Patent ID: 8925172
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: A47B,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fixture for mounting on a support structure having an outer surface and an inner surface, the outer and inner surfaces having a thickness therebetween, with a bore extending through said thickness, comprising: a. a tubular body, said tubular body having a top section and a bottom section, said bottom section being a right circular cylindrical, and having external threads; b. a retaining collar, said retaining collar having an upper portion and a circular lower portion with an aperture through the center of said retaining collar; said upper portion having a lower surface larger than the bore in the support structure; and, said lower portion having an outside diameter slightly smaller than the diameter of the bore in the support structure, and further having internal threads, the diameter of said internally threaded lower portion sized to be threaded onto said bottom section of said tubular body; and, c. a keeper body, said keeper body having an internally threaded circular passageway, the diameter of said passageway sized to be threaded onto said bottom section of the tubular body, said keeper body including an upper part having an outside diameter slightly smaller than the diameter of the bore in the support structure, and a lower part having a smaller diameter than said upper part; said keeper body further including one or more pivotable, rotatable ears mounted to the outside of said upper part of the keeper body, said ears being pivotable from a first closed position wherein the diameter through said ears in said closed position is no greater than said outside diameter of said lower portion of said retaining collar, to a second open position wherein said ears deploy away from the center axis of said passageway in the keeper body, each of said ears further including at least one limit stop, whereby said retaining collar and said keeper body are threaded onto said tubular body, said bottom section of the tubular body, the keeper body with the ears in the closed position, and the lower portion of the retaining collar are passed through the bore in the support structure, the ears are deployed into the open position, and said ears are secured against the inner surface of said support structure.