Clip for mounting objects on a wall stud
US4971280A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 1, 1989 |
| Grant date | Nov 20, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 1, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S248/906
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A clip for mounting an object such as an electrical box on a metal stud of generally channel shape having a web and a pair of generally parallel flanges. The clip includes a first clip part engageable with the stud for securement of the clip to the stud. The first pair has a relatively flat leg. A second clip part holds the object and has a relatively flat leg extending in generally parallel face-to-face relation with the leg of the first clip part. The leg of the second clip part is slidable relative to the leg of the first clip part lengthwise of the leg of the first clip part for adjusting the position of the object being held by the second clip part relative to the stud. Flanges define a guideway for maintaining the leg of the second clip part in longitudinal alignment with the leg of the first clip part as the leg of the second clip part is slidably adjusted relative to the leg of the first clip part. Detents on the leg of one of the clip parts are receivable in notches on the leg of the other clip part for locking the leg of the second clip part in selected positions of lengthwise adjustment relative to the leg of the first clip part.
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