US 11,986,092 B2
Method and apparatus for flange clip for support channel
Wayne Lyall, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Assigned to International Technical Coatings, Inc., Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed by International Technical Coatings, Inc., Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/065,757.
Application 18/065,757 is a continuation of application No. 17/159,834, filed on Jan. 27, 2021, granted, now 11,622,627.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/967,692, filed on Jan. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0397726 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. F16B 11/00 (2006.01); A47B 96/06 (2006.01); F16B 12/10 (2006.01)
CPC A47B 96/06 (2013.01) [F16B 11/004 (2013.01); F16B 12/10 (2013.01); Y10T 24/44983 (2015.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flange clip for a support channel extending between two horizontal support rails, comprising:
a vertically oriented wall section oriented to be positioned against a vertical surface of a first horizontal support rail;
an upper surface extending outwardly away from an upper edge of the vertically oriented wall section at a substantially ninety-degree angle, wherein an underside of the upper surface is oriented to be positioned on an upward facing surface of the first horizontal support rail; and
a lower surface extending outwardly away from a lower edge of the vertically oriented wall section at a substantially ninety-degree angle in an opposite direction as the upper surface, wherein the lower surface comprises an upward facing surface and the lower surface:
is configured to receive a first end of the support channel; and
comprises a ridge for bonding the lower surface to the first end of the support channel.