US 11,988,248 B2
Bushing assembly for tubular structures and a system for mounting a tubular structure to a mounting structure incorporating the same
Clifford Struhl, Syosset, NY (US); and Raymond M. Schneider, Port Washington, NY (US)
Assigned to Clifford Struhl, Syosset, NY (US)
Filed by Clifford Struhl, Syosset, NY (US); and Raymond M. Schneider, Port Washington, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/375,534.
Application 17/375,534 is a continuation of application No. 16/296,464, filed on Mar. 8, 2019, granted, now 11,098,739.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/666,999, filed on May 4, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0355975 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. F16B 43/02 (2006.01); F16B 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 9/056 (2018.08) [F16B 9/07 (2018.08)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bushing assembly for tubular structures, comprising:
a body having an inner body surface, an outer body surface and a body edge;
wherein the inner body surface defines a substantially planar surface and an outer edge having a circumference, the outer body surface defines another substantially planar surface and another outer edge having another circumference, the two substantially planar surfaces are substantially parallel to each other; and the body edge is attached to the circumference of the outer edge of the inner body surface and the circumference of the outer edge of the outer body surface; and
a plurality of projections extending outward from the body edge and traverse to the planar surface defined by the outer body surface, each projection defining a longitudinal axis;
wherein each projection has a substantially planar radially-inner and radially-outer surface with a ridge extending in a generally longitudinal direction and substantially perpendicular to the projection inner and/or outer surface, and
wherein each projection has an attached and a free end whereby the radial dimension of a ridge is tapered in a direction toward the attached end of the projection.