US 12,203,594 B2
Fixture mounting plate assembly
Christopher Presz-Lafreniere, Montreal (CA); Adam Chaimberg, Hampstead (CA); Xiong Xianwen, Montreal (CA); Scott Blaise Tylicki, Bowling Green, KY (US); and Miles William McDonald, Bowling Green, KY (US)
Assigned to GLOBE ELECTRIC COMPANY INC., Montreal (CA)
Filed by GLOBE ELECTRIC COMPANY INC., Montreal (CA)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/121,938.
Prior Publication US 2024/0309991 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. F16M 13/02 (2006.01); F16B 2/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16M 13/02 (2013.01) [F16B 2/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mounting plate assembly, comprising:
a mounting plate having an aperture to provide a passage therethrough;
a guide slot;
a spring clamp structure displaceably engageable with the guide slot;
two or more spaced-apart retention formations in the mounting plate disposed at predetermined spaced locations adjacent to the guide slot;
the spring clamp structure having a spring support bracket, the spring support bracket having a bottom retention base displaceably retained captive by the guide slot;
a spring biased clamp arm secured to the spring support bracket, the spring support bracket having a securing sleeve slidingly couplable to the two or more spaced-apart retention formations, the securing sleeve having one or more arresting formations at a lower end thereof for retention coupling with selected ones of the two or more spaced-apart retention formations disposed spaced-apart along the guide slot;
the spring support bracket being displaceable along the guide slot with the securing sleeve disposed at a disengaged position;
the spring support bracket being securable along the guide slot with the securing sleeve disposed at an engageable position,
wherein the securing sleeve is at the engageable position when the arresting formations are engageable with two or more spaced-apart retention formations.