US 11,940,088 B2
Universal hardware mount
Jovan Ortiz, Morgan Hill, CA (US); and Kyle Prescott, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Rahi Systems Inc., Fremont, CA (US)
Filed by Rahi Systems Inc., Fremont, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/407,859.
Prior Publication US 2023/0055167 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. F16M 13/02 (2006.01); F16M 11/04 (2006.01); H02G 3/10 (2006.01)
CPC F16M 13/02 (2013.01) [F16M 11/045 (2013.01); H02G 3/10 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hardware mount, comprising:
a bracket comprising a plate-shaped base with a perimeter wall extending from a first side of the plate-shaped base in a first-side direction and extending around the periphery of the plate-shaped base, the plate-shaped base having a securement system for attaching equipment to the plate-shaped base within the bounds of the perimeter wall;
a rail system to which the bracket is mountable, via a second side of the plate-shaped base that is opposite to the first side of the plate-shaped base, in a manner that permits the bracket to be detached from and attached to the rail system, the rail system adapted to allow movement of the bracket between an extended position and a contracted position; and
a clamp attached to the securement system, wherein the bracket has an hourglass or dogbone shape comprising a middle portion and a wider portion at each of two ends thereof.