Support Assembly
First Claim
1. A hanger bracket apparatus comprising:
- a hanger bracket, said hanger bracket including an opening,said opening including an edge,a stop surface spaced from said hanger bracket and connected thereto, said stop surface functioning such that a post pivoting on said edge is prevented from further pivoting by engagement with sit stop surface.
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Abstract
A bracket assembly for connecting a fixture, art-work or other element to a supporting box or structure. The assembly includes a hanger bracket which receives an adjustable post. The bracket may also support quick-connect wire plug-ins for ease in performing wire connections required to operate a fixture such as a chandelier. The adjustable post has spaced recesses that allow for quick coarse adjustment of the post as it passes at an angle through a central interior opening in the hanger bracket. The post is pivoted so that a reinforced rail on the hanger bracket is inserted into a pair of the recesses formed on the post in a snap-fit connection. A threaded portion is also provided at an end of the post for fine adjustment.
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20 Claims
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1. A hanger bracket apparatus comprising:
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a hanger bracket, said hanger bracket including an opening, said opening including an edge, a stop surface spaced from said hanger bracket and connected thereto, said stop surface functioning such that a post pivoting on said edge is prevented from further pivoting by engagement with sit stop surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A wire connector apparatus comprising:
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a housing made at least in part of an electrically insulative material, said housing enclosing at least a portion of a conductor, said housing having a first opening, said conductor extending from proximate said first opening forming a first electrical path, a portion of said conductor extending outside said housing and in connection with said first path. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
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8. An wire connection apparatus comprising:
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a bracket, said bracket having outer surfaces including top surface, a side surface and a bottom surface, wire connector formed at leaser part of an electrically insulative housing, said wire connector having at least two inner surfaces such that said two inner surfaces of said wire connector are in juxtaposition to at least two of said outer surfaces including said top surface, said side surface or said bottom surface, said wire connector including an electrical conductor within said housing. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
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a post, said post coarse adjustment portion and a fine adjustment portion, said coarse adjustment portion having an open side and at least two spaced recesses providing said coarse adjustment, said fine adjustment portion having exterior threads, paid exterior threads providing said fine adjustment. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. An apparatus comprising;
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an elongated bracket having an opening and a substantially planar bottom surface, a stop surface space from said elongated bracket and connected thereto, a post, said elongated bracket configured to allow said post to slide through said opening at an acute angle to said substantially planar bottom surface, said elongated bracket and opening further configured to allow said post to rotate, said stop surface limiting the angle of rotation of said post. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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Specification