Patent ID: 8832920

Claim:
A Standoff Adaptor for a Threaded Hollow Wall Anchor for mounting an item to a wall comprising: an externally threaded cylindrical main body having a first end to extend into an internally threaded hollow wall anchor mountable to a wall and further having a second end forming a head; a spacer on said main body and positioned between said first end and said second end, said spacer having a first load transfer surface to face the anchor and wall and further having a standoff engageable surface facing oppositely of said first load transfer surface, said main body having first external threads thereon between said first end and said spacer and second external threads thereon between said spacer and said second end; and, a standoff having a second load transfer surface abutable against said standoff engageable surface, said standoff being internally threaded and meshing engageable with said second external threads to mount thereto, said standoff having length to extend outwardly of said cylindrical main body to receive an item to be mounted thereto in spaced relationship to the wall; and wherein: said main body includes a tool engageable surface to allow the main body to be rotated into the anchor, said first load transfer surface is sized relative to the anchor to transfer load from said second load transfer surface to the anchor and wall, said standoff has a proximal end mountable to said head and a distal end; and further comprising: a shoulder screw having a threaded end in meshing engagement with said distal end and an unthreaded shoulder located outwardly of said threaded end to mountingly receive an item to be mounted to a wall; and wherein: said main body has a first portion with a first diameter between said first end and said spacer and a second portion integral with said first portion of a second diameter greater than said first diameter between said spacer and said second end, said spacer is threadedly mounted onto said second portion of said main body; and, said spacer has a recess on said first load transfer surface to receive the anchor.