Supports – Brackets – Article holding means
Patent
1988-06-24
1990-03-06
Britts, Ramon S.
Supports
Brackets
Article holding means
24273, 24 69SK, 248229, A62C 3900
Patent
active
049059505
ABSTRACT:
A mounting assembly for fire extinguishers which includes a bracket shaped to define a substantially V-shaped trough. A flexible strap is adapted to be wrapped tautly about the fire extinguisher and thereby hold it tightly in the bracket's trough. The strap includes a bail which cooperates with a pivotally mounted latch member for locking the strap against the extinguisher. The strap also includes an aperture which is adapted to be interlockingly attached to a hook structure provided on the bracket. This arrangement permits the strap to be quickly and easily removed from or attached to the bracket without the use of tools. Due to the bracket's substantially two-point engagement with the extinguisher, and the easy release and attachment of the flexible strap, the mounting assembly may be easily adapted to hold fire extinguishers of various sizes by the easily performed exchange of the flexible strap. Furthermore, a pair of tracks are provided to receive and support the bail, when locked to the latch member, to resist deformation and premature failure of the bail. Also, a bottom support having an abutment flange for supporting the bottom of the extinguisher is designed to be mounted wihtin a channel provided in the bottom bracket of the mounting assembly. The channel and bottom support are constructed so that the bottom support may be mounted therein regardless of which side of the extinguisher the projecting leg of the bracket extends.
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Photographs of four (4) prior art devices.
Anderson, Jr. Henry M.
Turner Mark L.
Britts Ramon S.
Chotkowski Karen J.
Convenience Marine Products, Inc.
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