Patent ID: 7533829
Filing Date: 2009-05-19
Classification: E01B

Abstract:
1. A rail-mounting assembly comprising: a generally rectangular base frame with one pair of corners truncated at respective bevels and provided with openings enabling the frame to be affixed on a support, the frame being formed with a window bounded by a pair of parallel sides of the base frame, the frame having a pair of diagonally opposite abutments each disposed adjacent a respective one of the truncated corners and at a respective end of the window, the abutments having downwardly and inwardly inclined faces; a top plate received in the window and having a lower face above a lower face of the frame, a pair of bosses projecting upward from the top plate and each juxtaposed with a respective one of the abutments and each having a downwardly and inwardly inclined face spacedly juxtaposed with a respective one of the downwardly and inwardly inclined faces of the respective abutment; and a one-piece body of an elastomeric material bonded to and interposed between the inclined faces of the frame and of the top plate, the body extending down into the window and forming at least one downwardly projecting pad in the window and between the lower face of the frame and the lower face of the top plate.