Mounting bracket
A mounting bracket is provided for attachment to a mounting surface. The mounting bracket has a body having a first surface and an opposite second surface and a first end and a second end. The second surface is profiled to engage a mounting surface. The body defines a first mounting hole extending obliquely through the body relative to the second surface from the first surface to the second surface, the first mounting hole extending in part toward the second end as the first mounting hole extends from the first surface toward the second surface. The body defines a second mounting hole extending obliquely through the body relative to the second surface from the first surface to the second surface, the second mounting hole extending in part toward the first end as the first mounting hole extends from the first surface toward the second surface.
1 . A mounting bracket for attachment to a mounting surface comprising:
a body having a first surface and an opposite second surface, the first surface including a first support surface profiled to engage an accessory mounted to the body, and the second surface profiled to engage a mounting surface, the first support surface being overlapped at least in part with a portion of the second surface to engage the mounting surface to transfer force applied to the first support surface to the mounting surface,
the body defining first mounting holes extending from the first surface to the second surface, each first mounting hole of the first mounting holes extending obliquely relative to the second surface to guide a fastener extended therethrough into the mounting surface at an angle,
the body defining second mounting holes extending through the body, the first surface, and the second surface, each second mounting hole of the second mounting holes extending substantially perpendicularly relative to the second surface; and
a ratio of the first mounting holes to the second mounting holes being at least 2:2,
wherein the body includes a first end portion including a first end of the body and a second end portion including a second end of the body,
wherein the first end portion of the body defines a first mounting hole of the first mounting holes which extends toward the first end of the body and a second mounting hole of the first mounting holes which extends toward the second end of the body opposite the first end to guide fasteners therethrough to inhibit shifting of the first end portion of the body from the mounting surface when force is applied to the first support surface at the second end portion of the body.
2 . The mounting bracket of claim 1 wherein the second end of the body is a bottom end and the first end of the body is a top end.
3 . The mounting bracket of claim 1 wherein the body includes a ramped surface extending from the first support surface such that a thickness of the body at the first support surface is greater than at the ramped surface, the first mounting hole of the first mounting holes extending through the ramped surface.
4 . The mounting bracket of claim 1 wherein the body includes opposing side edges, the side edges include at least a tapered portion on which the accessory slides to mount the accessory to the body.
5 . The mounting bracket of claim 1 wherein a ratio of first mounting holes extending toward the second end of the body to first mounting holes extending toward the first end of the body is at least 2:1.
6 . The mounting bracket of claim 1 wherein the first mounting holes have an asymmetric pattern relative to a central longitudinal axis and/or a central transverse axis of the body.
7 . The mounting bracket of claim 1 wherein the second mounting holes have an asymmetric pattern relative to a central longitudinal axis and/or a central transverse axis of the body.
8 . A mounting bracket for attachment to a mounting surface comprising:
a body having a first surface and an opposite second surface, the first surface including a first support surface profiled to engage an accessory mounted to the body, and the second surface profiled to engage a mounting surface, the first support surface being overlapped at least in part with a portion of the second surface to engage the mounting surface to transfer force applied to the first support surface to the mounting surface,
the body defining first mounting holes extending from the first surface to the second surface, each first mounting hole of the first mounting holes extending obliquely relative to the second surface to guide a fastener extended therethrough into the mounting surface at an angle,
the body defining second mounting holes extending through the body, the first surface, and the second surface, each second mounting hole of the second mounting holes extending substantially perpendicularly relative to the second surface; and
a ratio of the first mounting holes to the second mounting holes being at least 2:2, wherein at least one of the first mounting holes extends toward a first end of the body and at least one of the first mounting holes extends toward a second end of the body opposite the first end;
wherein the first surface of the body includes a second support surface profiled to engage the accessory, the body including a recessed portion between the first support surface and second support surface, at least one mounting hole of the first mounting holes extending through the body at the recessed portion.
9 . The mounting bracket of claim 8 wherein the body includes a ramped surface extending from the second support surface such that a thickness of the body at the second support surface is greater than at the ramped surface, a first mounting hole of the first mounting holes extending through the ramped surface.
10 . A mounting bracket comprising:
a single piece body having a first surface and an opposite second surface, the first surface including a first support surface profiled to enable an accessory to engage and slide along the first support surface when mounting the accessory to the body;
the single piece body including a stop surface to limit movement of the accessory along the body as the accessory is slid along the body from a first end portion of the body toward a second end portion of the body to mount the accessory to the body, the stop surface being at the second end portion; and
the single piece body defining at least one mounting hole including a first mounting hole extending obliquely through the body relative to the second surface, the first mounting hole extending in part toward the first end portion of the body as the first mounting hole extends from the first surface toward the second surface,
wherein the first surface further includes a second support surface profiled to engage an accessory mounted to the body, a first surface area of the first support surface being less than a second surface area of the second support surface.
11 . The mounting bracket of claim 10 wherein the second end portion of the body includes a projection including the stop surface.
12 . The mounting bracket of claim 10 wherein the first surface of the body includes a recessed portion that is recessed relative to the first support surface, the first mounting hole disposed in the recessed portion such that a head of a fastener extended through the first mounting hole is recessed relative to the first support surface.
13 . The mounting bracket of claim 10 wherein the at least one mounting hole is a plurality of mounting holes including the first mounting hole and a second mounting hole, wherein the second mounting hole extends in part toward the second end portion of the body as the second mounting hole extends from the first surface toward the second surface.
14 . The mounting bracket of claim 13 wherein the first mounting hole is substantially perpendicular to the second mounting hole.
15 . The mounting bracket of claim 10 wherein the body includes opposing side edges, the side edges include at least a tapered portion on which the accessory slides when mounting on the body.
16 . The mounting bracket of claim 10 wherein the body includes a chamfer about the first mounting hole.
17 . The mounting bracket of claim 10 wherein the body further includes a set of mounting holes extending through the body from the first surface to the second surface substantially perpendicular to the second surface.