Claims
- 1. A connector for use in connecting a channel member to a support member wherein the channel member has spaced-apart wall portions defining therebetween a slot with each of said wall portions having a flange thereon extending therefrom and with the support member being provided with adjustable fastening means for extending into the slot, said connector comprising a U-shaped body member dimensioned and arranged to be disposed in a connecting position within the channel member transversely across the slot and engageable with the fastening means for interconnection with the support member, said body member including an end wall and two side walls, said end wall having an aperture therein which receives the associated fastening means, said body member having bending means thereon engageable with the flanges when said body member is disposed in its connecting position for bendingly deforming the flanges when said connector and the support member are moved together by the fastening means, thereby firmly to interconnect said connector and the channel member and the support member in an assembled condition, said bending means comprising two substantially rectangular recesses respectively formed in said side walls and respectively accommodating the flanges therein when said body member is disposed in its connecting position, the width of each of said notches being greater than the width of the projection of each flanges on its associated wall portion.
- 2. The connector of claim 1, wherein said bending means comprises two sets of recesses wherein each set comprises two aligned recesses respectively formed in said side walls, each of said sets of recesses receiving a corresponding one of the flanges therein when said body member is disposed in its connecting position.
- 3. The connector of claim 2, wherein the recesses in each side wall are respectively disposed adjacent to the opposite ends of said side wall and cooperate to define in said side wall a central leg and two end legs, the central legs of said two side walls being longer than said end legs and adapted to extend into the slot when said body member is disposed in its connecting position.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 28,997, filed Apr. 11, 1979, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,278,361.
US Referenced Citations (4)
Foreign Referenced Citations (1)
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676911 |
Dec 1963 |
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Non-Patent Literature Citations (1)
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Unistrut General Engineering Catalog No. 9; Published by Unistrut Corp. of Wayne, Mi., 48184 in 1978, p. 27 Cited. |
Divisions (1)
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28977 |
Apr 1979 |
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