US 12,435,833 B2
Seismic securement system
Michael Essrig, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by Michael Essrig, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/614,025.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/454,003, filed on Mar. 22, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0318772 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. F16M 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16M 13/02 (2013.01) 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A restraint system for objects to be restrained during seismic events or impacts thereto, comprising:
a base, said base engageable to an object to be restrained;
a connector to engage said base to said object to a mounted position on said object;
said base having a pathway thereon running between a first shoulder and a second shoulder;
a strap having a first end engaged with a connecting member, said strap having a second end for engagement to a fixed position on a mount;
said connecting member having a planar portion positionable to an engaged position within said pathway;
a first passage communicating through said first shoulder opposite a second passage communicating through said second shoulder;
a first projection extending within said pathway from said top surface of said base;
a first slot communicating through said planar portion of said connecting member;
said first projection being positioned within said first slot with said planar portion of said connecting member located in said engaged position thereof;
a second projection extending within said pathway from said top surface of said base;
a second slot communicating through said planar portion of said connecting member;
said second projection being positioned within said second slot with said planar portion of said connecting member located in said engaged position thereof;
a locking member insertable to an engaged position having a respective portion thereof positioned within each of said first passage and said second passage;
said planar portion of said connecting member in said engaged position thereof, located to a sandwiched positioning in between a top surface of said base and a bottom surface of said locking member with said locking member in said engaged position thereof;
a first recess formed into said bottom surface of said locking member;
a second recess formed into said bottom surface of said locking member;
said first recess slidably engageable over said first projection during insertion of said locking member to said engaged position; and
said second recess slidably engageable over said second projection during said insertion of said locking member to said engaged position.