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US3278980A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Folding door mounting assembly and bracket therefor

Assignee: Drapery Hardware Manufacturing Co
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Filing: 1964-07-13
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Granted: 1966-10-18
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Expires: 1984-07-13
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Eugene E Donovan

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 04:48
CPC Classifications
E; E05; E05D; E05D15/00; E05D15/26; E05Y; E05Y2900/00; E05Y2900/10; E05Y2900/13; E05Y2900/132

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 209 words
A SPRING CLIP MOUNTING BRACKET FOR USE IN RELEASABLY SUPPORTING AN OVERHEAD TRACK ASSEMBLY FOR A FOLDING DOOR, SAID MOUNTING BRACKET BEING FORMED IN ONE PIECE FROM STRIP SPRING METAL STOCK, SAID BRACKET HAVING A WIDE FLAT CENTRAL BODY PORTION PROVIDED WITH MOUNTING TANGS INTEGRAL THEREWITH AND PROJECTING IN OPPOSED DIRECTIONS FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF AND FORMED AT THEIR OUTER REMOTE ENDS WITH AN OPENING TO RECEIVE THE SHANK OF A MOUNTING FASTENER, A PAIR OF FINGER-LIKE TANGS CURLED OUTWARDLY AND INWARDLY FROM SAID MAIN BODY AND POSITIONED PARALLEL TO AND ONE TO EITHER SIDE OF ONE OF SAID MOUNTING TANGS, A C-SHAPED TANG EMBRACING THE OTHER OF SAID MOUNTING TANGS WITH ITS OPPOSITE ENDS LOCATED TO EITHER SIDE OF SAID LAST MENTIONED MOUNTING TANG AND INTEGRAL WITH THE MAIN BODY, SAID C-SHAPED TANG BEING CURLED OUTWARDLY AND INWARDLY FROM SAID MAIN BODY AND TOWARD THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID FINGER-LIKE TANGS AND BEING COOPERABLE THEREWITH RESILIENTLY TO GRIP THE OPPOSITELY AND INWARDLY CURLED FLANGES OF A LONG C-SHAPED TRACK STRIP OF AN OVERHEAD TRACK ASSEMBLY FOR A FOLDING DOOR UNIT AND ADAPTED TO BE ROLLED INTO SAID SPRING CLIP MOUNTING BRACKET AS ONE EDGE OF SAID TRACK IS PRESSED AGAINST THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID C-SHAPED TANG.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 209 words
A SPRING CLIP MOUNTING BRACKET FOR USE IN RELEASABLY SUPPORTING AN OVERHEAD TRACK ASSEMBLY FOR A FOLDING DOOR, SAID MOUNTING BRACKET BEING FORMED IN ONE PIECE FROM STRIP SPRING METAL STOCK, SAID BRACKET HAVING A WIDE FLAT CENTRAL BODY PORTION PROVIDED WITH MOUNTING TANGS INTEGRAL THEREWITH AND PROJECTING IN OPPOSED DIRECTIONS FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF AND FORMED AT THEIR OUTER REMOTE ENDS WITH AN OPENING TO RECEIVE THE SHANK OF A MOUNTING FASTENER, A PAIR OF FINGER-LIKE TANGS CURLED OUTWARDLY AND INWARDLY FROM SAID MAIN BODY AND POSITIONED PARALLEL TO AND ONE TO EITHER SIDE OF ONE OF SAID MOUNTING TANGS, A C-SHAPED TANG EMBRACING THE OTHER OF SAID MOUNTING TANGS WITH ITS OPPOSITE ENDS LOCATED TO EITHER SIDE OF SAID LAST MENTIONED MOUNTING TANG AND INTEGRAL WITH THE MAIN BODY, SAID C-SHAPED TANG BEING CURLED OUTWARDLY AND INWARDLY FROM SAID MAIN BODY AND TOWARD THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID FINGER-LIKE TANGS AND BEING COOPERABLE THEREWITH RESILIENTLY TO GRIP THE OPPOSITELY AND INWARDLY CURLED FLANGES OF A LONG C-SHAPED TRACK STRIP OF AN OVERHEAD TRACK ASSEMBLY FOR A FOLDING DOOR UNIT AND ADAPTED TO BE ROLLED INTO SAID SPRING CLIP MOUNTING BRACKET AS ONE EDGE OF SAID TRACK IS PRESSED AGAINST THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID C-SHAPED TANG.

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