Many current fixtures that are mounted to walls and ceilings in homes and businesses include decorative cover plates or grates that serve to cover gaps between surrounding wall board and the fixture. The outer surface of those decorative cover plates and grates are not generally flush with the plane of the wall or ceiling. What is needed is a mounting configuration that allows flush mounting of the cover plates or grates, and provides a finished edge so that surface finishing compounds can be troweled level with the edge.
The foregoing specific aspects are illustrative of those which can be achieved and are not intended to be exhaustive or limiting of the possible advantages that can be realized. Thus, the objects and advantages will be apparent from the description herein or can be learned from practicing the invention, both as embodied herein or as modified in view of any variations which may be apparent to those skilled in the art. Accordingly the present invention resides in the novel parts, constructions, arrangements, combinations and improvements herein shown and described.
The foregoing features and other aspects of the invention are explained in the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying figures wherein:
It is understood that the drawings are for illustration only and are not limiting.
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This is accomplished by configuring bracket 100 with a plurality of elongated slots 104. The elongated slots 104 cooperate with a plurality of raised dimples 106 on the insert 102. The cooperation of raised dimple and elongated slot allows adjustment of insert 102 so that the exterior surface of insert 102 lies flush with the wall or ceiling surface.
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Although illustrative embodiments have been described herein in detail, it should be noted and will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that numerous variations may be made within the scope of this invention without departing from the principle of this invention and without sacrificing its chief advantages. For example features that appear in one embodiment of a particular figure are also applicable to embodiments that are illustrated in other figures.
Unless otherwise specifically stated, the terms and expressions have been used herein as terms of description and not terms of limitation. There is no intention to use the terms or expressions to exclude any equivalents of features shown and described or portions thereof and this invention should be defined in accordance with the claims that follow.
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Patent Application No. 62/795,261, entitled MOUNTING BRACKET, filed on Jan. 22, 2019, which is incorporated herein in its entirety.
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