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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2012
Stephen Rowlay, Sheffield, GB;
Robert Christie, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
James Spaulding, Bristol, CT (US);
Karl Vanderbeek, Germantown, OH (US);
Nidta Viyakornvilas, West Hartford, CT (US);
Stephen Rowlay, Sheffield, GB;
Robert Christie, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
James Spaulding, Bristol, CT (US);
Karl Vanderbeek, Germantown, OH (US);
Nidta Viyakornvilas, West Hartford, CT (US);
STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC., New Britain, CT (US);
Abstract
A clamp assembly that can be installed on and removed from its mounting on an elongated structure (e.g., 2×4) without the need for sliding past an end of the structure is disclosed. The clamp assembly may include a pair of clamp bodies with pads for engaging a workpiece. Each of the clamp bodies includes a clamp mount with a movable member arranged to be moved into forced engagement with an exterior surface (e.g., side) of the 2×4 to fix the clamp body on the 2×4. At least one of or both of the clamp bodies include a releasable connection that, when released, allows for the removal of the clamp body from the 2×4 without the need to longitudinally slide the body past an end of the 2×4.