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Pin hanging system for track frames

  • US 9,138,082 B2
  • Filed: 11/20/2012
  • Issued: 09/22/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for hanging a frame, the system comprising:

  • a pin hanger including;

    a neck section having a planar top surface and a width defined by two outer lateral edges defining a single step down transition region;

    an intermediate shoulder section having a width defined by two outer lateral edges extending outward beyond that of the outer lateral edges of the neck section forming ledges;

    an inward tapered section starting from the outer lateral edges of the intermediate shoulder section and terminating in a planar bottom surface;

    outer lateral edges of the inward tapered section are angled relative to the outer lateral edges of the intermediate shoulder section at an angle less than 90 degrees; and

    a pin projecting from the top surface of the neck section at an angle less than 90 degrees relative to the top surface of the neck section;

    wherein a circumference of the pin is less than the width of the top surface of the neck,wherein defined in the pin hanger is a hole extending from the top surface of the neck section to the bottom surface of the tapered section; and

    a screw receivable within the hole;

    the pin hanger being secured within the frame only by the screw and the intermediate should section;

    nothing disposed about the circumference of the pin secures the pin hanger within the frame,wherein the pin is non-moveable at all times relative to the top surface of neck section.

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