US 12,230,951 B2
Bracket system and method
Scott Ernest Anderson, Garrettsville, OH (US)
Assigned to ERICO International Corporation, Solon, OH (US)
Filed by ERICO International Corporation, Solon, OH (US)
Filed on Jan. 23, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/420,153.
Application 18/420,153 is a continuation of application No. 18/053,079, filed on Nov. 7, 2022, granted, now 11,881,687.
Application 18/053,079 is a continuation of application No. 17/021,159, filed on Sep. 15, 2020, granted, now 11,495,952.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/902,238, filed on Sep. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0162699 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. H02G 3/12 (2006.01); E04B 9/20 (2006.01); H02G 3/08 (2006.01); H02G 3/10 (2006.01); F16M 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 3/12 (2013.01) [H02G 3/08 (2013.01); F16M 13/022 (2013.01); F16M 13/027 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for manufacturing a bracket system that secures an electrical device to a ceiling structure, the method comprising:
forming a mounting bracket of the bracket system that is configured to be removably secured to a ceiling member of the ceiling structure by:
forming a bracket body of the mounting bracket;
integrally forming with the bracket body a channel structure that defines a channel of the mounting bracket and extends to a first side of the bracket body;
integrally forming with the bracket body a support arm that defines an opening to removably engage the ceiling member; and
integrally forming a locking arm with the bracket body that extends to a second side of the bracket body, opposite the first side, and that is movable relative to the bracket body and the channel between first and second alignments relative to the channel.