Anchoring system for the installation of slabs on vertical and overhead surfaces

Claim 1

AN ANCHORING ASSEMBLY FOR FACING MATERIALS HAVING KERFS FORMED IN THE PERIPHERAL EDGES THEREOF COMPRISING, A PLURALITY OF U-SHAPED CHANNEL STRUTS, EACH CHANNEL STRUT HAVING RE-ENTRANT FLANGE PORTIONS FORMED ON THE LEGS THEREOF, AND EACH OF SAID CHANNEL STRUTS BEING SECURED IN SPACED RELATION TO EACH OTHER TO THE STRUCTURAL MEMBERS FORMING THE STRUCTURE ON WHICH THE MATERIALS ARE TO BE SECURED, A PLURALITY OF CHANNEL MEMBERS SPACED WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER AND DISPOSED AT ANGLES TO SAID STRUTS, EACH OF SAID CHANNEL MEMBERS HAVING AT LEAST TWO LEG MEMBERS JOINED BY A WEB MEMBER AND WITH ONE OF SAID LEG MEMBERS BEING INSERTED INTO THE KERF OF THE FACING MATERIAL, MEANS SECURING SAID CHANNEL MEMBERS TO SAID STRUTS IN THE ABOVE-STATED RELATION COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF CLIP MEMBERS, ONE AT EACH INTERSECTION OF A CHANNEL MEMBER WITH ONE OF SAID STRUTS, COMPLEMENTARY LOCKING ABUTMENTS FORMED ON THE OTHER LEG OF SAID CHANNEL MEMBERS AND ON SAID CLIP MEMBERS, AND FASTENER MEANS FOR SECURING SAID CLIP MEMBERS TO U-SHAPED STRUT MEMBERS, RESPECTIVELY, WITH SAID COMPLEMENTARY LOCKING ABUTMENTS IN OPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT, SAID FASTENER MEANS INCLUDING A LOCKING NUT BEARING ON THE INNER EDGES OF SAID REENTRANT FLANGE PORTIONS OF SAID STRUT MEMBERS AND A BOLT OPERATIVELY ENGAGED WITH SAID LOCKING NUT AND PASSING THROUGH SAID CLIP MEMBERS, RESPECTIVELY.