US 12,251,013 B2
Mounting assembly
Matthew Russell, Yorba Linda, CA (US)
Assigned to Exemplis LLC, Cypress, CA (US)
Filed by Exemplis LLC., Cypress, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/213,630.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/355,529, filed on Jun. 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0413993 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. A47B 21/04 (2006.01)
CPC A47B 21/04 (2013.01) [A47B 2200/0084 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A desk having an accessory mount for mounting accessories to the desk, the desk comprising:
a first leg assembly;
a desktop supported by the leg assembly;
a channel member having a longitudinal axis and recessed into the desktop, the channel member having a channel comprising a first side wall, a bottom wall and a second sidewall opposite the first side wall, the channel member comprising:
an aperture between upper ends of the first and second side walls; and
a ridge positioned on the bottom wall, extending along a longitudinal axis of the channel member, wherein the ridge divides the bottom wall into a first side portion between the ridge and the first sidewall and a second side portion between the ridge and the second sidewall, wherein the ridge protrudes upwardly from both the first and second side portions of the bottom wall;
wherein the first and second sidewalls, the aperture and the ridge form a first insertion passage extending through the aperture toward the first side portion along a first insertion angle and a second insertion passage through the aperture and towards the second side portion along a second insertion angle, the first and second insertion passages being non parallel to each other and non-perpendicular to the bottom wall;
a first anchor member comprising a first top wall and a first anchor leg extending downwardly from the top wall at a first anchor leg angle that is approximately equal to the first insertion angle, and a first connector portion;
wherein the first anchor leg is sized so as to be constrained by the aperture, first sidewall, second sidewall, and the ridge, in use, to movement along the first insertion angle when the first anchor leg is inserted into the first side portion of the channel member; and
a second anchor member comprising a second top wall and a second anchor leg extending downwardly from the top wall at a second anchor leg angle that is approximately equal to the second insertion angle, and a second connector portion configured to connect with the first connector portion;
wherein the second anchor leg is sized so as to be constrained by the aperture, first sidewall, second sidewall, and the ridge, in use, to movement along the second insertion angle when the second anchor leg is inserted into the second side portion of the channel member;
wherein when the first connector portion is connected to the second connector portion with the first anchor leg positioned in the first side portion of the channel member and the second anchor leg positioned in the second side portion of the channel member, the connected first and second anchor members are constrained from removal from the channel member along any direction extending from within the channel member outwardly through the aperture.