis, the split bolt comprising two threaded side sections separated by a through slot with the side sections attached to a head structure at one end of the slot and the other end of the slot being open;
- a holder attached to the head structure with the holder having a transverse axis that is located in the same plane as the slot and with the transverse axis of the holder oriented at a right angle to the axis of the split bolt,
- a hole into which a pole can be inserted formed within the holder, with the hole located in a plane parallel to the slot in the split bolt and the hole oriented at a non-perpended angle to the transverse axis of the holder;
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- a nut with inside threads which match the threads on the side sections so that the nut can be threaded onto the split bolt, and a structure positioned in the slot can be compressed between the nut and the head structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.