Patent Publication Number: US-2023138187-A1

Title: Mounting bracket

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO THE RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is based upon and claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202122642278.7, filed on Oct. 29, 2021, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. 
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The disclosure relates to the technical field of bathroom installation, in particular to a mounting bracket. 
     BACKGROUND 
     In the prior art, the water tank components, toilet parts and other components assembled on the same mounting bracket are suspended from the ground to facilitate the user&#39;s cleaning of the ground. Wherein, the height of these components suspended from the ground is constant. Therefore, it is difficult to meet the user&#39;s requirements for the suspension height during actual installation. 
     SUMMARY 
     The disclosure aims to solve at least one of the technical problems existing in the prior art. Therefore, the disclosure is to provide a mounting bracket, which can adjust the suspension height of components installed on the mounting bracket to meet the requirements of users during actual installation. 
     According to the embodiment of the disclosure, a mounting bracket, including a bracket body, a locking assembly and a support foot. The bracket body is configured for component installation, the locking assembly is arranged on the bracket body, and the support foot is arranged on the bracket body, wherein the support foot is able to slide along the up-down direction of the bracket body, and the locking assembly is configured to lock the support foot at the preset position. 
     According to the embodiment of the disclosure, it has at least the following advantageous effects: through the above structure, the support foot is installed on the ground and used to support the bracket body, and the locking assembly can lock the support foot at the preset position, so as to correspondingly adjust the height of the bracket body from the ground, so that the suspension height of the components installed on the bracket body can be adjusted. 
     According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the support foot is provided with a sliding chute arranged in the up-down direction and a guide hole communicated with the sliding chute. The locking assembly includes a slider and a fastener. The slider is slidably arranged in the sliding chute, and the fastener is passed through the bracket body and the guide hole in sequence, and the fastener is threaded with the slider, wherein the fastener and the slider cooperate to lock the support foot at the preset position of the bracket body. 
     According to the embodiment of the disclosure, wherein the bracket body is provided with an accommodation cavity, and the support foot is slidably arranged in the accommodation cavity. 
     According to the embodiment of the disclosure, wherein the bracket body includes an integrally formed frame body and an accommodation cylinder, the accommodation cavity is arranged in the accommodation cylinder, and the frame body is configured for an installation of a component. 
     According to the embodiment of the disclosure, wherein the frame body is a plate-shaped structure, and a surface of the frame body is provided with a recessed stiffener. 
     According to the embodiment of the disclosure, wherein the frame body is a plate-shaped mechanism, a back of the frame body is provided with a recessed portion, and the recessed portion is filled with grid stiffeners. 
     According to the embodiment of the disclosure, wherein the frame body is provided with a mounting hole for connecting with a mounting part of the corresponding component. 
     According to the embodiment of the disclosure, wherein the frame body is provided with an avoidance hole, a hole wall of the avoidance hole is provided with an extension arm, and the extension arm is configured to support the corresponding component. 
     According to the embodiment of the disclosure, wherein the extension arm is provided with a positioning insert column, and the positioning insert column is configured for positioning connection with the corresponding component. 
     According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the frame body, the accommodation cylinder and the support foot is made of aluminum. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The above and / or additional aspects and advantages of the disclosure will become apparent and easy to understand from the description of the embodiment in combination with the following drawings, wherein 
         FIG.  1    is a structural diagram of one embodiment of the mounting bracket of the disclosure with components; 
         FIG.  2    is a partial exploded view of the mounting bracket shown in  FIG.  1   ; 
         FIG.  3    is a sectional view of A-A shown in  FIG.  2   ; 
         FIG.  4    is a structural diagram of the mounting bracket shown in  FIG.  1   . 
     
    
    
