US 11,774,007 B2
Snap to grid bracket for a sprinkler support assembly
Odair Dafonseca, Pawtucket, RI (US); and Joseph Beagen, Providence, RI (US)
Assigned to ASC Engineered Solutions, LLC, Portsmouth, NH (US)
Filed by ASC Engineered Solutions, LLC, Portsmouth, NH (US)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/881,293.
Application 17/881,293 is a division of application No. 16/695,457, filed on Nov. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,441,705.
Application 16/695,457 is a division of application No. 15/291,204, filed on Oct. 12, 2016, granted, now 10,527,203, issued on Jan. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0373105 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. F16L 3/24 (2006.01); A62C 35/68 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 3/24 (2013.01) [A62C 35/68 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fire sprinkler support assembly comprising:
a beam defining a first side and a second side;
a bracket bar; and
a bracket assembly coupled to an end of the bracket bar, the bracket assembly comprising:
a first plate defining a first vertical section oriented substantially perpendicular to the bracket bar, the first plate having a first end coupled to the bracket bar and a second end coupled to the beam, the first plate defining a first plate opening;
a second plate actionable relative to the first plate, the second plate extending through the first plate opening in the first plate; and
a fastener coupling the first plate to the second plate and operable to adjust a distance between the first plate and the second plate;
wherein:
the bracket assembly further comprises a seating frame extending from the second end of the first plate and configured to couple the bracket assembly to the beam;
the beam comprises a flange, a web extending perpendicularly from the flange, and a rim;
the seating frame comprises a first member disposed on the first side of the beam and a second member disposed on the second side of the beam;
each of the first member and the second member comprises a free end and an attached end;
the attached ends are coupled to the second end of the first plate;
each of the free ends is angled outwardly from the beam to facilitate inserting the rim between the first member and the second member;
each of the first member and the second member comprises a curved section disposed between the free end and the attached end; and
each of the curved sections is configured to curve around the rim of the beam.