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US 8,146,872 B2Granted
Display attachment apparatus
AssigneeL S Mold, Inc.
InventorsDavid Koning, Larry Koning
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Abstract
A display attachment apparatus comprising a clamp assembly and a mounting assembly. The clamp assembly has a first clamp arm, a second clamp arm and a hinge assembly hingedly coupling the first clamp arm to the second clamp arm. Each clamp arm has a plurality of magnets which engage either corresponding magnets or other ferromagnetic members on an opposing clamp arm, when the clamp arm is in an engaging, or closed configuration.
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A display attachment apparatus comprising:
- a clamp assembly having a first clamp arm, a second clamp arm and a hinge assembly hingedly coupling the first clamp arm to the second clamp arm, the first clamp arm having a plurality of magnets and the second clamp arm having a plurality of at least one of magnets and ferromagnetic members, the plurality of magnets on the first clamp corresponding to the plurality of at least one of magnets and ferromagnetic members so as to be attracted to each other when the clamp assembly is in an engaging configuration;
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- a mounting assembly having
- an outside surface attachment subassembly structurally configured to engage an outside surface;
- a clamp attachment subassembly which includes one of a magnet and a ferromagnetic member releasably engageable with at least one of the corresponding magnets and ferromagnetic members of one of the first and second clamp arms;
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- a coupling structure coupling the outside surface attachment subassembly to the clamp attachment assembly in operable engagement;
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- a mating engagement member positioned proximate each of the plurality of magnets and corresponding magnets and ferromagnetic members of the clamp assembly members and a corresponding mating engagement member is disposed on the clamp attachment subassembly proximate the one of the magnet and the ferromagnetic member of the clamp attachment subassembly, whereupon engagement of the clamp attachment subassembly and the clamp assembly, the mating engagement member of the clamp assembly and the mating engagement member of the clamp attachment subassembly positively engage to limit slidable movement, and, in turn, disengagement of the clamp assembly and the clamp attachment subassembly.
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A display attachment apparatus comprising:
- a clamp assembly having a first clamp arm, a second clamp arm and a hinge assembly hingedly coupling the first clamp arm to the second clamp arm, the first clamp arm having a plurality of magnets and the second clamp arm having a plurality of at least one of magnets and ferromagnetic members, the plurality of magnets on the first clamp corresponding to the plurality of at least one of magnets and ferromagnetic members so as to be attracted to each other when the clamp assembly is in an engaging configuration;
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- a mounting assembly having
- an outside surface attachment subassembly structurally configured to engage an outside surface;
- a clamp attachment subassembly which includes one of a magnet and a ferromagnetic member releasably engageable with at least one of the corresponding magnets and ferromagnetic members of one of the first and second clamp arms;
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- a coupling structure coupling the outside surface attachment subassembly to the clamp attachment assembly in operable engagement, wherein the coupling structure comprises a cavity having an opening and an access slot positioned on one of the clamp attachment subassembly and the outside surface attachment subassembly, and a tab extending from a neck on the other of the clamp attachment subassembly and the outside surface attachment assembly, wherein the tab can be inserted in the cavity through the access slot so that the neck extends through the opening, while the tab is larger than the opening, and precluded from passage therethrough, while allowing the tab to rotate while positioned within the cavity.
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A display attachment apparatus comprising:
- a clamp assembly having a first clamp arm, a second clamp arm and a hinge assembly hingedly coupling the first clamp arm to the second clamp arm, the first clamp arm having a plurality of magnets and the second clamp arm having a plurality of at least one of magnets and ferromagnetic members, the plurality of magnets on the first clamp corresponding to the plurality of at least one of magnets and ferromagnetic members so as to be attracted to each other when the clamp assembly is in an engaging configuration;
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- a mounting assembly having
- an outside surface attachment subassembly structurally configured to engage an outside surface;
- a clamp attachment subassembly which includes one of a magnet and a ferromagnetic member releasably engageable with at least one of the corresponding magnets and ferromagnetic members of one of the first and second clamp arms;
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- a coupling structure coupling the outside surface attachment subassembly to the clamp attachment assembly in operable engagement,
- wherein, the clamp attachment subassembly further comprises a first side and a second side, a magnet extending from the first side to the second side and a mating engagement member extending outwardly from each of the first and second sides proximate the magnet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.