WO1999066215A1 - A bracket for use in the mounting of things on objects - Google Patents

A bracket for use in the mounting of things on objects Download PDF

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WO1999066215A1
WO1999066215A1 PCT/DK1999/000325 DK9900325W WO9966215A1 WO 1999066215 A1 WO1999066215 A1 WO 1999066215A1 DK 9900325 W DK9900325 W DK 9900325W WO 9966215 A1 WO9966215 A1 WO 9966215A1
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housing
bracket
screw
rod
recess
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Thomas Harrit
Nicolai SØRENSEN
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Baby Dan A/S
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B2/00—Friction-grip releasable fastenings
    • F16B2/02—Clamps, i.e. with gripping action effected by positive means other than the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening
    • F16B2/06—Clamps, i.e. with gripping action effected by positive means other than the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening external, i.e. with contracting action
    • F16B2/08—Clamps, i.e. with gripping action effected by positive means other than the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening external, i.e. with contracting action using bands
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B7/00—Connections of rods or tubes, e.g. of non-circular section, mutually, including resilient connections
    • F16B7/04—Clamping or clipping connections
    • F16B7/0433—Clamping or clipping connections for rods or tubes being in parallel relationship
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16M—FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS
    • F16M11/00—Stands or trestles as supports for apparatus or articles placed thereon Stands for scientific apparatus such as gravitational force meters
    • F16M11/02—Heads
    • F16M11/04—Means for attachment of apparatus; Means allowing adjustment of the apparatus relatively to the stand
    • F16M11/041—Allowing quick release of the apparatus
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16M—FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS
    • F16M13/00—Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles
    • F16M13/02—Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
    • F16M13/022—Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle repositionable

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  • the present invention relates to a bracket for use in the mounting of things on objects.
  • the object of the invention has been to provide a bracket for use in the mounting of things on objects, said bracket being simple, easy to mount and relatively inexpensive in mass production.
  • a bracket which is characterized in that it at least comprises a housing, a flexible band and a screw, and wherein the housing has a first passage for a first end of a flexible band and a second passage for a second end of the flexible band, and wherein the two passages inside the housing meet a recess for the screw, and which ends on the outer side of the housing, and wherein the recess and the ends of the bands, once they have been inserted into the recess and are positioned at the side wall thereof, are adapted such that the screw, when tightened against a stop in the recess, pulls the ends of the band through the housing, said band having side faces formed with threads which face the screw, and which are activated by it.
  • the bracket is secured in that the flexible band is placed around the element to which it is to be secured, and the housing is moved with the passages intended therefor inwardly over the ends of the flexible band.
  • the screw is inserted between the ends of the flexible band and is screwed in. The tightening of the screw creates a uniform pull at both ends of the band.
  • the screw may be provided with the desired form of slot, e.g. a straight slot, a cross slot, a hexagonal internal slot.
  • the bracket additionally comprises means for attachment to another article.
  • the bracket may hereby be used for mounting various articles on the objects.
  • the attachment means allow re- peated assembly and disassembly of the bracket and the article.
  • an article may be removed from a bracket and another be mounted, as desired.
  • a special embodiment of this type of attachment means is achieved in that the means are formed by rails or depressions which are re- ceived by depressions or rails, respectively, in the article .
  • the article comprises a housing with a hole extending completely or partially therethrough for receiving the end of a rod or rod-shaped element. It may hereby be used for mounting e.g. a canopy on a staved bed, where the rod holding the canopy is placed and held in the housing.
  • the bracket itself comprises a hole extending completely or partially therethrough for receiving the end of a rod or rod-shaped element on the object which is to be mounted. It will be appreciated that the bracket may form part of the object which is to be mounted.
  • the hole for the rod or the rod-shaped element intersects the hole for the screw.
  • the two holes are posi- tioned such that the screw is screwed against the rod or the rod-shaped element when this is placed in the hole intended therefor, so that the rod is secured thereby.
  • the object is secured actively without the use of further elements.
  • Fig. 1 shows a bracket according to the invention
  • fig. 2 shows part of a staved child's bed with a canopy mounted thereon
  • fig. 3 shows a cross-section of the child's bed shown in fig. 2,
  • fig. 4 shows the bracket seen from the front
  • fig. 6 shows a flexible band for the bracket, seen from the side and provided with threads, and
  • fig. 7 shows the flexible band seen from the edge
  • fig. 8 shows the bracket and how an article may be mounted on the bracket.
  • the bracket according to the invention comprises a housing 1, a flexible band 2 and a screw 3.
  • the bracket is made of injection moulded plastics.
  • fig. 2 It is shown in fig. 2 of the drawing how the bracket is used for securing a canopy on a staved bed.
  • the canopy is carried by a canopy post 4 whose end is secured in the brackets 5a, 5b attached to a stave 6 in an end gable or side of the staved bed.
  • fig. 3 which shows a cross-section of fig. 2
  • the difference between the upper and lower brackets 5a, 5b is exclusively that the upper bracket has a through hole 7a for receiving the end of the canopy post 4, while the corresponding hole 7b in the lower bracket is only partially through-going so that the end of the canopy post rests on the bottom thereof.
  • the housing 5a, 5b from the front end, there are two passages 8a, 8b of rectangular cross-section for receiving their respective ends 9a, 9b of the flexible band.
  • the outer ends thereof are bevelled to facilitate the introduction into the passages.
  • the ends 9a, 9b are also provided with threads 10 for cooperation with the screw 3.
  • the passages 8a, 8b for the flexible band meet a recess 11 for the screw 3 inside the housing.
  • the end of the canopy post may be passed down into the holes 7a, 7b.
  • Figure 8 shows another embodiment of the bracket 11 which is provided with rails 12, thereby allowing mounting of an article 13 with depressions for receiving a rod, as described above.
  • the depressions of the article are dimensioned such that the rails 12 may slide into the depressions.
  • the article is not restricted to being shaped as shown in the figure. Thus, a wide range of articles for different purposes is conceivable, provided that these are formed with depressions for receiving the rails on the bracket 11.

