I-beam track with a separate attachment portion
View Patent ↗A dual sided extrusion, where one side has a different shape than the other side, and the extrusion is intended to be used in different orientations depending on the application.
1. A support device, comprising
an extrusion, having an I-beam portion at a first side of the extrusion, and an open cavity portion which forms inner surfaces at a second side of the extrusion, said open cavity portion having inner surfaces, defining sidewalls spaced by a first distance, and an opening to said cavity with surfaces that are spaced by a second distance smaller than said first distance, thereby partially closing the opening to the cavity and forming a captive portion, where said I beam portion and said open cavity portion each extend across substantially an entire length of the support device.
2. A device as in claim 1 , further comprising first connection portions at the first side, and second connection portions at the second side.
3. A device as in claim 1 , further comprising first surfaces on the I-beam portion which are adapted to support a device on said surfaces, and second surfaces on the cavity portion which hold a different device on said surfaces.
4. A device as in claim 1 , further comprising a captive nut, held within said open cavity portion, between said sidewalls of said cavity portion, in a way that prevents said nut from rotating inside said cavity portion.
5. A support device, comprising an extrusion, having a first shape at a first side of the extrusion, said first shape having open outer ends defining first surfaces along which a device can be supported to move along said first surfaces, said first surfaces defined by outer edge surfaces of the first shape;
and having a second shape at a second side of the extrusion, said second shape having second surfaces defining a cavity along which a device can be supported to move along said second surfaces, said surfaces defined by said inner surfaces, said second shape, defining an open cavity portion which forms inner surfaces at a second side of the extrusion, where said first shape portion and said open cavity portion each extend across substantially an entire length of the support device.
6. A device as in claim 5 , wherein said second surfaces are formed by sidewalls spaced by a first distance, and an opening to said cavity with surfaces that are spaced by a second distance smaller than said first distance, thereby partially closing the opening to the cavity and forming a captive portion.
7. A device as in claim 5 , further comprising first connection portions at the first side, and second connection portions at the second side.
8. A device as in claim 5 , further comprising a captive nut, held within said open cavity portion, between said sidewalls of said cavity portion, in a way that prevents said nut from rotating inside said cavity portion.