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Adaptable Bracket

a technology of adaptable brackets and brackets, which is applied in the field of brackets, can solve the problems of increasing the likelihood of elongated strips of material becoming looser, fences being at least partly disassembled, and useless fences

Inactive Publication Date: 2014-01-30
ELSTON GREG
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Benefits of technology

This patent describes an adaptable bracket that can change the shape of its inner side through adjustment of strengthening strips. The bracket body has at least two strengthening strips that run from one end to the other, with a flexible connecting strip in between. The positioning of the strengthening strips can be adjusted to change the shape of the inner side. The flexible connecting strip is made through a process called profiling, which makes it easier to bend and adjust the bracket's shape. Overall, this invention makes it easier to create custom brackets that fit the specific needs of a patient or surgeon.

Problems solved by technology

The difficulty with this type of fence construction is that the elongate strips have a tendency to become loose thereby gradually allowing the horizontal rail to become rollable relative to the posts.
This movement of the top rail further increases the likelihood of the elongate strips of material becoming looser until the horizontal rail is completely detachable.
This may be undesirable as the looseness of the horizontal rail could lead to the fence being at least partly disassembled.
This could render the fence useless.

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[0040]FIG. 1 illustrates a fence structure 10 which is constructed from a number of vertical posts 12 to which a horizontally extending rail 14 is secured at each top end of the vertical posts 12. A number of brackets 18 in the form of elongate metal strips are used to secure the horizontally extending rail to the vertical posts. Each of the strips is secured using one or more fasteners in the form of nails cleats or screws or the like to opposing sides of the post 12 and to the rail 14. As is clearly illustrated in this Figure, these types of brackets are prone to detachment allowing for the loosening of the rail from the top of the vertical posts. Such loosening results in the detachment of the rail from the posts thereby resulting in the at least partial deconstruction of the fence structure 10. This will defeat the purpose of the fence structure.

[0041]The accompanying representations of FIGS. 2 to 4 illustrate a bracket 30 according to a first embodiment of the invention. The ac...

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Abstract

An adaptable bracket 130 having two strengthening means 138 extending parallel and along a curve so as to form two connecting body sections 131, 132 extending at an angle to each other and attachable to two or more articles respectively which is a vertical pole 12 and a horizontal pole 14 to be connected at an angle to each other which in this case is substantially perpendicular. The two strengthening means 138 extending parallel are connected with a flexible connecting means which extends at least partly in between the two strengthening means and which is adapted to allow for adjustment of positioning of the strengthening means relative to each other.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims priority from PCT / AU2012 / 000255 filed on Mar. 13, 2012, and AU2011900889 filed on Mar. 11, 2011, all of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002]The present invention generally relates to a bracket and more particularly is concerned with a bracket which is adaptable.[0003]Whilst the invention may be applied to any type of use of an adaptable bracket, for example on furniture, shelving, scaffolding, etc., for convenience sake it shall be described herein in terms of an adaptable bracket used on fencing.BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION [0004]A fence is generally used to demarcate a particular area and can be constructed using a number of different techniques. In one type of construction a number of posts are embedded vertically into ground with a rail secured to top ends of the posts in a horizontal extending manner.[0005]Often metal brackets are used to secure the rail t...

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IPC IPC(8): E04H17/14
CPCE04H17/1421A47B96/061A47B96/07E04H17/1413E04G7/22E04F11/1817E04H17/1482E04H17/1473E04H17/1452E04H17/1448E04H17/1488E04H17/1417
Inventor ELSTON, GREG
Owner ELSTON GREG