US 12,146,271 B2
Vehicle rail mounting device
Peter Schonstein, Rose Bay (AU)
Assigned to SPECTER INNOVATIONS GROUP PTY LTD., Rose Bay (AU)
Appl. No. 17/046,826
Filed by SPECTER INNOVATIONS GROUP PTY LTD., Rose Bay (AU)
PCT Filed Apr. 11, 2019, PCT No. PCT/AU2019/050321
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 12, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/195887, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 17, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018901202 (AU), filed on Apr. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0148056 A1, May 20, 2021
Int. Cl. E01B 9/42 (2006.01); E01B 9/48 (2006.01); E01B 9/68 (2006.01)
CPC E01B 9/42 (2013.01) [E01B 9/483 (2013.01); E01B 9/681 (2013.01); E01B 2201/04 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle rail mounting device for mounting a vehicle rail on a rail support structure so that the vehicle rail extends in a rail longitudinal direction, the device including:
a bottom piece adapted to be supported on the support structure;
at least one elastomeric bearing element adapted to be supported over the bottom piece and defining at least one elastomeric element end recess;
at least one top cover element having at least one top cover connector adapted to enable releasable connection of the at least one top cover element to at least one of the bottom piece and the support structure so as to secure the at least one top cover element relative to the support structure and to the bottom piece,
the or each of the at least one top cover element having at least one elastomeric element retainer which as adapted, when the at least one top cover element is releasably connected to at least one of the bottom piece and the support structure, to prevent removal of at least one retained elastomeric element of the at least one elastomeric element, from the bottom piece;
a top piece having top piece ends; and
at least one rail connector being an integral part of, or fixable to, the top piece,
wherein the top piece is inter-engaged with the at least one retained elastomeric element wherein the top piece is restrained by the at least one elastomeric element by means only of the top piece ends being held captive in the at least one elastomeric element end recess such that, when the at least one retained elastomeric element is prevented by the at least one elastomeric element retainer from being removed relative to the bottom piece, the top piece is prevented by the at least one retained elastomeric element from being removed relative to the bottom piece; and
the or each top cover element includes first top cover element locking formations and the bottom piece includes first bottom piece locking formations, wherein
the at least one top cover element, top piece, and the at least one elastomeric element together form at least part of a top cover assembly which is adapted to be moveable relative to the bottom piece between a first relative position in which the top cover element locking formations are separated from the bottom piece locking formations, and a second relative position in which the top cover element locking formations are engaged with the bottom piece locking formations, wherein, when the top cover assembly is in the first relative position, the top cover assembly is adapted to be moveable in a direction transverse to the rail longitudinal direction, relative to the bottom piece, and when the top cover assembly is in the second relative position, the first top cover element locking formations are adapted to prevent said movement in said transverse direction by said engagement with the bottom piece locking formations.