Patent ID: 6944994

Claim:
An anchoring bracket for applying an anchoring force to a mount including a support stud extending along a stud axis and depending from a force-distributing pad including a first side with a contact surface defined by a perimeter and adapted for supporting engagement with a support surface and a second side opposite the first side and including an anchoring-force bearing surface, the anchoring bracket comprising: an elongated shank having first and seconds ends and an anchoring-force application region located between the first and second ends; a first shank portion situated at least one of (a) at the first end of the shank and (b) between the first end and the anchoring-force application region of the shank, the first shank portion including an anchoring-force-exerting surface adapted for positioning into the interior of the pad perimeter for selective force-exerting engagement with the anchoring-force bearing surface of the pad; and a heel depending from a second shank portion more distant from the first end of the shank than the anchoring-force application region, the heel being adapted for selective force-exerting engagement with the support surface in a location exterior to the pad perimeter such that, when (i) the shank is oriented such that the force-exerting surface of the first shank portion is positioned for force-exerting engagement with the anchoring-force bearing surface of the mount pad and the heel is positioned for force-exerting engagement with the support surface outside the perimeter of the contact surface of the mount pad and (ii) an anchoring force directed toward the support surface is applied to the anchoring-force application region of the shank, the anchoring force is distributed to the heel and the first shank portion thereby urging the heel and the pad of the mount toward the support surface.