Clamp Patents (Class 256/54)
  • Patent number: 4078754
    Abstract: A bracket adapted to be installed on a metal fence post for securing a sign or other display material to the fence post without modification of the fence post, said bracket having a cross sectional configuration complementary to the cross sectional configuration defined by the outer limits of the fence post whereby said bracket substantially surrounds a portion of the post. The bracket is provided with slots for receiving the usual fence post lugs therein for securing the bracket to the fence post at substantially any desired height above the surface of the ground, and is provided with a substantially flat exposed surface for receiving the sign thereagainst in order that the sign may be secured thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1978
    Inventor: George T. Gould
  • Patent number: 4018425
    Abstract: A one-piece spring fastener is provided for mounting fencing wire or the like to a channel-shaped support. The wire is mounted at an oblique angle to the axis of the support and the wire is free to move along its axis relative to the support. The fastener includes a pair of spaced-apart T-shaped walls joined by a bight portion. The top portions of the T-shaped walls cooperate with the bight portion to define a trough for receipt of the wire. Each of the T-shaped walls includes a dart-shaped wall portion, the dart-shaped wall portions being generally parallel to each other and defining a plane oriented at the oblique angle relative to the associated top portion. The dart-shaped wall portions are configured to be forcibly received between the inturned flanges of the channel-shaped support and retained therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1977
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventor: John J. Sasena
  • Patent number: 3972110
    Abstract: A one-piece spring fastener is provided for mounting fencing wire or the like to a channel shaped support. In one embodiment the wire is mounted generally perpendicularly to the support and is free to move along its axis relative to the support. The fastener is of a generally "U" shape in cross-section comprising two generally parallel, spaced apart, generally "T" shaped members joined along substantially the entire tops thereof by a bight or interconnecting bridge portion. The top portions of the "T" shaped members in combination with the bight portion form a trough for receipt of the wire and the base portions of the "T" shaped members are generally dart shaped for nonrotational, forced receipt inbetween and retention by the inturned flanges of the channel shaped support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1976
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventor: John J. Sasena