Stone slab mounting

Claim 2

A slab mounting comprising: a thin slab having a rear surface, a bolt hole extending into the slab from the rear surface and ending at a first blind end, a pin hole extending into the slab from the rear surface to intersect the bolt hole at an angle of between about 30° and 120°, the pin hole having a rear entrance thereto in the rear surface, the pin hole extending from said rear entrance into the slab to the bolt hole through the bolt hole and into the slab on the other side of the bolt hole, ending therein at a second blind end, a bolt member in the bolt hole extending from the first blind end to beyond the rear surface where the bolt member carries means for coupling the bolt member to a support structure for mounting of the stone slab to the support structure, an aperture through the bolt member coaxially aligned with said pin hole, a pin member in the pin hole extending from said rear entrance through the bolt member via the aperture and into the slab on the other side of the bolt member to the second blind end, the pin member in frictional or threaded engagement with the bolt member within the aperture to resist removal of the pin member from the bolt member, the pin member preventing withdrawal of the bolt member from the bolt hole, the pin member in the pin hole extending from the second blind end to beyond the rear surface for coupling to the support structure to form a rigid, truss-like configuration by interconnection of the bolt member, pin member and support structure.

Claim 3

A slab mounting as claimed in claim 1 wherein said bolt hole and said pin hole are cylindrical bores, the axis of which intersect, said bolt member and said pin member comprising elongate cylindrical rods.

Claim 4

A slab mounting as claimed in claim 2 wherein the axis of the pin hole and the axis of the bolt hole form an angle therebetween of between about 40° to about 100° rearward of their intersection.

Claim 5

A slab mounting as claimed in claim 2 wherein the axis of the pin hole and the axis of the bolt hole form an angle therebetween of between about 30° to 90° rearward of their intersection.

Claim 6

A slab mounting as claimed in claim 3 wherein said pin member carries serrations on an outer surface thereof disposed within the aperture of the bolt member to frictionally engage the bolt member therein.

Claim 7

A slab mounting as claimed in claim 3 wherein voids within said bolt hole and said pin hole are filled with adhesive waterproof filler means.

Claim 8

A slab mounting as claimed in claim 3 including sealing means sealing rear entrances to the pin hole and bolt hole against moisture penetration.

Claim 9

A slab mounting as claimed in claim 3 wherein said aperture exits the bolt member on said other side of the bolt hole near a forwardmost end of the bolt member.

Claim 10

A slab mounting as claimed in claim 8 wherein said bolt member has a cylindrical side surface which terminates abruptly at a forwardmost end of the bolt member as an end surface normal to the cylindrical side surface.

Claim 11

A slab mounting as claimed in claim 9 wherein said aperture exits the bolt member on said other side of the bolt hole close to said forwardmost end of the bolt member but entirely within said cylindrical side surface of the bolt member.

Claim 12

A slab mounting as claimed in claim 10 wherein the perpendicular distance from said rear surface to the second blind end is at least equal to the perpendicular distance from said rear surface to the first blind end.

Claim 13

A slab mounting as claimed in claim 3 wherein said slab comprises a slab of marble, granite or precast concrete having a thickness of between 1 and 2 inches, the perpendicular distance from said rear surface to said second blind end comprising not less than about two thirds of said thickness.

Claim 14

A slab mounting as claimed in claim 3 wherein said slab comprises a slab of marble, granite or precast concrete.

Claim 15

A slab mounting as claimed in claim 2 wherein the axis of the pin hole and the axis of the bolt hole forms an angle therebetween of between about 30° to 60° rearward of their intersection.

Claim 16

A slab mounting as claimed in claim 14 wherein the axis of the bolt hole is perpendicular to the rear surface.

Claim 17

A slab mounting as claimed in claim 2 wherein the pin member and the aperture are complementarily threaded so that the pin member is threadably received in the aperture.

Claim 18

A slab mounting as claimed in claim 3 wherein each of the axis of the bolt hole and the axis of the pin hole form an angle of not less than about 30° with the rear surface.

Claim 19

A slab mounting as claimed in claim 2 wherein said rear entrance of the pin hole is spaced from the bolt hole.

Claim 20

A slab mounting as claimed in claim 16 wherein said rear entrance of the pin hole is spaced from the bolt hole.

Claim 21

A slab mounting comprising: a thin slab having a rear surface, a cylindrical bolt hole extending into the slab from the rear surface about a first axis and ending at a first blind end, a cylindrical pin hole extending into the slab from the rear surface about a second axis, the pin hole intersecting the bolt hole with the first axis intersecting the second axis at an angle of between about 30° and 120°, the pin hole having a rear entrance thereto in the rear surface spaced from the bolt hole, the pin hole extending from said rear entrance into the slab to the bolt hole through the bolt hole and into the slab on the other side of the bolt hole, ending therein at a second blind end, an elongate, cylindrical bolt member in the bolt hole extending from the first blind end to beyond the rear surface where the bolt member carries means for coupling the bolt member to a support structure for mounting of the stone slab to the support structure, an aperture through the bolt member coaxially aligned with said pin hole, an elongate, cylindrical pin member in the pin hole extending from said rear entrance through the bolt member via the aperture and into the slab on the other side of the bolt member to the second blind end, the pin member in threaded engagement with the bolt member within the aperture to resist removal of the pin member from the bolt member, the pin member preventing withdrawal of the bolt member from the bolt hole, the pin member in the pin hole extending from the second blind end to beyond the rear surface for coupling to the support structure to form a rigid, truss-like configuration by interconnection of the bolt member, pin member and support structure.

Claim 22

A slab mounting comprising: a thin slab having a rear surface, a cylindrical bolt hole extending into the slab from the rear surface about a first axis and ending at a first blind end, a cylindrical pin hole extending into the slab from the rear surface about a second axis, the pin hole intersecting the bolt hole with the first axis intersecting the second axis at an angle of between about 30° and 120°, the pin hole having a rear entrance thereto in the rear surface spaced from the bolt hole, the pin hole extending from said rear entrance into the slab to the bolt hole through the bolt hole and into the slab on the other side of the bolt hole, ending therein at a second blind end, an elongate, cylindrical bolt member in the bolt hole extending from the first blind end to beyond the rear surface where the bolt member carries means for coupling the bolt member to a support structure for mounting of the stone slab to the support structure, an aperture through the bolt member coaxially aligned with said pin hole, an elongate, cylindrical pin member in the pin hole extending from said rear entrance through the bolt member via the aperture and into the slab on the other side of the bolt member to the second blind end, the pin member in threaded engagement with the bolt member within the aperture to resist removal of the pin member from the bolt member, the pin member preventing withdrawal of the bolt member from the bolt hole, the pin member in the pin hole extending from the second blind end to beyond the rear surface for coupling to the support structure to form a rigid, truss-like configuration by interconnection of the bolt member, pin member and support structure.