Patent ID: 8567732

Claim:
A bracket assembly for mounting a link chain having a series of pivot pins connected, spaced, generally parallel, substantially identical chain link plates, said chain capable of engagement by teeth of a drive sprocket in the space between plates and intermediate the pin connections of said chain link plates, said bracket assembly comprising: substantially identical first and second unitary bracket elements, each bracket element including a generally planar, substantially uniformly thick base flange with a mounting surface mounting said base flange upon a support surface and a base attachment opening in said base flange for receipt of a fastener for affixing said base flange to said support surface, said base flange including an outer edge and an inner edge, each said bracket element further including a generally planar uniformly thick link attachment flange projecting generally transversely from the base flange along the outer edge, said link attachment flange comprising a chain link plate having first and second spaced pin attachment openings generally parallel to and spaced from the outer edge of the base flange, said pin attachment openings separated laterally from said base attachment opening of said base flange, said base attachment opening positioned medially between said first and second pin attachment openings, at least a portion of said link attachment flange intermediate said first and second pin attachment openings being offset laterally away from said outer edge, said inner edge and said base attachment opening in said base flange, whereby said first and second bracket elements are arrayed in opposed mirror image relation with the respective offset portions of said first and second bracket element link attachment flanges generally uniformly spaced a lesser distance than said first and second pin openings of opposing first and second bracket elements, and a link chain having a first set of generally parallel chain link plates pivotally attached by a first pivot pin to one of said first and second pin attachment openings of said opposed first and second bracket elements.