Patent ID: 7770858

Claim:
A mounting bracket for mounting a field device to an attachment surface, comprising: a first bracket strap including a first rotary bearing; a second bracket strap, spaced apart from the first bracket strap by a space, including a second rotary bearing; and at least one movable lock on one of the two bracket straps; wherein the first and second bracket straps approach each other at their free ends, wherein the first and second rotary bearings articulate on two opposing sides of the field device that is arranged in the space so that the field device is rotated, on an imaginary axis which extends through the space, from a first angle position to a second angle position, wherein the field device may be swivelled by 180°, wherein the lock engages the field device to resist a torque of the field device, in that the lock converts the torque to a pair of forces which is removable using (i) the second rotary bearing and (ii) the lock itself, and wherein the first bracket strap includes a plurality of first through-holes which are arranged by a defined radian measure on a circular arc so as to be offset in relation to each other so that the field device is determinable at defined angle positions when in alternative installation states the lock engages a jacket surface of the field device through different ones of the first through-holes.