US 12,256,852 B2
Releasable bracket for fastening to slotted wall panel and mounting system
Philip E. Trapasso, North Smithfield, RI (US)
Assigned to Tasso Research, LLC, North Smithfield, RI (US)
Filed by Philip E. Trapasso, North Smithfield, RI (US)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/232,057.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/396,817, filed on Aug. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0049893 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. A47F 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC A47F 5/0823 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bracket for locking in a mounting panel having a slot, the bracket comprising:
an upper leg portion and a lower leg portion that are joined by a rear beam portion;
the upper leg portion having an upper shoulder abutment and an upwardly extending finger portion, the upper shoulder abutment and finger portion forming an upper notch adapted to receive an upper edge of the slot on the mounting panel so that the upper leg portion can rotate in a first direction as the bracket is inserted into the slot;
the lower leg portion having a lower shoulder abutment and a downwardly extending intermediate body portion, the lower shoulder abutment and intermediate body portion forming a lower notch adapted to receive a lower edge of the slot so that the lower leg portion can rotate in the same first direction as the upper leg portion; and
the rear beam portion being deflected as the bracket is inserted into the slot and snapping back to its resting position as the bracket is locked in the slot.