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US 10,017,082 B2Granted
Shock mitigation apparatus
OwnerFrancis Paul Zwaaninventor
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Abstract
Described herein is a shock mitigation apparatus. The shock mitigation apparatus may be utilized in a marine environment, able to absorb shocks transmitted to a seat system from a structure to which the seat is affixed. The shock mitigation apparatus includes at least one leaf spring wherein the leaf spring is cantilevered at one end and pivoted at a distal end thereof, and wherein the pivoted end is free to articulate upon flexure of the leaf spring.
Claims19
A shock mitigation apparatus including:
- at least one seat member;
- a lower mount member configured to securely mount a first end of at least one leaf spring;
- an upper mount member attached to the seat member, wherein the upper mount member is configured to securely mount a second end of the at least one leaf spring;
- wherein the at least one leaf spring is cantilevered at one end and pivoted at a distal end thereof, and wherein the pivoted end is free to articulate upon flexure of the leaf spring;
- and
- wherein the apparatus includes a pair of lower and upper leaf springs.
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A shock mitigation apparatus including:
- at least one seat member,
- a lower mount member configured to securely mount a first end of at least one leaf spring;
- an upper mount member attached to the seat member, wherein the upper mount member is configured to securely mount a second end of the at least one leaf spring;
- wherein the at least one leaf spring is cantilevered at one end and pivoted at a distal end thereof, and wherein the pivoted end is free to articulate upon flexure of the leaf spring;
- wherein the leaf spring includes at least one aperture;
- and
- wherein the leaf spring includes an aperture that is substantially centrally located therein.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.