Claims
- 1. A wall mounting bracket assembly comprising
- a one-piece plastic body including an integral front wall,
- an integral continuous peripheral wall extending from the front wall and
- an integral continuous peripheral flange for attachment to a wall of a building, such that the body may be mounted on a building and then siding may be applied to the wall of the building and the edges of the siding brought into closely adjacent relation to said peripheral wall of the body, and
- a removable plastic flange member including an integral laterally extending flange and having an integral continuous axial wall adapted to be telescoped over said peripheral wall of the body and until the flange of the flange member engages the siding,
- said axial wall of said flange member and said peripheral wall of said body including interengaging means for selectively positioning the flange member at predetermined distances with respect to the integral flange of the body on the body to accommodate siding of varying thicknesses,
- said interengaging means being provided at spaced positions along said continuous axial wall and said continuous peripheral wall.
- 2. The wall mounting bracket assembly set forth in claim 1 wherein said interengaging means comprises interengaging projections and recesses.
- 3. The wall mounting bracket assembly set forth in claim 2 wherein said interengaging projections and recesses are provided at diametrically opposed positions on the respective plastic body and plastic flange member.
- 4. The wall mounting bracket assembly set forth in claim 3 wherein said projections are provided on the flange member and said recesses are provided on said plastic body.
- 5. The wall mounting bracket assembly set forth in claim 2 wherein said interengaging projections and recesses are axially spaced.
- 6. The wall mounting bracket assembly set forth in claim 5 wherein said projections are on said flange member and said recesses comprise grooves in said peripheral wall of said body.
- 7. The wall mounting bracket assembly set forth in claim 1 wherein said front wall includes an outer surface and an inner surface, said inner surface including grooves therein forming lines of demarcation for cutting said wall to provide various openings.
- 8. The wall mounting bracket assembly set forth in claim 7 wherein said grooves comprise spaced circular grooves and a rectangular groove.
- 9. The wall mounting bracket assembly set forth in claim 1 wherein said front wall has an opening therein including spaced overlapping vanes pivoted in said opening to define a vent for use of said bracket assemblies to vent a clothes dryer and the like.
- 10. The wall mounting bracket assembly set forth in claim 1 including a plurality of plastic flange members having different configurations such that any one of the plastic flange members can be applied to the plastic body.
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This application is a continuation in part of application Ser. No. 192,237 filed May 10, 1988 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,875,318.
This invention relates to devices for mounting elements such as lighting fixtures, pipes or vents on the wall of a building which has siding thereon.
In the mounting of devices on the wall of the building having siding, it has been proposed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,726,152 that a bracket be provided which has a base member with a neck and a cap member with a neck which are telescoped together and riveted to one another after which the bracket is mounted on the wall of the building. The siding is then brought into position beneath the flange formed by the cap member. Such a bracket has also been molded in a one piece body. The problems with respect to such an arrangement are that it does not accommodate siding of varying thicknesses and is not universal in its application for mounting devices other then a light fixture.
In our co-pending application Ser. No. 192,237 filed May 10, 1988, we have disclosed a gable vent comprising a one piece plastic body having a peripheral wall and a flange by which is attached to wall of a building. The siding is thereafter applied to the building in close proximity to the peripheral wall of the body. The body defines an opening such as a window or vent. A peripheral flange is thereafter applied to the body and is telescoped over the peripheral wall at adjustable positions into engagement with the siding.
In accordance with the present invention, the concept set forth in the above entitled application is applied to the problem of mounting other devices on the wall.
More specifically, in accordance with the present invention, the wall mounting bracket assembly comprises a one piece plastic body including a front wall, an integral peripheral wall extending from the front wall and an integral peripheral flange for attachment to a wall of a building. In use the body is mounted on the building and then siding is applied to the wall of the building and the edges of the siding are brought into closely adjacent relation to the peripheral wall of the body. A plastic flange member having an axial wall is telescoped over the peripheral wall of the body and until the flange engages the siding. The axial wall of the flange and the peripheral so that the flange is selectively locked in position.
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Patent Grant
4920708
