Patent ID: 6872038

Claim:
A spring nut adapter for use in connection with a substantially U-shaped channel having a base plate with at least one channel orifice extending therethrough, two side plates and channel grooves on upper portions of the side plates, the channel grooves being bounded by channel groove walls, the spring nut adapter comprising: a face plate having an attachment orifice extending therethrough; a compression spring having a first end and a second end, the first end of the compression spring secured to an underside of the face plate and extending away from the face plate; and an adapter element having an adapter element orifice and secured to the second end of the compression spring and urged away from the face plate thereby; wherein the spring nut adapter is configured to be positioned within the U-shaped channel; wherein the adapter element is sized and shaped such that, when the spring nut adapter is slid along the channel grooves and laterally along the channel, the second end of the compression spring slides with the adapter element and the adapter element contacts the base plate of the channel, thereby preventing the second end of the compression spring from catching on the base plate of the channel.