Multipurpose utility mounting assembly for handheld field maintenance tool

• US 20040226385A1
• Filed: 05/16/2003
• Published: 11/18/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fisher-Rosemount Systems Incorporated (Emerson Electric Company)
• Original Assignee: Fisher-Rosemount Systems Incorporated (Emerson Electric Company)
• Inventors: Duren, Joachim, Mathiowetz, Brad N., Gerken, Heiner
• Granted Patent: US 7,036,386 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 73/856
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/005 integral with the apparatus or articles to be supported
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/04 for supporting on, or holding steady relative to, a person, e.g. by chains , e.g. rifle butt or pistol grip supports, supports attached to the chest or head apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them G03B
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/08 Foot or support base
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0204 Mounting supporting structures on the outside of casings

Abstract

A multipurpose utility mounting assembly for a handheld field maintenance tool is disclosed. The assembly includes a number of features that allow effective use of the handheld field maintenance tool for a wide variety of mounting techniques that may be encountered in the field. Specifically, the mounting assembly includes features that facilitate handheld use, benchtop use and temporary hanging use. In some embodiments, the multipurpose utility mounting assembly is detachably mountable to a handheld field maintenance tool.

Claims

1. A multipurpose utility mounting assembly for a handheld field maintenance tool, the assembly comprising:

a backing plate portion detachably coupleable to a handheld field maintenance tool;

a hinge portion coupled to the backing plate region; and

a stand hingedly coupled to the hinge portion to pivot thereabout, the stand having at least a retracted position in which the stand is disposed in a recess in the handheld field maintenance tool, and a hanger position in which the stand extends beyond a top of the handheld field maintenance tool.

2. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the stand has an intermediate position between the retracted position and the hanger position, the intermediate position configured to maintain the handheld field maintenance tool at an angle when placed on a horizontal surface.

3. The assembly of claim 1, and further comprising at least one locking tang disposed to maintain the stand in the hanger position.

4. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the stand includes an elastomeric foot.

5. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the stand includes a shaped portion having a local minima at an end opposite the hinge portion.

6. The assembly of claim 1, and further comprising a stylus portion containing a stylus therein.

7. The assembly of claim 1, and further comprising a loop portion configured to receive a loop therethrough.

8. The assembly of claim 7, wherein the loop portion is a transverse loop portion.

9. The assembly of claim 7, wherein the loop portion is a longitudinal loop portion.

10. The assembly of claim 9, and further comprising a transverse loop portion configured to receive a transverse loop therethrough.

11. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the backing plate portion includes a plurality of screw holes.

12. The assembly of claim 1, and further comprising a wrist strap loop for mounting a wrist strap thereto.

13. A multipurpose utility mounting assembly for a handheld field maintenance tool, the assembly comprising:

a backing plate portion detachably coupleable to a handheld field maintenance tool; and

a stylus portion coupled to the backing plate portion, the stylus portion containing a stylus therein.

14. The assembly of claim 13, wherein the stylus portion and the stylus cooperate to maintain the stylus in the stylus portion.

15. A multipurpose utility mounting assembly for a handheld field maintenance tool, the assembly comprising:

a backing plate portion detachably coupleable to a handheld field maintenance tool; and

a loop portion configured to receive a loop therethrough.

16. The assembly of claim 15, wherein the loop portion is a transverse loop portion.

17. The assembly of claim 15, wherein the loop portion is a longitudinal loop portion.

18. The assembly of claim 17, and further comprising a transverse loop portion configured to receive a transverse loop therethrough.

19. The assembly of claim 15, wherein the backing plate portion includes a plurality of screw holes.

20. The assembly of claim 15, and further comprising a wrist strap loop for mounting a wrist strap thereto.