Supports – Brackets – Specially mounted or attached
Patent
1996-10-29
1998-09-22
Braun, Leslie A.
Supports
Brackets
Specially mounted or attached
24822511, 2482308, 248 73, F16L 3137
Patent
active
058103058
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to mounting devices, and more particularly to mounting devices for use in securing an object, such as a sign, to a post.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In an earlier patent, GB 1533412, a mounting device is disclosed comprising a saddle having a pair of opposite side members having shaped portions to seat against a post and a pair of separate attachment members loosely carried at opposite ends of the saddle between the two side members. Each attachment member is provided with a slotted head portion, connected to a stem portion, leading to an enlarged end portion lying beyond the saddle in a direction remote from the shaped portions of the side members. The rear of the object to be secured to the post is provided with a channel having a mouth with inturned lips.
In use, the object is attached to the post by inserting the enlarged ends of the attachment members into the channel, so as to engage under the inturned lips of the channel and passing strapping through the slots in their head portions. Flexing the strapping around the post and tightening it draws the saddle against the post and forces the enlarged ends of the attachment members to grip the lips of the channel, thereby fixing the sign to the post.
However, the mounting device described above comprises multiple parts that need to be assembled together to provide a device which is then used to fix a sign to a post. This can be inconvenient to assemble in the field. It is also found that as the above mounting device requires a relatively large number of operations to produce and comprises multiple parts, it is somewhat expensive to make. GB-A-2182547 discloses a bracket for attaching an article to a post. In one embodiment the bracket comprises a portion for insertion into a channel, having slotted heads to receive a flexible strap, and a separate portion for seating against a post. The portion arranged for seating against a post is made from three separate parts; a flat base, and two straps which are welded or otherwise secured to the base. These straps form tunnels through which the strap can pass. This embodiment suffers from the disadvantage that manufacture of the seating portion is relatively complex, involving four separate welds.
Another embodiment provides a three-part bracket in which a W-shaped portion is arranged for seating against a post, and a strap is passed through slots in an outer portion having a portion for insertion into a channel, and between the seating portion and a further plate. Assembly of this bracket requires interlocking of three separate components, and attachment to a post entails threading a strap between two separate moveable components in addition to through two slots on the outer component.
Thus, the brackets described in GB-A-2182547 suffer from similar drawbacks to those discussed above in relation to GB-A-1533412.
Accordingly, there is a need for a mounting device which is cheaper to manufacture and/or easier to use.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, the present invention provides a mounting device for securing an object to a post comprising: arms, the arms being slotted to receive a resiliently flexible strap; and, said object, the channel member having a mouth restricted by inturned lips, the attachment member comprising one or more substantially flat plate portions for insertion into the channel member to be retained therein by the inturned lips, and neck portions to extend through the mouth of the channel, the neck portions leading to head portions, the head portions being slotted to receive the resiliently flexible strap, head portions lies as close as, or closer to, the post than the points where it passes through the slots of the arms.
In one embodiment, the present invention provides a mounting device in which the attachment member and abutment member are formed integrally with each other, with the abutment member being linked to the attachment member via narrower neck portions. This means that each plate portion is bounded by one neck portion l
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Heard Robert Arthur Henderson
Waite Terence William
Braun Leslie A.
Signfix Limited
Wentsler Stephen S.
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