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Overhead support apparatus

US8839537B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11References

14Claims

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Assignee

iLight Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

Chad Glenn Kirschner · West Dundee, US
Sean Edward Callahan · Elmhurst, US
Mark Joseph Cleaver · Wilmette, US
Qiusheng Chen · Heshan, CN
Zhiping Zhang · Longbeilingcun, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 22, 2012
Grant date	Sep 23, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 22, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG09F2007/186
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A support component comprises a tab configured to be coupled to a bar (as comprises a part of an item to be suspended), the tab including a plurality of openings disposed therethrough and configured to receive an overhead support interface (such as a corresponding flexible link) to thereby provide overhead support to the bar. These openings can be laterally offset from one another to facilitate selecting a particular pitch orientation for the bar. The tab can have a non-circular hole disposed therethrough sized and configured to receive the bar. This hole can include a surface that is configured to key with respect to a corresponding bar surface to thereby prevent the bar from rotating.

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