Patent ID: 7261264
Filing Date: 2007-08-28
Classification: A01K,A45F,A47G,F16B,F16M,F21V,F41C,G09F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A locking assembly for readily attaching and dislodging a device to and from a surface, the locking assembly comprising: a bracket assembly having a front plate and a back plate spaced apart and fixedly attached to each other about portions of peripheries of the front and back plates to form an opening therebetween having a top slot and at least one adjacent slide slot; a yoke assembly having a yoke assembly plate with an upper portion and a bottom edge; said yoke assembly plate being of a size and shape to be received and guided into the top slot between the front and back plates via the bottom edge of the yoke assembly plate, said yoke assembly further including a yoke in which a portion of the yoke extends from and is fixedly connected to the yoke assembly plate, and another portion of the yoke is fixedly attached to the device; at least one pivoting release lever positioned within the side slot between the front and back plates of the bracket assembly, said pivoting release lever having an upper leg and a lower leg interconnected by a pivot that is attached to the front and back plates of the bracket assembly such that the pivoting release lever can freely pivot within the opening between the front and back plates about the pivot within a defined boundary between a locked and dislodged position; said pivoting release lever further having an outer surface that can be engaged by an external force in order to cause pivoting movement of the pivoting release lever; a pair of interlocking notches corresponding with each pivoting release lever with one interlocking notch positioned on the upper leg of the corresponding pivoting release lever and the other interlocking notch positioned on an upper portion of the yoke assembly plate to interlock and restrain pivoting movement of the corresponding pivoting release lever relative to the yoke assembly plate when the yoke assembly plate is substantially inserted within the opening between the front and back plates of the bracket assembly via the top slot; wherein an upper surface of the lower leg is positioned within the opening to be below the bottom edge of the yoke assembly plate; and at least one fastener to secure at least the back plate of the bracket assembly to the surface.