Anti-dislodgement mechanism
US4971281A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 22, 1989 |
| Grant date | Nov 20, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 22, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02B1/013
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A bracket assembly such as is used for hanging office furnishing components on vertical supports, e.g., slotted posts of office partition systems, includes a mounting bracket with a plurality of aligned, coplanar hooks for engagement with aligned slots of such supports and an interlock member pivotally mounted on the bracket, with a cam section at one end and a locking projection at the other. The cam section is positioned to enter a slot as the bracket is engaged on the support and thereafter engages the lower edge of the slot as the bracket is seated to rotate the interlock member and extend the locking projection into another of the slots. The locking projection is positioned to enter the slot as the interlock is rotated by the cam and thereafter is held in the slot by the interlock to preclude raising of the bracket for disengagement of the hooks except upon counterrotation of the interlock member by the user.
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