Abstract: A quick release clamp (10) for mounting equipment such as a lighting instrument (60) on a structural member such as a pipe (36). The clamp includes a C-shaped body (12) having a jaw portion (16), a back portion (14) and a base portion (18), the jaw and base portions extending from the back portion in spaced opposing disposition. The base portion defines an adjustment aperture (22) that is formed with an internal interrupted thread (24). An elongate tubular coarse adjustment sleeve (26) defines an internal threaded central passage (28) and an external interrupted thread (30) corresponding to the internal interrupted thread of the body.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 24, 1998
Date of Patent:
October 26, 1999
Assignee:
A.C.T. Enterprises, Inc.
Inventors:
Alan W. Crawshaw, Paul J. Katocs, Nicholas J. Watts
Abstract: A quick release clamp (10) for mounting equipment such as a lighting instrument (60) on a structural member such as a pipe (36). The clamp includes a C-shaped body (12) having a jaw portion (16), a back portion (14) and a base portion (18), the jaw and base portions extending from the back portion in spaced opposing disposition. The base portion defines an adjustment aperture (22) that is formed with an internal interrupted thread (24). An elongate tubular coarse adjustment sleeve (26) defines an internal threaded central passage (28) and an external interrupted thread (30) corresponding to the internal interrupted thread of the body.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 16, 1995
Date of Patent:
July 7, 1998
Assignee:
A.C.T. Enterprises, Inc.
Inventors:
Alan W. Crawshaw, Paul J. Katocs, Nicholas J. Watts