IP Library Granted Patent US 12,305,436
Granted Patent B2
US 12,305,436 · App. 18/244,790 · Granted May 20, 2025

Method for installing a multiple axis adjustable pivot bearing assembly

Inventors: David A. Haney (Duncan, OK); Johnny W. Brown, Jr. (Comanche, OK); William W. Brown (Comanche, OK)
Assignee: 3B Industries, Inc.
E05D7/0045E05D7/0009E05D7/0027E05D7/081F16C11/04F16C17/04F16C35/02E05Y2900/132F16C2350/54
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Patent No.
US 12,305,436
App. No.
18/244,790
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for installing a multiple axis adjustable pivot bearing assembly, comprising: Installing and adjustment-pivot unit: using bolts or screws to install a pivot floor mount, comprising a pivot floor mount aperture and a slot, to a floor, sliding a pivot square nut with a pivot square nut aperture into the slot such that the pivot square nut aperture is aligned the pivot floor mount aperture, place a pivot cover, comprising a pivot cover aperture, over the pivot floor mount, such that the pivot square nut aperture, the pivot floor mount aperture, and the pivot cover aperture are aligned so as to receive a lower portion of a pivot bolt, installing the pivot bolt into the pivot square nut aperture and through the pivot floor mount aperture and the pivot cover aperture, such that a pivot disk, which is part of or assembled to the pivot bolt, is partially in a recess feature of the pivot cover, installing a height-adjustment nut onto an upper portion of the pivot bolt above the pivot disk, placing a pivot mount block onto the now assembled adjustment-pivot unit; and mounting a door onto the pivot mount block by attaching a door frame onto the pivot mount block.

Claims (22)

1. A method for installing a multiple axis adjustable pivot bearing assembly, comprising:

providing an adjustment system comprising:

a pivot bolt having an upper portion and a threaded lower portion;

a pivot nut comprising a threaded pivot nut aperture feature configured to accept the lower portion of the pivot bolt;

a floor mount having a slot in which the pivot nut is slidingly engaged so as to be movable in a forward-backward, side-to-side and rotational direction, the floor mount having a floor mount aperture that aligns with the pivot nut aperture; and

a cover comprising a cover aperture, the cover configured to mount over the floor mount and engage with the pivot nut so as to move with the pivot nut;

wherein the lower portion of the pivot bolt is adjustably connected to the pivot nut and wherein the pivot bolt is configured to be adjusted between a first position which allows movement of the pivot nut with respect to the floor mount and a second position wherein movement of the pivot nut with respect to the floor is prevented;

using bolts or screws to install the floor mount, to a floor,

sliding the pivot nut into the slot such that the pivot nut aperture is aligned with the floor mount aperture,

place the cover over the floor mount, such that the threaded pivot nut aperture, the floor mount aperture, and the cover aperture are aligned so as to receive the threaded lower portion of the pivot bolt,

installing the pivot bolt into the threaded pivot nut aperture and through the floor mount aperture and the cover aperture, such that a pivot disk, which is part of or assembled to the pivot bolt, is partially in a recess feature of the cover,

installing a height-adjustment nut onto the upper portion of the pivot bolt above the pivot disk,

placing a pivot mount block onto the adjustment system; and

mounting a door onto the pivot mount block by attaching a door frame onto the pivot mount block.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pivot nut is square, rectangular, circular, or oval.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein wherein installing the pivot bolt into the pivot nut aperture comprises tightening the threads of the pivot bolt into the threads of the pivot nut aperture.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein installing the pivot bolt into the pivot nut is done so as to allow the cover to move in relation to the floor mount and the floor.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the cover is configured to move in a forward and backward direction and in a side to side direction.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the cover is configured to pivot clockwise and counter clockwise in relation to the floor mount and floor.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the upper portion of the pivot bolt is threaded so that the height-adjustment nut is screwed onto the upper portion of the pivot bolt, and wherein the height-adjustment nut will determine the height of the door by its placement along the upper portion of the pivot bolt.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the height-adjustment nut is configured to be installed at a predetermined height or is configured to be installed at a low position and then adjusted after the door is installed.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein a position of the pivot disk is adjusted so as to lock the pivot bolt such that movement of the cover is prevented.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2023
From: HANEY, DAVID A.; BROWN, JOHNNY W., JR.; BROWN, WILLIAM W.
To: 3B INDUSTRIES, INC.
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Continuity (3)
Continuation 18244192 · Sep 8, 2023
Provisional Application 63405053 · Sep 9, 2022
Related Publication 20240084629A1 · Mar 14, 2024
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