Patent ID: 8172190

Claim:
A mounting bracket ( 10 ) configured to receive, support and mount a pump ( 34 ) having end caps ( 20 ) on each side formed with hollow cavities ( 32 ), the bracket comprising: a base plate ( 24 ) having a longitudinal axis with a stationary side ( 18 ) on one end and a flexible side ( 28 ) on another end; the stationary side ( 18 ) having one or more stationary hooks ( 22 ) coupled thereto that substantially do not move relative to the base plate ( 24 ) when a force is applied along the longitudinal axis to the one or more stationary hooks ( 22 ), the one or more stationary hooks ( 22 ) being configured to extend inwardly substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis in one direction so as to frictionally engage the hollow cavities ( 32 ) formed in the end caps ( 20 ) on one side of the pump 34 to receive and support the pump ( 34 ) when the pump ( 34 ) is mounted in the bracket ( 10 ); and the flexible side ( 28 ) having one or more flexible hooks ( 12 ) that is configured to extend inwardly substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis in an opposite direction in relation to the one or more stationary hooks ( 22 ), the one or more flexible hooks ( 12 ) and the one or more stationary hooks ( 22 ) extending towards one another along the longitudinal axis, the flexible side ( 28 ) also having a push-releasing plate ( 30 ) that is operatively coupled to the one or more flexible hooks ( 12 ) so the one or more flexible hooks ( 12 ) move in the direction along the longitudinal axis that the push-releasing plate ( 30 ) is urged, including by an external force applied by a user, the one or more flexible hooks ( 12 ) being configured to frictionally engage the hollow cavities ( 32 ) formed in the end caps ( 20 ) on an other side of the pump ( 34 ) to receive and support the pump ( 34 ) when the pump ( 34 ) is mounted in the bracket ( 10 ).