Temporary support device for equipment consists of pin bracket for attachment to item and socket bracket for mounting on any structure. System is adaptable to broad range of temporary storage media. No engagement, release, or adjustment of components is required

Chamberlain, W. W., II

Jacobson, H. B.

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November 1970	 Brief 70-10542 
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Support for Equipment: Quick Mounting with Quick Release 
A novel temporary support for equipment permits 
quick mounting or quick release. It consists of two 
components: a pin bracket for attachment to an item 
of equipment, and a socket bracket for mounting on 
any structure (Fig. 1). Alternatively the place of 
mounting of the two brackets may be reversed. 
Socket 
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Figure 1. Socket Bracket (top) and Pin Bracket 
At right angles to and at each end of the pin bracket 
a grooved (to accommodate a ball detent) pin is fixed; 
the pins are parallel and their heads are paraboloidal. 
In each end of the socket bar, and the female equiva-
lent of each grooved pin, is a socket that is intercepted 
at right angles by a hole drilled from the end of the 
socket bracket. The outer end of this end hole is tapped 
to accept the threaded housing of a spring-loaded 
plunger. When the pair of pins is forced into the pair 
of sockets loaded with plungers, the pins are retained 
by the plungers with a strength that varies with the 
springs' resistance to compression. The equipment 
can be released simply by pulling.
Figure 2 shows that a square-section socket bracket 
can be made to accommodate four pin brackets 
separated by 90; hexagonal and octagonal brackets 
could accommodate six and eight. Rocking of equip-
ment is reduced by extension of the straight sections of 
the pins lying beyond the grooves. 
Figure 2. Socket Bar Mounting Four Containers 
Although designed for temporary anchorage of 
equipment in spacecraft, the system could be adapted 
for a broad range of temporary storage media in com-
merce, sport, and industry: notably for jigs, store-
rooms, boats, and vehicles. No engagement, release, 
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Plunger Assei
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or adjustment of components is required, and a man 
can place or release equipment while wearing the most 
bulky or restrictive garment. 
Note: 
No additional documentation is available. Specific 
questions, however, may be directed to: 
Technology Utilization Officer 
Manned Spacecraft. Center, Code BM7 
Houston, Texas 77058 
Reference: B70-10542
Patent status: 
No patent action is contemplated by NASA. 
Source: Winthrop W. Chamberlain II 
and Herbert B. Jacobson of 
North American Rockwell Corp. 
under contract to 
Manned Spacecraft Center 
(MSC-15874)
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Support for equipment - Quick mounting with quick release

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