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US 12,247,598 · App. 17/665,160 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Mounting bracket

Inventors: Oscar Rydsjö (Halmstad, SE); Marko Sostar (Helsingborg, SE); Patrik Carlsson (Hägersten, SE)
Assignee: VÄLINGE INNOVATION AB
F16B12/10A47B91/00
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Patent No.
US 12,247,598
App. No.
17/665,160
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mounting bracket for connecting two objects to one another. The mounting bracket includes an elongate protruding tongue element configured to be inserted in a cylindrical recess in one of the objects. The tongue element has one recess contacting side. A cross section of the tongue element on the recess contacting side is a circle sector with a radius, the other side of the tongue element being adapted to engage with a locking device. The locking device includes a cylinder and a lever connected to the cylinder. The cylinder is configured to be arranged in the recess adjacent the tongue element. The cylinder is configured to act as a cam when the cylinder is turned about its axis in the recess using the lever such that the cylinder is turned from a mounting position to a locking position in which a part of the locking surface pushes the tongue element such that the recess contacting side of the tongue element is in a pressing fit against the side of the recess.

Claims (20)

1. A mounting bracket configured for connecting two objects to one another, the mounting bracket comprises a first mounting part configured to be connected to one of the objects and a second mounting part configured to be connected to the other object, wherein at least one of the mounting parts comprises an elongate protruding tongue element configured to be inserted in a cylindrical recess in one of the objects, wherein the tongue element has one recess contacting side, wherein a cross section of the tongue element on the recess contacting side is a circle sector with a radius corresponding to a radius of the cylindrical recess, the other side of the tongue element is configured to engage with a locking device, wherein the locking device comprises a cylinder and a lever connected to the cylinder, the cylinder is configured to be arranged in the recess adjacent said tongue element, the cylinder being an eccentric cylinder comprising a top base and a bottom base and a locking surface connecting the top and bottom base, wherein the cylinder is configured to act as a cam when the cylinder is turned about its axis in the recess using the lever such that the cylinder is turned from a mounting position to a locking position in which at least a part of the locking surface pushes the tongue element such that said recess contacting side of the tongue element is in a pressing fit against the side of the recess.

2. The mounting bracket according to claim 1 , wherein the tongue element is a cylindrical segment.

3. The mounting bracket according to claim 1 , wherein the recess contacting side of the tongue element has at least one protrusion.

4. The mounting bracket according to claim 3 , wherein the protrusion is an elongate ridge.

5. The mounting bracket according to claim 4 , wherein the elongate ridge is arranged in a plane parallel to the plane of the recess opening when inserted into the recess.

6. The mounting bracket according to claim 1 , wherein the other side of the tongue element has a groove along at least a part of the length of the tongue element.

7. The mounting bracket according to claim 6 , wherein the groove is centred on said side of the tongue element.

8. The mounting bracket according to claim 1 , wherein the other side of the tongue element has at least one ridge along at least a part of the length of the tongue element.

9. The mounting bracket according to claim 1 , further comprising a ledge adjacent the tongue element and arranged to be in the same plane as the rotational plane of the lever of the locking device as a rotational stop to the lever.

10. The mounting bracket according to claim 1 , wherein the length of the circle sector being at least 10% of the circumference of the recess and less than 80% of the circumference of the recess.

11. The mounting bracket according to claim 1 , wherein the length of the tongue element is less than four times the radius of the tongue element circle sector.

12. A furniture fitting assembly comprising the mounting bracket according to claim 1 and a locking device, wherein the assembly further comprises a panel with at least one cylindrical recess with a radius corresponding to the radius of circle sector of the tongue element on the recess contacting side.

13. The furniture fitting assembly according to claim 12 , wherein the length of the lever on the locking device is longer than two times the radius of the recess.

14. The furniture fitting assembly according to claim 12 , wherein the panel comprises a wood base core and the mounting bracket comprises a polymer material.

15. The furniture fitting assembly according to claim 12 , wherein the tongue element has a higher level of tensile strength than the cylinder of the locking device.

16. The furniture fitting assembly according to claim 12 , wherein the tongue element is longer than the cylinder of the locking device.

17. A method of assembling a furniture panel comprising:

inserting a tongue element of a mounting bracket in a cylindrical recess of the furniture panel, wherein the mounting bracket is configured for connecting two objects to one another, the mounting bracket comprises a first mounting part configured to be connected to one of the objects and a second mounting part configured to be connected to the other object, wherein at least one of the mounting parts comprises the tongue element, the tongue element being configured to be inserted in a cylindrical recess in one of the objects, wherein the tongue element has one recess contacting side, wherein a cross section of the tongue element on the recess contacting side is a circle sector with a radius corresponding to a radius of the cylindrical recess, the other side of the tongue element is configured to engage with the locking device,

inserting a locking device into the cylindrical recess next to the tongue element, wherein the locking device comprises a cylinder and a lever connected to the cylinder, the cylinder is configured to be arranged in the recess adjacent the tongue element, the cylinder being an eccentric cylinder comprising a top base and a bottom base and a locking surface connecting the top and bottom base, wherein the cylinder is configured to act as a cam when the cylinder is turned about its axis in the cylindrical recess using the lever such that the cylinder is turned from a mounting position to a locking position in which at least a part of the locking surface pushes the tongue element such that the recess contacting side of the tongue element is in a pressing fit against the side of the cylindrical recess, and

turning the locking device around the axis of the locking device cylinder, using the lever of the locking device, into a locking position.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2022
From: RYDSJÖ, OSCAR; SOSTAR, MARKO; CARLSSON, PATRIK
To: VALINGE INNOVATION AB
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Priority Claims (1)
SE 2150138-2 · Feb 8, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220252097A1 · Aug 11, 2022
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