Mounting device for range hoods

Claim 1

Improved mounting means for securing, by means of fasteners, a load bearing range hood to a horizontal framing member on a wall, the range hood having a hood portion positionable above the range, a pair of side elements, and a blower housing, said mounting means comprising: an elongated mounting plate suitable for being secured generally horizontally to the framing member, said mounting plate including a first flange portion lying in a horizontal plane when said mounting means is in use and a second flange portion depending from said first flange portion and lying in a vertical plane when said mounting means is in use, said first flange portion including spaced perforations adjacent said second flange portion for receiving the fasteners for said mounting means, the area of said first flange portion adjacent said perforations slanting downwardly with respect to the remaining portions of said first flange portion so that the fasteners may be inserted into the framing member in an upwardly slanting direction; and a pair of hangers depending from said mounting plate at spaced locations therealong, each of said hangers having an upper end connected to said mounting plate, a lower, free, unconnected end, and an intermediate portion, said hangers containing means in the intermediate portions and on the lower ends for securing the range hood to said mounting means.