Racking system and coupler

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11464335-B2
Application number	US-202017594095-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 12, 2020
Priority date	Apr 11, 2019
Publication date	Oct 11, 2022
Grant date	Oct 11, 2022

Abstract

Provided is a wall mounting system including at least one wall mount articulable to a wall, and at least one coupling member; the mounting portion includes two parallelly disposed side walls with a locking portion at a distal end thereof, for snug insertion into the locking slot of the wall mount; and the coupling member is configured with an obstructing plunger slidingly displaceable within a space between side walls, between a locked position, at which the plunger at least partially projects into the first locking recess, and an unlocked position at which the plunger is retracted into the space and out of the first locking recess. Further provided is a tolerance cancelation mechanism for a wall coupling member articulable to a wall mount, including a pivotal fastener member configured with an asymmetric sector-like shape with a wall engaging arc surface for bearing against a wall surface.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A coupling member having a utility portion at a proximal side thereof that is attachable to a utility module, and a mounting portion at a distal side thereof that is attachable to a wall mount,
said mounting portion comprises two parallelly disposed side walls, with a locking portion at a distal end of the mounting portion, configurable for snug arresting within a locking slot of the wall mount; said side walls comprise a first locking lug with an associated first locking recess, and a second locking lug with an associated second locking recess, the first and second locking recesses being disposed in register with one another, said first locking recess is deeper than said second locking recess;
wherein the coupling member is configured with an obstructing plunger slidingly displaceable within a space between the side walls, between a locked position, at which the plunger at least partially projects into the first locking recess, and an unlocked position at which the plunger is retracted into the space and out of the first locking recess; and
wherein at the locked position, a distal end portion of the obstructing plunger projects into a support opening configured at a front wall portion extending between side walls of the coupling member.

2. The coupling member of claim 1 , wherein the coupling member is configured for displacement to permit articulation of the coupling member from the wall mount or detachment therefrom, so that the first locking recess encounters a first narrow edge of a rectangle locking slot of the wall mount, thereby facilitating tilting of the coupling member, as to permit the second locking lug to pass over an opposite narrow edge of the rectangle locking slot, into or out of the second locking recess, into articulation or detaching from the wall mount, respectively.

3. The coupling member of claim 2 , wherein, only when the plunger is at the retracted, unlocked position, displacement of the coupling member to encounter the first narrow edge of the rectangle locking slot is permitted.

4. The coupling member of claim 2 , wherein respective edges of the first locking lug and the second locking lug define a distance therebetween that is greater than a length of the rectangle locking slot, to thereby bar the coupling member from axial displacement.

5. The coupling member of claim 1 , wherein, at an articulated position, the first and second narrow edges of the rectangular locking slot are received within the first locking recess and the second locking recess, respectively, wherein a portion of a front wall face and a portion of a back wall face of the mounting wall are disposed between respective walls of the first locking recess and the second locking recess, thereby providing axial support oriented in both forward and backward direction.

6. The coupling member of claim 1 , wherein configured for use in conjunction with an E-track mounting system.

7. The coupling member of claim 1 , being configured for attaching to the wall mount, the wall mount being disposed at an orientation selected from the group consisting of vertical orientation, horizontal orientation, inclined orientation, ground mounted orientation and ceiling mounted orientation.

8. The coupling member of claim 1 , wherein the second locking lug has a length that is similar to an obstruction depth of the obstructing plunger.

9. The coupling member of claim 1 , wherein the second locking lug and the first locking recess define a distance therebetween that is similar to a distance defined between the second locking recess and an obstruction depth of the obstructing plunger.

10. The coupling member of claim 1 , wherein a lateral face of the obstructing plunger extends between the first locking lug and the first locking recess when the obstructing plunger is at the locked position.

11. The coupling member of claim 1 , wherein the obstructing plunger is configured as a sliding rod having a round cross section.

12. The coupling member of claim 1 , wherein the obstructing plunger is configured with a chamfered distal end.

13. The coupling member of claim 1 , wherein the obstructing plunger is slidingly supported over a support surface within the space defined between the side walls of the coupling member.

14. The coupling member of claim 1 , wherein the obstructing plunger is configured for displacing substantially normal to the mounting wall of the wall mount.

15. The coupling member of claim 1 , wherein the obstructing plunger is biased into the locked position.

16. The coupling member of claim 1 , wherein the obstructing plunger is manipulable by an axially displaceable manipulating member that is disposed at a distal portion of the coupling member.

17. The coupling member of claim 1 , wherein the side walls of the coupling member are configured with a front wall portion, defining together a U-like shaped section.

18. The coupling member of claim 1 , wherein the side walls of the coupling member are integral with one another.

19. The coupling member of claim 1 , wherein at least proximal facing edges of one or both of the first locking lug and the second locking lug are chamfered.

20. The coupling member of claim 1 , wherein the obstructing plunger is normally biased into the locked position.

Assignees

• Keter Plastic Ltd
• Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp

Inventors

• Brunner Yaron
• Shany Izhar
• Parizer Uri
• Vardi Bougay Ayala
• Barton George

Classifications

• A47B96/027 Primary

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• A47B57/42

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• A47F5/0846

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• A47B96/061

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