Patent ID: 8245993

Claim:
A method of attaching a mounting bracket to a substrate having a throughhole, the method including: providing the bracket with two clamp halves; translating one of the clamp halves in a radially inward direction relative to a body of the bracket to thereby place the one clamp half in a stowed position; partially inserting the bracket through the throughhole such that the one clamp half in the stowed position passes through the throughhole and the other clamp half does not pass through the throughhole; after the partially inserting step, translating the one clamp half in a radially outward direction relative to the body of the bracket to thereby place the one clamp half in an operable position; and rotating a threaded member that is threadedly engaged to the one clamp half to thereby move the one clamp half toward the other clamp half until the substrate is clamped between the two clamp halves.