Patent ID: 7753320
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: F16B,F16L,H02G

Abstract:
1. A mounting assembly for anchoring at least one elongate member to a rectangularly apertured support structure, said mounting assembly interacting with a wire connector for engaging said elongate member, said mounting assembly comprising: an integrally formed mounting element having an attachment section and a bottom segment, said attachment section including: an integrally formed, rectangular mounting plate having an exposed surface including parallel, oppositely facing, longitudinally extending, notched cross segments slidably engageable with and supported by oppositely disposed, parallel, slot-forming, perpendicular wall segments extending from said wire connector, an integrally formed front end segment, and said notched cross segments extending between said mounting plate and said integrally formed bottom segment; a mounting section laterally extending from and lying parallel with said bottom segment and arranged to slidably engage the rectangular aperture formed in the support structure; anchoring means including a laterally extending snap member having an integral snap hook at its distal end engageable with an abutment face formed at the leading end of at least one of said perpendicular wall segments; and an integrally formed central spring section lying parallel with and laterally extending from said bottom segment, said central spring section including, integrally formed, reverse bowed, oppositely extending, spring members, each of said spring members being biased towards engagement with said support structure.