US 11,986,694 B2
Systems and methods for secure, releasable mounting of multiple items
Anthony Passamonte, Franklin, MA (US); and Lindsey Corak, Franklin, MA (US)
Assigned to StackTrax LLC, Franklin, MA (US)
Filed by StackTrax LLC, Franklin, MA (US)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/527,551.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/245,838, filed on Sep. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/114,900, filed on Nov. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0152447 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 21/16 (2006.01); F16M 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 21/1681 (2013.01) [A63B 21/169 (2015.10); F16M 13/022 (2013.01); F16M 2200/04 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An item mounting system comprising:
a plurality of anchor units securely attachable directly or indirectly to a surface, wherein a first anchor unit has:
a mounting base that is securely attachable directly or indirectly to the surface, and a fitting bracket:
having at one end a mounting base attachment fixture securely but releasably attachable to the mounting base,
having at another end an item attachment fixture that is attachable to one or more items in a set of items, and
arranged to fit tightly within the mounting base through an aperture in a front surface of the mounting base;
a securing subsystem arranged to secure the mounting base to the surface; and
an attachment subsystem arranged to releasably, tightly, and securably attach the mounting base to the fitting bracket
wherein the fitting bracket and the mounting base are generally planar, the fitting bracket arranged to be disposed orthogonally within the mounting base, with the fitting bracket being disposed within the interior of the mounting base along the length of the mounting base to form an assembled anchor unit;
wherein a mounting base-facing surface of the fitting bracket and a fitting bracket-facing surface of the mounting base are arranged to form a pair of open conduits extending across the assembled anchor unit when the fitting bracket is disposed within the mounting base, the conduits extending across a width of the fitting bracket when the fitting bracket is fit into the mounting base; and
wherein a fitting attachment subsystem further comprises the pair of open conduits and a locking U-pin arranged to extend across the assembled mounting base through the pair of open conduits;
wherein the open conduits are defined by:
a first open channel disposed along a width of an upper portion of a mounting base-facing surface of the fitting bracket and a second open channel disposed horizontally along a width of a bottom portion of the mounting base-facing surface of the fitting bracket, the first and second open channels sized and arranged to allow legs of the locking U-pin to extend thereacross; and
a first pair of mounting base pin holes disposed on a first side of the mounting base and a second pair of mounting base pin holes disposed on a second side of the mounting base, the first and second pairs of mounting base pin holes arranged in size and location to serve as entries to and exits from the open conduits and to receive the legs of the locking U-pin so that the locking U-pin is extendable through the assembled anchor unit.