Mounting bracket for a utility meter transceiver unit

• US 6,568,645 B2
• Filed: 11/28/2001
• Issued: 05/27/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Maddox Bracket Company
• Original Assignee: Maddox Bracket Company
• Inventors: Maddox, Michael F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, N.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hamdan, Wasseem H.
• Application Number:
  US09/996,195
• Publication Number:
  US 20020063555A1
• Time in Patent Office: 545 Days
• Field of Search: 248/231.81, 248/300, 248/65, 248/207, 248/544, 248/74.1, 738/56, 732/73, 732/72.R
• US Class Current: 248/231.81
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 37/00 Special means in or on valves or other cut-off apparatus for indicating or recording operation thereof, or for enabling an alarm to be given
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 1/04 Housings; Supporting members; Arrangements of terminals

Abstract

A mounting bracket for a utility meter transceiver unit, consists of a main bracket piece having a first end and a second end, with a through opening at the first end sized to receive therethrough a utility pipe that is in communication with a utility meter, and with a receiving channel at the second end; an upright bracket piece having a third and fourth end, sized at the third end to be received within the receiving channel, and sized at the fourth end to be received within a mounting channel within a utility meter transceiver unit; and a device to adjust the relative positions of the fourth end of the upright bracket piece and the receiving channel.

Claims

1. A mounting bracket for a utility meter transceiver unit, comprising

a main bracket piece having a first end and a second end, with a through opening at the first end sized to receive therethrough a utility pipe that is in communication with a utility meter, and with a receiving channel at the second end;

an upright bracket piece having a third and fourth end, sized at the third end to be received within the receiving channel, and sized at the fourth end to be received within a mounting channel within a utility meter transceiver unit; and

means to adjust the relative positions of the fourth end of the upright bracket piece and the receiving channel.

3. The mounting bracket of claim 1 wherein the first end of the main bracket piece protrudes outwardly from the main bracket piece at an angle of about 135 degrees.

2. A mounting bracket for a water meter transceiver unit, comprising

a main bracket piece having a first end and a second end, with a through opening at the first end sized to receive therethrough a water pipe that is in fluid communication with a water meter, and with a receiving channel at the second end;

an upright bracket piece having a third end and a fourth end, sized at the third end to be received within the receiving channel and sized at the fourth end to be received within a mounting channel within a water meter transceiver unit; and

means to adjust the relative positions of the fourth end of the upright bracket piece and the receiving channel.

4. The mounting bracket of claim 2 wherein the first end of the main bracket piece protrudes outwardly from the main bracket piece at an angle of about 135 degrees.

5. A utility meter set, including a utility meter equipped to electronically transmit its meter readings;

a utility meter transceiver unit in electrical communication with the utility meter equipped to retransmit the utility meter'"'"'s meter readings and having a mounting channel therein;

a main bracket piece having a first end and a second end, with a through opening at the first end sized to receive therethrough a utility pipe that is in communication with the utility meter, and with a receiving channel at the second end;

an upright bracket piece having a third and fourth end, sized at the third end to be received within the receiving channel, and sized at the fourth end to be received within the utility meter transceiver unit'"'"'s mounting channel; and

means to adjust the relative positions of the fourth end of the upright bracket piece and the receiving channel.

6. The mounting bracket of claim 5 wherein the first end of the main bracket piece protrudes outwardly from the main bracket piece at an angle of about 135 degrees.