Patent ID: 6189847
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: A47B,A47G,A47K,A47L,B25H

Abstract:
A bracket for attaching a wide range of items to a variety of support surfaces, the bracket comprising:a bracket body comprising a joining member, an anterior appendage coupled to the joining member, a first posterior appendage coupled to the joining member, and a second posterior appendage coupled to the joining member wherein the first posterior appendage has a central portion spaced a given distance from a central portion of the second posterior appendage;wherein the joining member, the anterior appendage, and the first and second posterior appendages together define a U-shaped profile wherein the joining member forms a curved base of the U, the first and second posterior appendages comprise separate, elongate, and flat finger-shaped members and form a first leg of the U, and the anterior appendage is flat and forms a second leg of the U whereby the bracket body can straddle an elongate member of an external structure with the joining member disposed against the elongate member of the external structure and the anterior appendage and the first and second posterior appendages disposed on opposite sides of the elongate member of the external structure;wherein each of the first and second posterior appendages has at least one aperture through the central portion thereof for facilitating attachment relative to the bracket body;wherein the anterior appendage has an aperture therethrough for facilitating attachment relative to the bracket body; andwherein the first and second posterior appendages and the apertures thereof are disposed outboard of the anterior appendage and the aperture thereof.