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US 6,598,270 B2Granted
Equipment mounting strap
AssigneeOrtronics, Inc.
InventorsLars R. Larsen, Stewart A. Levesque, Lylette Schumacher
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Abstract
An equipment mounting strap is disclosed for securing equipment in a rack having side frames. The equipment mounting strap includes two angled brackets, each bracket including a first leg defining a slot for receiving a strap and a second leg having means for fastening the angled bracket to one of the side frames of the rack, a bumper mounted on each angled bracket adjacent the slot, and a composite strap having one end fixedly fastened through the slot of one of the angled brackets and the other end detachably fastened through the slot of the other of the angled brackets.
Claims36
A mounting strap for securing equipment in a rack having side frames, comprising:
- two angled brackets, each angled bracket including a first leg having a slot for receiving a strap and a second leg having a means for fastening the angled bracket to one of the side frames of the rack;
- a first bumper mounted to one of the angled brackets on the outside surface of its first leg and a second bumper mounted to the other of the angled brackets on the outside surface of its first leg;
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- a composite strap having one end passing through the slot of one of the angled brackets and fastened to the one end, and the other end passing through the slot of the other of the angled brackets and fastened to the other end, the composite strap including an elastic strap section having a strap-type fastener section attached to each end, wherein at least one of the two strap-type fastener sections is detachable.
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A mounting strap for securing equipment in a rack having side frames, comprising:
- two angled brackets, each angled bracket including a first leg that defines a slot for receiving a strap and a second leg having a fastener for securing the angled bracket to one of the side frames of the rack;
- two bumpers, one of the bumpers mounted adjacent the slot of one of the angled brackets and the other of the bumpers mounted adjacent the slot of the other of the angled brackets;
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- a composite strap having a loop on each end, one of the loops passing through the slot in one of the angled brackets and the other of the loops passing through the slot in the other of the angled brackets, the composite strap including an elastic strap section having a strap-type fastener section attached to each end in each with which the loops are formed, wherein at least one of the two strap type fastener sections is detachable for unfastening the loop formed therein.
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A kit for securing equipment in a rack having side frames, comprising:
- two angled brackets, each angled bracket including a first leg having a slot for receiving a strap and a second leg defining an aperture for fastening the angled bracket to one of the side frames of the rack, wherein a first bumper is mounted to the outside of the first leg of one of the angled brackets and a second bumper is mounted to the outside of the first leg of the other of the angled brackets;
- a composite strap having one end passing through the slot for fastening to one of the angled brackets and the other end passing through the slot for fastening to the other of the angled brackets, the composite strap including an elastic strap section having a strap-type fastener section attached to each end, wherein at least one of the two strap-type fastener sections is detachable;
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- packing for containing the two angled brackets and the composite strap.
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A mounting strap for securing equipment in a rack having side frames, comprising:
- a composite strap having a first end, a second end, a first fastener section adjacent said first end, a second fastener section adjacent said second end, and an elastic strap section positioned between said first and second fastener sections;
- a first angled bracket having first and second legs, the first leg of the first angled bracket having a first slot dimensioned for passage of the first end of the composite strap, and the second leg having means for fastening the first angled bracket to one of the side frames of the rack;
- a second angled bracket having first and second legs, the first leg of the second angled bracket having a second slot dimensioned for passage of the second end of the composite strap, and the second leg having means for fastening the second angled bracket to one of the side frames of the rack;
- wherein the composite strap is joined to the first angled bracket by looping the first end of the composite strap through the first slot of the first angled bracket and fastening the first end relative to the first fastener section of the composite strap, and
- wherein the composite strap is joined to the second angled bracket by looping the second end of the composite strap through the second slot of the second angled bracket and fastening the second end relative to the second fastener section of the composite strap, and
- wherein at least one of the first and second ends of the composite strap is detachably fastened relative to the composite strap;
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- wherein the composite strap does not contact the second legs of the first and second angled brackets when the composite strap is joined to the first and second angular brackets.
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A mounting strap for securing equipment in a rack having side frames, comprising:
- two angled brackets, each angled bracket including a first leg having a slot for receiving a strap and a second leg having a means for fastening the angled bracket to one of the side frames of the rack;
- wherein the first leg of each of the angled brackets includes a reverse bend to which a strap ring is mounted for defining the slot;
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- a composite strap having one end passing through the slot of one of the angled brackets and fastened to the one end, and the other end passing through the slot of the other of the angled brackets and fastened to the other end, the composite strap including an elastic strap section having a strap-type fastener section attached to each end, wherein at least one of the two strap-type fastener sections is detachable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.