Variable height and angle panel mounting systems, methods, and apparatus
Assignee3form, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Gatti, Michael Damen, Venugopal R. Ghatikar, Guillaume Martin
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Abstract
A variable angle panel mounting system can include at least one variable-angle panel mounting member, which in turn includes an elongate support member and an angularly-adjustable mounting plate adapted to secure an end of the elongate support member to a plurality of mounting surface angles. In some embodiments, the variable angle panel mounting system may also include a pressure-fit mounting system. These components can provide the ability to angularly and vertically adjust the variable-angle panel mounting member between opposing support surfaces.
Claims15
A panel mounting system to which a plurality of panels are mounted, the panel mounting system comprising:
- plurality of elongate support members each including an elongated mounting channel;
- one or more panel mounting brackets adapted to be secured to an elongate support member at the elongated mounting channel thereof, each panel mounting bracket comprising,
- an essentially flat back plate having a mounting protrusion extending outwardly from the back plate, the mounting protrusion being adapted to slide in a longitudinal manner into the elongated mounting channel to secure the mounting plate to an elongate support member;
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- one or more receiving portions joined to the back plate, each receiving portion comprising a channel between two side members, the channel being adapted to receive and secure an edge of a panel therein, and each receiving portion being joined to the back plate at an acute angle relative to the mounting protrusion so that a panel secured therein will extend from the elongate support member at said acute angle;
- a first mounting plate adapted to be secured to a first end of one or more of the elongate support members;
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- a second mounting plate adapted to be secured to an opposing second end of one or more of the elongate supports.
A panel mounting system to which a plurality of panels is mounted in a manner so that at least some of the panels will form a partition or barrier having at least one portion thereof that is angled relative to another portion thereof, the panel mounting system comprising:
- a plurality of elongate support members each including an elongated mounting channel;
- one or more panel mounting brackets adapted to be secured to an elongate support member at the elongated mounting channel thereof, each panel mounting bracket comprising,
- an essentially flat back plate having a mounting protrusion extending outwardly from the back plate, the mounting protrusion being adapted to slide in a longitudinal manner into the elongated mounting channel to secure the mounting plate to an elongate support member;
- one or more receiving portions joined to the back plate, each receiving portion comprising a channel between two side members, the channel being adapted to receive and secure an edge of a panel therein, and each receiving portion being joined to the back plate at an acute angle relative to the mounting protrusion so that a panel secured therein will extend from the elongate support member at said acute angle;
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- one or more openings formed through at least one or more side members of each receiving portion of each panel mounting plate and extending through said mounting protrusion, said one or more openings providing access through the panel mounting plate for securing the panel mounting plate within the elongated channel of the support member;
- a first mounting plate coupled to a first end of each elongate support member;
- a second mounting plate coupled to a second end of each elongate support member, at least one of the first and second mounting plates comprising an angularly-adjustable mounting plate;
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- a panel secured to each of the first panel mounting bracket and the second panel mounting bracket and suspended between the first and second elongate support members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.