US 11,896,120 B2
Systems and components for anchoring objects to rack mount systems and assemblies
Timothy D. Tharp, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Assigned to Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Appl. No. 16/970,709
Filed by Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 23, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/019402
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 18, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/164504, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0085077 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A47B 57/38 (2006.01)
CPC A47B 57/38 (2013.01) [Y10S 211/01 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An anchoring device for securing an object within a rack mount system using fasteners, the rack mount system having a frame that defines a plurality of openings, the anchoring device comprising:
a base portion having an anchor face configured to face an inner face of the frame of the rack mount system, the base portion also having three individual apertures within the anchor face, wherein each of the three individual apertures is threaded so as to threadedly engage the fasteners therein; and
two individual hooks rigidly extending away from the anchor face of the base portion and configured for securing the anchoring device to the rack mount system, each of the two individual hooks being configured to be received within one of the plurality of openings in the rack mount system such that the anchoring device is secured thereto, wherein the two individual hooks are interposed between the three individual apertures, wherein the two individual hooks and the three individual apertures are configured to be vertically aligned when the anchoring device is secured to the rack mount system, and wherein an additional aperture is defined within at least one of the two individual hooks; and
wherein the base portion and the two individual hooks are configured such that the three individual apertures in the base portion align with the plurality of openings in the rack mount system when the anchoring device is secured thereto such that the object is securable to the rack mount system by extending at least one of the fasteners though at least one of the plurality of openings in the rack mount system and into engagement with at least one of the three individual apertures in the anchoring device, wherein when the anchoring device is secured to the rack mount system the two individual hooks prevent the anchoring device from moving perpendicularly away from the rack mount system and the at least one of the fasteners prevents the anchoring device from moving upwardly within the rack mount system, and wherein the additional aperture is configured to receive an additional fastener to couple the anchoring device to the rack mount system.