Bracket and Method of Using Same

• US 20160160524A1
• Filed: 06/26/2014
• Published: 06/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gallaher Group Limited (Government of Japan)
• Original Assignee: Gallaher Group Limited (Government of Japan)
• Inventors: Malins, Craig David
• Granted Patent: US 9,816,288 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 17/124 connecting by one or more clamps, clips, screws, wedges or ties
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 2/065 using screw-thread elements F16B2/08 - F16B2/12 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle

Abstract

This invention relates to a mounting bracket including a body configured to engage with at least a part of a structure, the body includes an aperture for a fastener; a securing mechanism to secure the bracket to the structure; the securing mechanism includes a first and second fastener, the fasteners configured to engage with each other, the second fastener also engages with a second aperture of the body, the second fastener and second aperture includes a complementary guide and track in the form of a co-operating helical screw thread.

Claims

1. A mounting bracket, the bracket comprising:

a body configured to engage with at least a part of a structure and including an aperture for a fastener;

a securing mechanism to secure the bracket to the structure;

the securing mechanism includes a first and second fastener, wherein the fasteners are configured to engage with each other, the second fastener is also configured to engage with a second aperture of the body, the second fastener and second aperture includes a complementary guide and track in the form of a co-operating helical screw thread.

2. The bracket as claimed in claim 1, wherein the body has an open ended recess configured to receive or engage at least a part of a structure.

3. The bracket as claimed in claim 2, wherein a profile of the recess is configured to match the structure it retains.

4. The bracket as claimed in claim 1, wherein the body has an U-shaped profile.

5. The bracket as claimed in claim 1, wherein the body has a first and second aperture which are in line with each other.

6. The bracket as claimed in claim 1, wherein the body includes retaining means to retain fence wires or any other structures.

7. The bracket as claimed in claim 6, wherein the retaining means are apertures or slots.

8. The bracket as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second fastener has an internal bore.

9. The bracket as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second fastener has an external thread complementary to a thread of the second aperture of the body of the bracket.

10. The bracket as claimed in claim 9, wherein the external thread of the second fastener is threaded in an opposite direction to its internal thread.

11. The bracket as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first fastener has a threaded external body.

12. The bracket as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first fastener includes a head.

13. The bracket as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second fastener includes a head.

14. The bracket as claimed in claim 13 wherein the first aperture of the body is of a diameter that provides clearance for a threaded shaft of the first fastener.

15. The bracket as claimed in claim 8, wherein the internal bore of the second fastener is configured to engage with the first fastener.

16. The bracket as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first fastener is a right-hand threaded screw.

17. The bracket as claimed in claim 16 wherein the second fastener is a sleeve with a left-hand threaded exterior.

18. A method of attaching a bracket to at least a part of a structure using a securing mechanism, wherein the bracket includes a body, wherein the body is configured to engage with at least a part of a structure, and wherein the body includes an aperture for a fastener;

a securing mechanism to secure the bracket to the structure wherein the securing mechanism includes a first and second fastener, wherein the fasteners are configured to engage with each other, wherein the second fastener is also configured to engage with a second aperture of the body, wherein the second fastener and second aperture includes a complementary guide and track in the form of a co-operating helical screw thread, the method including the steps of;

a) engaging the body of the bracket with at least a part of a structure,

b) inserting the first fastener through the first aperture of the body,

c) engaging the first fastener with the second fastener configured to engage with the second aperture of the body,

d) further engaging the first fastener such that the second fastener moves relative to the first fastener via the guide and track.

19. The method as claimed in claim 18, wherein the second fastener moves towards the first fastener upon further engaging the first fastener, thereby clamping the structure.

20. The method as claim in claim 18, wherein the structure is a fence post.