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A mounting assembly for fire extinguishers which includes a bracket shaped to define a substantially V-shaped trough. A flexible strap is adapted to be wrapped tautly about the fire extinguisher and thereby hold it tightly in the bracket\s trough. The strap includes a bail which cooperates with a pi

A mounting assembly for fire extinguishers which includes a bracket shaped to define a substantially V-shaped trough. A flexible strap is adapted to be wrapped tautly about the fire extinguisher and thereby hold it tightly in the bracket\s trough. The strap includes a bail which cooperates with a pivotally mounted latch member for locking the strap against the extinguisher. The strap also includes an aperture which is adapted to be interlockingly attached to a hook structure provided on the bracket. This arrangement permits the strap to be quickly and easily removed from or attached to the bracket without the use of tools. Due to the bracket\s substantially two-point engagement with the extinguisher, and the easy release and attachment of the flexible strap, the mounting assembly may be easily adapted to hold fire extinguishers of various sizes by the easily performed exchange of the flexible strap. Furthermore, a pair of tracks are provided to receive and support the bail, when locked to the latch member, to resist deformation and premature failure of the bail. Also, a bottom support having an abutment flange for supporting the bottom of the extinguisher is designed to be mounted wihtin a channel provided in the bottom bracket of the mounting assembly. The channel and bottom support are constructed so that the bottom support may be mounted therein regardless of which side of the extinguisher the projecting leg of the bracket extends.

대표청구항 ▼

A mounting assembly for securely, but releasably, holding and supporting a fire extinguisher or the like, wherein said assembly comprises: at least one bracket having means for defining a trough shaped to receive and support therein the extinguisher; at least one flexible element adapted to be tautl

A mounting assembly for securely, but releasably, holding and supporting a fire extinguisher or the like, wherein said assembly comprises: at least one bracket having means for defining a trough shaped to receive and support therein the extinguisher; at least one flexible element adapted to be tautly wrapped about the periphery of the extinguisher; a first set of locking means for releasably locking one portion of said flexible element to said bracket; and a second set of locking means for releasably locking another portion of said flexible element, spaced from said one portion, to said bracket; said first and second sets of locking means being operable to tightly hold the extinguisher in said trough by said flexible element, and to easily and quickly release said flexible element from said bracket without the use of tools, so that a flexible element of a different size may be easily interchanged therewith and attached to said bracket to accommodate a different sized extinguisher, said first set of locking means including a hook structure fixedly attached to said bracket and an aperture provided in said one portion of said flexible element, said aperture being dimensioned to receive said hook structure therethrough and defining a distal engagement edge which is adapted to interlockingly engage said hook structure, whereby said flexible element is releasably secured to said bracket, said second set of locking means including a latch member having a second hook structure which is pivotally mounted to said bracket for movement between an open and closed position, and a bail having a pair of parallel longitudinal portions and a transverse portion, attached to said other portion of said flexible element, wherein said bail is adapted to be received within said second hook structure and interlockingly secured thereto when said latch member is closed; said assembly further including a slip received over and engaged with said longitudinal portions of said bail to resist deformation of said bail and premature failure thereof when it is subjected to various external forces.