     REFERENCE MARK 
     Bracket body  100 , frame body  110 , recessed stiffener  111 , recessed portion  112 , grid stiffener  112 A, mounting hole  113 , avoidance hole  114 , extension arm  114 A, positioning insert column  114 A 1 , accommodation cylinder  120 , through hole  121 , 
     Locking assembly  200 , slider  210 , fastener  220 , 
     Support foot  300 , sliding chute  310 , guide hole  320 , 
     Component a. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS 
     This part will describe the specific embodiment of the invention in detail. The preferred embodiment of the invention is shown in the attached drawings. The function of the attached drawings is to supplement the description of the text part of the description with graphics, so that people can intuitively and vividly understand each technical feature and the overall technical solution of the invention, but it cannot be understood as a limitation on the scope of the invention. 
     In the description of the invention, if there is a description that the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, etc. are only used to distinguish the technical features, tit cannot be understood as indicating or implying the relative importance, or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features, or implicitly indicating the order of the indicated technical features. 
     In the description of the invention, it should be understood that the orientation or position relationship related to the orientation description, such as up, down, front, rear, left, right, etc., is based on the orientation or position relationship shown in the attached drawings, only for the convenience of describing the invention and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element must have a specific orientation, or being constructed and operated in a specific orientation. Therefore, it cannot be understood as a limitation of the present invention. 
     In the invention, unless otherwise clearly defined, “provide”, “install”, “connected” and other words shall be understood in a broad sense. For example, it may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium; it may be fixed connection, detachable connection or integrated forming; it may be mechanical connection; it may be the connection between two elements or the interaction between two elements. Those skilled in the art can reasonably determine the specific meaning of the above words in the invention in combination with the specific contents of the technical solution. 
     Referring to  FIGS.  1  to  4   , the embodiment of the disclosure relates to a mounting bracket, which includes a bracket body  100 , a locking assembly  200  and a support foot  300 . 
     The bracket body  100  is used for the installation of component a, the locking assembly  200  is arranged on the bracket body  100 , the support foot  300  are arranged on the bracket body  100 , the support foot  300  can slide along the up-down direction of the bracket body  100 , and the locking assembly  200  can lock the support foot  300  in a preset position. 
     Through the above structure, the support foot  300  is installed on the ground and used to support the bracket body  100 , and the locking assembly  200  can lock the support foot  300  at the preset position, so as to correspondingly adjust the height of the bracket body  100  from the ground, so that the suspension height of the components a installed on the bracket body  100  can be adjusted. 
     It can be understood that the locking assembly  200  can lock the support foot  300  in a preset position, and the preset position is the position of the support foot  300  relative to the bracket body  100 . 
     Referring to  FIGS.  1  and  2   , the bracket body  100  is provided with an accommodation cavity, and the support foot  300  is slidably arranged in the accommodation cavity. The support foot  300  can be retracted into the accommodation cavity to reduce the space occupied by the mounting bracket. 
     It should be noted that the user can lock the support foot  300  at the preset position through the locking assembly  200 , so that the part of the support foot  300  corresponding to the preset position extends out of the accommodation cavity. In this embodiment, referring to  FIG.  1   ,  FIG.  2    and  FIG.  4   , the bracket body  100  includes an integrally formed frame body  110  and an accommodation cylinder  120 , the accommodation cylinder  120  is provided with the above accommodation cavity, and the frame body  110  is used for the installation of component a. 
     Through the above structure, the bracket body  100  is cast in integrated molding, and its appearance surface has better flatness. 
     In the present embodiment, the frame body  110 , the accommodation cylinder  120  and the support foot  300  are made of aluminum. 
     Through the above structure, the surface of aluminum profile will naturally produce a dense oxide layer, so that the mounting bracket can obtain a better corrosion resistance without surface spraying or baking paint and other treatment. 
     Referring to  FIGS.  1  to  2   , the support foot  300  is a strip structure, the support foot  300  is provided with a sliding chute  310  extending in the up-down direction, and a guide hole  320  communicated with the sliding chute  310 , the guide hole  320  extends in the up-down direction, and the cylinder wall of the accommodation cylinder  120  is provided with a through hole  121  communicated with the accommodation cavity. 
     The locking assembly  200  includes a slider  210  and a fastener  220 . 
     Referring to  FIGS.  1  and  2   , the slider  210  is slidably arranged in the sliding chute  310 , the fastener  220  is passed through the through hole  121  and the guide hole  320  in sequence, and the fastener  220  is threaded with the slider  210 , wherein the fastener  220  can be arranged as a bolt, etc. In this embodiment, the slider  210  is a block structure, and the sliding chute  310  cooperates with the slider  210  so that the rotating fastener  220  can drive the slider  210  to move in the direction close to the fastener  220 , so that the fastener  220  and the slider  210  together clamp the bracket body  100  and the support foot  300 , so as to lock the support foot  300  in the preset position. 
     It can be understood that the rotating fastener  220  can also drive the slider  210  to move away from the fastener  22 , so that the fastener  220  and the slider  210  no longer clamp the support body  100  and the support foot  300 . At this time, the user can drive the support foot  300  to slide relative to the locking assembly  200  to adjust the support foot  300  to another preset position. 
     Referring to  FIG.  1   ,  FIG.  2    and  FIG.  3   , the frame body  110  is a plate-shaped structure, and the surface of the frame body  110  is provided with recessed stiffeners  111 . 
     Through the above structure, on the one hand, the recessed stiffeners  111  arranged on the surface of the frame body  110  can prevent the front and rear bending deformation of the frame body  110 ; on the other hand, the recessed stiffener  111  can improve the three-dimensional sense of the product. 
     It can be understood that the recessed stiffener  111  is a groove wall of a groove arranged on the surface of the frame body  110 . 
     Referring to  FIG.  4   , the back of the frame body  110  has a recessed portion  112  filled with grid stiffeners  112 A. 
     Through the above structure, on the one hand, the grid stiffener  112 A located in the recessed portion  112  is reasonably arranged according to the difference of stress characteristics, so that the frame body  110  has both light weight and strength meeting the installation requirements; on the other hand, the main grid point of the grid stiffeners  112  A can be used as the force point of the thimble when the die is out. 
     It can be understood that the frame body  110 , the accommodation cylinder  120 , the recessed stiffener  111  and the grid stiffener  112 A are an integrated structure, that is, the bracket body  100  is an integrated casting structure. 
     In this embodiment, referring to  FIG.  1    and  FIG.  4   , the frame body  110  is provided with a mounting hole  113  for connecting with the mounting part on the corresponding component a. Wherein, the corresponding component a is water tank assembly, toilet parts, drainage pipe fittings, etc. 
     In this embodiment, referring to  FIGS.  1  to  2   , the frame body  110  is provided with an avoidance hole  114 , the hole wall of the avoidance hole  114  is provided with an extension arm  114 A, and the extension arm  114 A is used to support the corresponding component a. Wherein, the corresponding component a is the water tank assembly. 
     Through the above structure, the setting of the extension arm  114  A can improve the connection stability between the corresponding component a and the frame body  110 . 
     In the present embodiment, referring to  FIGS.  1  to  2   , the extension arm  114 A is provided with a positioning insert  114   a   1 , which is used for positioning connection with the corresponding component A. The corresponding part a is the water tank assembly. 
     Through the above structure, the corresponding component a can be conveniently positioned and installed on the frame body  110 . 
     Of course, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. Those skilled in the art can also make equivalent modification or replacement without departing the spirit of the invention. These equivalent modification and replacement are included in the scope defined by the claims of the application.