US 12,285,122 B2
Multi-position adjustable fastener
Norman G. Schabel, Jr., Rocky River, OH (US)
Assigned to SLIPCO, LLC, Westlake, OH (US)
Filed by SLIPCO, LLC, Westlake, OH (US)
Filed on Nov. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/519,504.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/074,976, filed on Sep. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0240695 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. A47G 1/20 (2006.01); A47G 1/16 (2006.01); F16M 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 1/20 (2013.01) [A47G 1/1613 (2013.01); A47G 1/202 (2013.01); F16M 13/02 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fastener assembly comprising:
a base comprising a front face and a rear face such that a thickness of the base is defined between the front face and the rear face, the base comprising:
one or more mounting openings extending through the front face and the rear face; and
an elongated channel comprising:
a first channel segment extending along a first axis between an open first end and an opposing closed second end;
a second channel segment extending along a second axis, wherein the first axis is parallel to, and spaced apart from, the second axis; and
a third channel segment extending along a third axis that intersects the first axis and the second axis, wherein the third channel segment is connected to the first channel segment at a location that is between the open first end and the opposing closed second end of the first channel segment, and wherein the elongated channel comprises additional channel segments that are parallel to the first channel segment and the second channel segment, with the second channel segment positioned between the first channel segment and the additional channel segments;
a mounting fastener configured to be received within the one or more mounting openings, the mounting fastener comprising a length that is greater than the thickness of the base such that the mounting fastener extends through the mounting opening and engages a surface to attach the base to the surface;
one or more fasteners configured to be attached to the front face of the base, the one or more fasteners extending outwardly from the front face; and
a plurality of spacer pads attached to the rear face and spaced apart from one another, the plurality of spacer pads maintaining the rear face a distance apart from the surface when the base is attached to the surface, with the plurality of spacer pads in contact with the surface.
 
8. A fastener assembly comprising:
a base comprising a front face and a rear face such that a thickness of the base is defined between the front face and the rear face, the base comprising:
one or more mounting openings extending through the front face and the rear face; and
a plurality of fastener openings extending through the front face and at least partially through the thickness toward the rear face, wherein the plurality of fastener openings are joined together to form a single elongated channel that extends non-linearly along a plurality of axes and forms an open first end at a lateral edge of the base, the elongated channel comprising:
a first channel segment extending along a first axis of the plurality of axes between the open first end and an opposing closed second end;
a second channel segment extending along a second axis of the plurality of axes, wherein the first axis is parallel to, and spaced apart from, the second axis; and
a third channel segment extending along a third axis of the plurality of axes that intersects the first axis and the second axis, wherein the third channel segment is connected to the first channel segment at a location that is between the open first end and the opposing closed second end of the first channel segment, and wherein the elongated channel comprises additional channel segments that are parallel to the first channel segment and the second channel segment, with the second channel segment positioned between the first channel segment and the additional channel segments;
a mounting fastener configured to be received within the one or more mounting openings, the mounting fastener comprising a length that is greater than the thickness of the base such that the mounting fastener extends through the mounting opening and engages a surface to attach the base to the surface; and
a fastener configured to be received within one of the plurality of fastener openings, the fastener extending outwardly from the front face.