Patent ID: 6254047
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A equipment support apparatus for mounting equipment on a support structure and for allowing movement of equipment for maintenance and repair, comprising:a lower mounting plate assembly for being mounted on a support structure;an upper mounting plate for supporting equipment;bearing means connected to the lower mounting plate assembly and the upper mounting plate for facilitating movement of the upper mounting plate relative to the lower mounting plate assembly from a first operative position where the upper mounting plate is substantially superimposed over the lower mounting plate assembly to a second operative position where the upper mounting plate is moved away from the lower mounting plate assembly;locking means connected to the lower mounting plate assembly and the upper mounting plate for maintaining the upper mounting plate and the lower mounting plate assembly in the first operative position; andstop means connected to the lower mounting plate assembly and the upper mounting plate for controlling the relative movement of the upper mounting plate from the lower mounting plate assembly when the lower mounting plate assembly and the upper mounting plate are in the first and second operative positions, wherein the lower mounting plate assembly includes an elongated lower mounting plate having first and second end portions, wherein the upper mounting plate is elongated and has first and second end portions, and wherein the locking means includes a first flange with a hole formed therein connected to the first end portion of the lower mounting plate, a second flange with a hole formed therein connected to the first end portion of the upper mounting plate and a locking device for passing through the holes in the first and second flanges and for locking the upper mounting plate and the lower mounting plate assembly in the first operative position.