Abstract

A bracket for use in the mounting of things on objects comprises at least a housing, a flexible band and a screw. The bracket comprises a housing (1), a flexible band (2) and a screw (3), and wherein the housing (1) has a first passage (8A) for a first end (9A) of a flexible band (2) and a second passage (8B) for a second end (9B) of the flexible band (2), and wherein the two passages (8A, 8B) inside the housing (1) meet a recess (11) for the screw (3), and which ends on the outer side of the housing, and wherein the recess (11) and the ends (9A, 9B) of the bands, once they have been inserted into the recess (11) and are positioned at the side wall thereof, are adapted such that the screw (3), when tightened against a stop in the recess, pulls the ends of the band through the housing, said band (2) having side faces formed with threads which face the screw (3), and which are activated by it. The flexible band is hereby tightened uniformly at both ends.

Description

A bracket for use in the mounting of things on objects
The present invention relates to a bracket for use in the mounting of things on objects.
The object of the invention has been to provide a bracket for use in the mounting of things on objects, said bracket being simple, easy to mount and relatively inexpensive in mass production.
This is achieved according to the invention by a bracket which is characterized in that it at least comprises a housing, a flexible band and a screw, and wherein the housing has a first passage for a first end of a flexible band and a second passage for a second end of the flexible band, and wherein the two passages inside the housing meet a recess for the screw, and which ends on the outer side of the housing, and wherein the recess and the ends of the bands, once they have been inserted into the recess and are positioned at the side wall thereof, are adapted such that the screw, when tightened against a stop in the recess, pulls the ends of the band through the housing, said band having side faces formed with threads which face the screw, and which are activated by it. The bracket is secured in that the flexible band is placed around the element to which it is to be secured, and the housing is moved with the passages intended therefor inwardly over the ends of the flexible band. The screw is inserted between the ends of the flexible band and is screwed in. The tightening of the screw creates a uniform pull at both ends of the band. The screw may be provided with the desired form of slot, e.g. a straight slot, a cross slot, a hexagonal internal slot.
In a particular embodiment, the bracket additionally comprises means for attachment to another article. The bracket may hereby be used for mounting various articles on the objects.
In a special embodiment, the attachment means allow re- peated assembly and disassembly of the bracket and the article. Hereby, an article may be removed from a bracket and another be mounted, as desired. A special embodiment of this type of attachment means is achieved in that the means are formed by rails or depressions which are re- ceived by depressions or rails, respectively, in the article .
In a further embodiment of the article, it comprises a housing with a hole extending completely or partially therethrough for receiving the end of a rod or rod-shaped element. It may hereby be used for mounting e.g. a canopy on a staved bed, where the rod holding the canopy is placed and held in the housing.
In another embodiment, the bracket itself comprises a hole extending completely or partially therethrough for receiving the end of a rod or rod-shaped element on the object which is to be mounted. It will be appreciated that the bracket may form part of the object which is to be mounted.
In an embodiment, the hole for the rod or the rod-shaped element intersects the hole for the screw. A particularly expedient embodiment is here that the two holes are posi- tioned such that the screw is screwed against the rod or the rod-shaped element when this is placed in the hole intended therefor, so that the rod is secured thereby. In addition, the object is secured actively without the use of further elements. The invention will be explained more fully below with reference to the accompanying drawing, which shows a bracket specially intended for the mounting of a canopy on a child's bed with staved sides. In the drawing:
Fig. 1 shows a bracket according to the invention,
fig. 2 shows part of a staved child's bed with a canopy mounted thereon,
fig. 3 shows a cross-section of the child's bed shown in fig. 2,
fig. 4 shows the bracket seen from the front,
fig. 5 shows the bracket seen directly from above,
fig. 6 shows a flexible band for the bracket, seen from the side and provided with threads, and
fig. 7 shows the flexible band seen from the edge,
fig. 8 shows the bracket and how an article may be mounted on the bracket.
As will appear from fig. 1 of the drawing, the bracket according to the invention comprises a housing 1, a flexible band 2 and a screw 3. The bracket is made of injection moulded plastics.
It is shown in fig. 2 of the drawing how the bracket is used for securing a canopy on a staved bed. The canopy is carried by a canopy post 4 whose end is secured in the brackets 5a, 5b attached to a stave 6 in an end gable or side of the staved bed. As will appear from fig. 3, which shows a cross-section of fig. 2, the difference between the upper and lower brackets 5a, 5b is exclusively that the upper bracket has a through hole 7a for receiving the end of the canopy post 4, while the corresponding hole 7b in the lower bracket is only partially through-going so that the end of the canopy post rests on the bottom thereof.
In the housing 5a, 5b, from the front end, there are two passages 8a, 8b of rectangular cross-section for receiving their respective ends 9a, 9b of the flexible band. The outer ends thereof are bevelled to facilitate the introduction into the passages. The ends 9a, 9b are also provided with threads 10 for cooperation with the screw 3. The passages 8a, 8b for the flexible band meet a recess 11 for the screw 3 inside the housing. Upon insertion of the flexible band into the passages, the ends 9a, 9b will be disposed at each side of the recess 11, and when the screw 3 is screwed in between these and is tightened against a breast 12, the ends of the flexible band will be pulled through the housing. Thus, when placed around a stave 6, the band will be tightened against it, whereby the bracket is secured.
When the two brackets 5a, 5b have thus been secured, the end of the canopy post may be passed down into the holes 7a, 7b.
Figure 8 shows another embodiment of the bracket 11 which is provided with rails 12, thereby allowing mounting of an article 13 with depressions for receiving a rod, as described above. The depressions of the article are dimensioned such that the rails 12 may slide into the depressions. The article is not restricted to being shaped as shown in the figure. Thus, a wide range of articles for different purposes is conceivable, provided that these are formed with depressions for receiving the rails on the bracket 11.

