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US 9,958,667 B2Granted
Apparatus, system, and method for a mounting shoe with locking projection
AssigneeRobert J. McCreight, Jr.
InventorsJoseph A. DiCarlo, Robert J. McCreight, Jr.
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Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method for a mounting shoe with a locking projection is disclosed. A mounting shoe has a shoe body. A base is connected to a bottom of the shoe body, the base having a channel formed through the base between a first side and a second side. A locking projection is removably positioned within a hole positioned through the shoe body and the base, wherein the hole extends from a top surface of the shoe body to a ceiling of the channel.
Claims19
A mounting shoe comprising:
- a shoe body;
- a base connected to a bottom of the shoe body, the base having a channel formed through the base between a first side and a second side, wherein a center line of the channel is offset from a center line of the base;
- and
- a locking projection removably positioned within a hole positioned through the shoe body and the base, wherein the hole extends from a top surface of the shoe body to a ceiling of the channel.
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A mounting shoe system comprising:
- an optical device having a chassis, wherein the chassis is formed from metal;
- a metal plate attachable to the metal chassis;
- a shoe body and a base connected to a bottom of the shoe body, wherein the base has a channel formed through the base between a first side and a second side, wherein the shoe body and base are attachable to the metal plate by engaging rail edges of the metal plate with the channel;
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- a locking projection removably positioned within a hole positioned through the shoe body and the base, wherein the hole extends from a top surface of the shoe body to a ceiling of the channel, wherein the locking projection extends below an upper surface of the metal plate.
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A method of mounting an optical device, the method comprising:
- providing an optical device having a metal chassis, wherein a metal plate is attached to the metal chassis;
- mounting a shoe body and a base connected to a bottom of the shoe body to the metal plate by slidably engaging rail edges of the metal plate with a channel formed through the base between a first side and a second side;
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- locking the shoe body and the base to the metal plate by engaging a locking projection with the metal plate, wherein the locking projection is positioned within a hole positioned through the shoe body and the base, wherein the hole extends from a top surface of the shoe body to a ceiling of the channel, whereby the shoe body and base are prevented from moving in a direction along a length of the rail edges.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.