Means of attachment

• US 4,726,559 A
• Filed: 09/12/1986
• Issued: 02/23/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/1985
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Scandinavian Solar AB
• Original Assignee: Scandinavian Solar AB
• Inventors: Hultmark, Goran
• Primary Examiner(s): Foss, J. Franklin
• Assistant Examiner(s): OLSON, ROBERT
• Application Number:
  US06/906,443
• Time in Patent Office: 529 Days
• Field of Search: 248/544, 248/201, 248/237, 248/274, 248/200, 248/289.1, 248/291, 248/300, 248/188.2, 248/225.1, 248/225.2
• US Class Current: 248/237
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/031 characterised by a frame for connection to an inclined roof
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 20/67 in the form of roof constructions in the form of shingles or tiles F24S20/69
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 2030/16 Hinged elements; Pin connections
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 25/10 extending in directions away from a supporting surface
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 25/61 for fixing to the ground or to building structures
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 25/632 Side connectors; Base connectors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 30/60 Planning or developing urban green infrastructure
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 10/20 Solar thermal
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/44 Heat exchange systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/47 Mountings or tracking

Abstract

Means of attachment of the kind that comprises a fittings (11) which is easily mountable and dismountable to an object (26) and displaceable sideways with respect to this. The purpose is to provide a means of attachment which is easily mountable and dismountable, which can be fixed along the edge sides of the object without using tool, which is simple and cheap in manufacturing and which offers a strong and effective attachment. These problems have been solved by the fact that the object (26) is provided with grooves (27,28) or the like arranged substantially parallel, spaced apart and opposite each other, that the fittings (11) consists of two plate-shaped parts (12,13) partially overlapping each other, the brought-together position of which corresponds to the distance between the grooves (27,28), and that at least one part (12) is designed with means (17) arranged to fix the free end section (18) of the other part (13) against displacement across the plane of the parts.

Claims

1. Means of attachment of the kind that comprises a fitting (11) which is easily mountable and dismountable to an object (26) and displaceable sideways with respect to the object,

characterized in that the object (26) is provided with grooves (27,28) arranged substantially parallel, spaced apart and opposite each other, that the fitting (11) includes two plate-shaped parts (12-13) partially overlapping each other and lying in a given plane, the brought-together position of which corresponds to the distance between the grooves (27,28), one of the parts including a bracket projecting therefrom and the other part having a free end section, said one part including means to fix said free end section against displacement across the plane of the parts, said means including a groove in said bracket for receiving said free end section, and said bracket having a free edge provided with a through hole parallel to the groove in said bracket for receiving a hinge axle.

2. Means of attachment according to claim 1 characterized in

that both parts (12,13) are fixed against displacement sideways by means of at least one member (22) which partially surrounds the ends of the parts.

3. Means of attachment according to claim 2,

characterized in that the member (22) comprises a U-profile bar, having shanks (23) which are arranged to fix the parts (12,13) against displacement sideways and a hinge axle extending through holes in the shanks and through said hole in said bracket.