Patent ID: 6264394
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: B25G,F16B,F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
A dual purpose connector for removably fastening an elongate cylindrical member to a flat support surface, the connector comprising:a) a broad rigid base having a substantially planar first face and an opposed second face;b) a tubular member extending away from the second face and terminating in a free end;c) a cylindrical central passage extending from the free end through the tubular member and the base to the first face, the central passage dimensioned for receiving therein the cylindrical member and having a central axis substantially orthogonal to the first face;d) an at-least-partially-threaded first aperture having an axis transverse to the central axis passing through a side wall of the tubular member for receiving a threaded fastener therein for securing the elongate cylindrical member in the central passage when the first face is fastened to the flat support surface with the tubular member upstanding; ande) an at-least-partially-threaded second aperture having an axis disposed at an acute angle to the central axis passing from the first face to the central passage for receiving a threaded fastener therein for securing the elongate cylindrical member in the central passage when the connector is mounted with the first face disposed in a substantially common plane with the flat support surface and the tubular member beneath that plane.