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Mounting system for installation of communication boxes having a convex bottom post and a rigid top post

  • US 5,148,353 A
  • Filed: 12/10/1991
  • Issued: 09/15/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A modular, wall-mountable system for mounting system blocks in a computer network, said system comprising:

  • a. a system block comprisingi. a casing having a face,ii. a bottom hook being rigidly coupled to the casing and extending outwardly from the casing fae in a given direction, the hook having a downwardly-facing concave pivot surface,iii. a top post being rigidly coupled to the casing and extending outwardly from the casing face in said given direction, the top post having a retaining surface substantially parallel to the casing face, andiv. a connector located on the casing face, andb. a wall-mountable track having a plurality of track slots to accommodate a plurality of system blocks, each track slot comprisingi. a support frame having defined therein a lower mating aperture configured to receive the hook and bounded on a side by a convex upwardly-facing edge of the support frame, the edge being curved to substantially match the pivot surface of the hook,ii. an upper mating aperture in the support frame configured to receive the post,iii. a locking slide slidably mounted on the support frame, the locking slide having a first position and a second position, with the locking slide in the first position permitting the insertion of the post into and removal from the upper mating aperture and with the locking slide in the second position preventing the removal of the post from the upper mating aperture by engaging the top post retaining surface,iv. a biasing spring disposed between the support frame and locking slide, the biasing spring serving to bias the locking slide to the second position and,v. a complementary connector located on the support frame and being adapted to couple to the connector on the casing face.

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