Patent ID: 7391624

Claim:
An adjustable mounting bracket, comprising: first and second bracket members each defining a mounting plate, and a clamp jaw plate oriented angularly relative to said mounting plate, said mounting plate of said first bracket member having an elongated port slot formed therein and extending generally toward the associated clamp jaw plate, and said mounting plate of said second bracket member having a port formed therein; and a resilient fixture pin having a neck segment extending between a pair of radially enlarged lands, said neck segment being receivable through said port slot and said port for respectively retaining said mounting plates in slidably overlying relation with said clamp jaw plates in spaced-apart relation, said mounting plate of said first bracket member being slidably movable within the limits of said port slot relative to said mounting plate of said second bracket member for adjustably selecting the spacing between said clamp jaw plates; said clamp jaw plates respectively defining an adjustably spaced pair of facing surfaces for carrying a selected bonding agent thereon and for seating against opposite sides of a substrate edge for mounting the bracket onto the substrate edge; said fixture pin being movable to a deformed position with one of said lands displaced relative to said port slot in a direction generally toward said clamp jaw plates, and to a position misaligned with said port, to stretch-elongate said neck segment and thereby apply a positive force urging said clamp jaw plates toward each other.