Patent ID: 8573545

Claim:
A mounting bracket arrangement for fastening an object to a support member, comprising: (a) a generally vertical support member ( 6 ) having an upper end portion containing a longitudinal chamber (C); (b) a generally horizontal planar transverse support plate ( 10 ) seated transversely across said vertical support member upper end portion to close said longitudinal chamber, said transverse support plate containing a pair of parallel horizontal linear openings ( 12 ) opposite said chamber; (c) a pair of parallel vertical planar rectangular bracket plates ( 16 ) having corresponding lower edge portions each containing a pair of parallel linear vertical slots ( 18 ) that define a center section ( 16 a ) and a pair of side sections ( 16 b ), said vertical bracket plates being arranged normal to said transverse support plate such that: (1) said center sections extend into said chamber via said horizontal linear openings, respectively; and (2) said side sections extend longitudinally externally of said vertical support member; and (d) fastener means ( 20 ) connecting together said pair of side sections of one vertical bracket plate with corresponding side sections of the other vertical bracket plate.