Equipment mounting bracket for steel truss and method for electrical equipment

• US 9,518,699 B2
• Filed: 03/22/2016
• Issued: 12/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chris Newhouse
• Original Assignee: Chris Newhouse
• Inventors: Newhouse, Chris
• Primary Examiner(s): Duckworth, Bradley
• Application Number:
  US15/077,455
• Publication Number:
  US 20160201846A1
• Time in Patent Office: 266 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/027 Ceiling supports
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source

Abstract

The truss mounting bracket simplifies installation of electronic type equipment below fabricated trusses commonly used in warehouse and other buildings. The mounting bracket includes a housing having at one end thereof a structure for connecting with an electrical conduit section. The opposite end of the housing is adapted to allow securement below a fabricated truss. A head portion extends from a center portion of the housing and has a thread connection therewith. The head portion engages the truss and allows the housing to be tightened against the lower surface of the truss. The conduit and the housing allow electrical cables to pass through the conduit and at least partially through the housing.

Claims

1. A method for mounting electrical equipment, comprising:

securing a single suspending member to a support, the suspending member comprising a threaded rod which is rotatably coupled with a threaded section of a housing;

threadedly rotating the housing about the threaded rod to rotate the housing while advancing it towards a bottom surface of the support whereby the housing continues to rotate until a mounting face of the housing engages the bottom surface of the support and locks therewith; and

coupling the electrical equipment to the housing so that the electrical equipment is suspended below the support.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein coupling the electrical equipment to the housing comprises securing an electrical conduit to a tubular sleeve on the housing and securing the electrical equipment to the tubular sleeve.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the support is a truss.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein:

the truss is a fabricated truss comprising two L-shaped angle members arranged in back-to-back spaced orientation with a gap therebetween to form a lower chord of the truss; and

the bottom surface of the support is a bottom surface of the lower chord.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising passing cables up from the electrical device through a port in the housing and through a gap between the two L-shaped angle members of the truss.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the port is formed through the mounting face of the housing.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the electrical equipment is a surveillance camera.

8. The method of claim 4, wherein:

the suspending member includes a T-shaped head fixedly secured to the threaded rod;

the T-shaped head is sized to pass through the gap between the two L-shaped angle members; and

securing the suspending member to the support comprises;

passing the T-shaped head through the gap; and

once the T-shaped head has passed through the gap, rotating the T-shaped head about 90° and

lowering the T-shaped head such that a top of the T engages the top edge of the lower chord.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the T-shaped head includes downwardly angled flanges to engage the sides of the L-shaped angle members and hold the threaded rod against rotation.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the suspending member is a single hook shaped suspending member having a threaded shank.