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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1991
David Christensen, Pennington, NJ (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a universal equipment mount for attachment to mounting rails. The mount includes a base plate which is flat and has at least one cut-out therein. Permanently mounted to the base plate is an over-the-center clamp with an anchor strap and hook that extends through the cut out and the base. The base has opposite ends and one end is curved downwardly and inwardly for fitting over a flat horizontal rail section. The base plate is placed with its hooked portion on the edge of the mounting rail, the anchor hook of the over-the-center clamp is placed on the opposite edge of another horizontal surface of a mounting rail and the clamp is tightened to secure the base plate to the mount. The present invention is also directed to a mounting rail which includes at least two parallel separated base sections that have a cross section including a horizontal and vertical surface. The base sections are connected by spacers which may be at right angles to the vertical surfaces and in the vertical, may be at another angle, or may even be horizontal and/or continuous. Finally, the present invention is directed to the combination of both the universal mount described and the mounting rail.