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Patent Claims
1. A bracket for use in the mounting of things on objects, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that it at least comprises a housing (1), a flexible band (2) and a screw (3), and wherein the housing (1) has a first passage ( 8A) for a first end (9A) of a flexible band (2) and a second passage (8B) for a second end (9B) of the flexible band (2), and wherein the two passages ( 8A, 8B) inside the housing (1) meet a recess (11) for the screw (3), and which ends on the outer side of the housing, and wherein the recess (11) and the ends ( 9A, 9B) of the band, once they have been inserted into the recess (11) and are positioned at the side wall thereof, are adapted such that the screw (3), when tightened against a stop in the recess, pulls the ends of the band through the housing, said band (2) having side faces formed with threads which face the screw (3), and which are activated by it.
2. A bracket according to claim 1, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the bracket additionally comprises means for attachment to another article.
3. A bracket according to claim 2, c h a r a c t e r - i z e d in that the means allow repeated assembly and disassembly of the bracket and the article.
4. A bracket according to claim 3, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the means are formed by rails (12) or depressions which are received by depressions or rails, respectively, in the other part.
5. A bracket according to claims 2-4, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the article comprises a housing (13) with a hole extending completely or partially there- through for receiving the end of a rod or rod-shaped element .
6. A bracket according to claim 1, c h a r a c t e r - i z e d in that it additionally comprises a housing having a hole extending completely or partially therethrough for receiving the end of a rod (4) or rod-shaped element.
7. A bracket according to claims 1 and 6, c h a r a c - t e r i z e d in that the hole for the rod or the rod- shaped element intersects the hole for the screw (3) .
8. A bracket according to claim 7, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the two holes are positioned such that the screw (3) is screwed against the rod (4) or the rod- shaped element when this is positioned in the hole intended therefor so that the rod (4) is secured thereby.
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US3654669A (en) * 1970-03-31 1972-04-11 Panduit Corp Double-latch cable tie
DE2842408A1 (en) * 1977-12-02 1979-06-07 Caillau Ets TENSION CLAMP
GB2063354A (en) * 1979-11-08 1981-06-03 Schmidt P O Strap fastener

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US3654669A (en) * 1970-03-31 1972-04-11 Panduit Corp Double-latch cable tie
DE2842408A1 (en) * 1977-12-02 1979-06-07 Caillau Ets TENSION CLAMP
GB2063354A (en) * 1979-11-08 1981-06-03 Schmidt P O Strap fastener

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