Patent ID: 8231097
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: B64D

Abstract:
1. An equipment support for securing aircraft interior equipment to an airframe, the airframe having an equipment mounting rail comprising a substantially vertical web portion and a substantially horizontal flange portion, the flange portion having an upper surface and a lower surface, the equipment support comprising: a rigid frame; a trunnion mount, said trunnion mount comprising a rigid support pivotably mounted to said rigid frame for pivoting about a substantially horizontal pivot axis relative to said rigid frame; and a gripper foot, said gripper foot comprising a rigid member comprising a support portion having a lower surface disposed above the upper surface of the flange portion of the equipment mounting rail, said gripper foot further comprising a claw portion having a surface disposed below the lower surface of the flange portion of the equipment mounting rail such that the flange portion of the mounting rail is constrained for sliding between the claw portion and the support portion of said gripper foot; and an upright pivot, said upright pivot pivotably attaching said gripper foot to said trunnion mount so that the gripper foot, including the claw portion, is able to rotate about a substantially vertical pivot axis relative to said trunnion mount.