GB2221493A

GB2221493A - Accessory mount

Info

Publication number: GB2221493A
Application number: GB8818743A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Brian Laurence Wright
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1988-08-06
Filing date: 1988-08-06
Publication date: 1990-02-07
Anticipated expiration: 2008-08-06
Also published as: GB2221493B; GB8818743D0

Abstract

An accessory mount comprising two clamping devices (1 and 20) having clamping straps (2, 21 and 22) for locating the devices (1 and 20) on a support (35). The clamping device 1 has a nut 4 whose rotation draws the strap (2) through it to tighten the strap (2) on to the support (35). The nut 4 has an integral spigot 8 for mounting in an accessory to support the accessory. The clamping device 20 has two nuts (24 and 31) and two spaced straps (21 and 22) which can be tightened on to the support (35) by rotation of either of the nuts (24 and 31). The nut (24) has an integral spigot (25) whose orientation can be set by rotation of the nut (24) and the straps (21 and 22) tightened onto the support 35 by rotation of the nut (31). <IMAGE>

Description

Accessory Mounts This invention relates to accessory mounts utilising clamping straps which are tightened around supports in order to securely locate the mounts on the supports.

According to the invention an accessory mount comprises two clamping devices having clamping straps for locating the devices on a support and each having a respective spigot for locating in an accessory to mount the accessory or a supplementary accessory mount, the orientation of the spigots being adjustable relatively to the straps.

Advantageously the spigots are integral with nuts which engage teeth on the straps in threadlike manner so that rotation of the nuts causes the straps to be drawn through the nuts and so tighten up on a support around which the straps are partially wrapped.

The accessory mount of this invention is useful on boats and yachts for example for clamping accessories to the pushpit or stanchions of a boat or yacht.

One form of accessory mount in accordance with the invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a side view of the accessory mount with accessory, Figure 2 is a view showing

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Figure 3 shows a view of one clamping device used in the accessory mount, and, Figure 4 shows a view of the other clamping device used in the accessery mount.

The accessory mount comprises a first strap-type clamping device 1 of plastics material. The clamping device has a strap 2 which is formed with transverse teeth on its outer surface. The strap passes through an eye member 3 which comprises a nut 4 and a guide 5. The guide 5 has a square sectioned pin 6 which extends into the nut 4 to space the limbs 7 of the strap and cause them to engage with the thread of the nut 4. Thus, screwing of the nut 4 will cause the strap limbs 7 to move through the nut 4 to vary the size of the loop formed by the strap 2.

Integral with the nut 4 is a spigot pin 8 which adjacent its free end is formed with a neck 9. The spigot 8 locates at its free end in a bore in the accessory 10 and a grub screw 11 mounted in a transverse bore in the accessory is screwed to locate in the neck 9 in the manner described in my British Patent Specification No. 2149047 to lock the spigot pin 8 in the accessory 10.

The second clamping device 20 is somewhat similar to the clamping device 1, but has two straps 21 and 22 which run through an eye 23 similar to the eye 3. The nut 24 of the eye 23 has an integral spigot 25 similar to the spigot 8 and which is locked in a bore in the accessory 10 by a grub screw 26 locating in the neck 27 of the spigot 25.

The clamping device 20 has a further eye 30 comprising a nut 31 and a guide 32 which operate in precisely the same way as the eye 23 to draw the two straps 21 and 22 through them.

As can be seen from Figure 2, the spigot receiving bores in the accessory extend at 900 to each other. - In order to mount the accessory, the clamping device 1 is first fitted to the support bar 35 and tightened up by rotating the nut 4. At the end of this tightening movement the spigot is located in one of the bores of the accessory. The other clamping device is then fitted loosely on the support bar and then its spigot is located in the other bore of the accessory and locked in it. Then the clamping device 20 is tightened up by screwing the nut 31. Thus a rigid mounting arrangement is provided for the accessory.

As can be seen from figure l,the use of the accessory mounts provides a mount which is offset from its support allowing free space for access to the base of the accessory. This is useful if the accessory requires to be fed with cable or conduit.For example the hole in the centre of supplementary accessory mount 12 , in figure 2, provides direct access to the accessory for the attachment of cables etc. One benefit of this arrangement is the accessory ,complete with supplementary mount,and cable attached can be quickly removed for stowage by just loosening grub screws ll,and 26. The two accessory mounts attached to the support may be left in place.

Several of the mounting arrangements shown in figure 2,may be used in combination to support piping or the like, the supplementary mount 12 being in the form to suit the mounting requirements of the object being held.

Claims

CLAIMS:

1. An accessory mount comprising two clamping devices having clamping straps for locating the devices on a support by being wrapped round the support and each having a respective spigot for locating in an acessory to mount the accessory or in a supplementary accessory mount.

2. An accessory mount according to claim 1,characterised in that the spigots are integral with nuts which engage teeth on the straps in threadlike manner so that rotation of the nuts causes the straps to be drawn through the nuts and so tighten up on a support around which the straps are partially wrapped.

3.An accessory mount according to claim 2,characterised in that at least one of the clamping devices has a pair of spaced straps extending from one of said nuts to a second nut,whereby the support can extend between said straps with said one nut on the opposite side of the support to the second nut so that the straps can be tightened on to the support by either of said nuts.

4. An accessory mount substantially as herein before described with reference to the accompanying drawings.