Patent ID: 7766594

Claim:
A channel securement assembly comprising: a channel member defined by a pair of opposed side walls and a transverse wall disposed therebetween, said transverse wall having a plurality of elongated openings extending therethrough: a threaded rod; and a slot nut having a length and a width sized to pass through one of the plurality of elongated openings of the channel member when the slot nut is in a first orientation, the slot nut having a threaded bore configured to receive said threaded rod, the slot nut including: a first and second shoulder portions, each of said shoulder portions having a top surface; and a protrusion portion disposed between said first and second shoulder portions, said protrusion portion having a first surface in a non-coplanar relationship with said top surfaces of each of said first and second shoulder portions, said protrusion portion having a pair of substantially straight sides and configured to be disposed partially within one of said plurality of elongated openings—such that said pair of substantially straight sides engage said one of said plurality of elongated openings when the slot nut is in a second orientation, each of the first surfaces of the first and second shoulder portions configured to prevent passage of the slot nut through the elongated opening when the slot nut is in the second orientation wherein the first orientation of the slot nut is offset from the second orientation by about 90°.