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US 10,207,626 B2Granted
Equipment docking apparatus
OwnerTimothy Dean Eylerinventor
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Abstract
Aspects of the present invention relate to systems, methods and apparatus for securing equipment to a structure. Some aspects relate to an apparatus with clamp flanges and a clamping mechanism that engages a piece of equipment and secures the equipment from tipping or other movement relative to an attached structure such as a vehicle bed, storage container or display platform. Some aspects relate to an actuating clamp arm working in conjunction with a lateral retainer spring arm to effectuate a clamping action on the equipment to be secured.
Claims6
An apparatus for securing to a vehicle a soil compaction rammer, said apparatus comprising:
- a base plate, having mounting holes for securing the base plate to a vehicle, the base plate for conforming to a bottom of a shoe of a soil compaction rammer;
- a stationary clamp flange attached to the base plate for engaging a first side of the soil compaction rammer shoe;
- a movable clamp flange rotatably connected to the base plate by a hinge pin and configured to engage a second side of said soil compaction rammer shoe, wherein the second side of the soil compaction rammer shoe is opposite the first side of the soil compaction rammer shoe and wherein the movable clamp flange is further configured to move toward said stationary clamp flange in a clamping action adapted to clamp the soil compaction rammer shoe between said stationary clamp flange and said movable clamp flange when in a closed position, thereby being adapted to clamp and constrain movement of the soil compaction rammer shoe when the soil compaction rammer shoe is placed on the base plate so the soil compaction rammer will be secured;
- a clamp arm connected to the moveable clamp flange structured to leverage movement of the movable clamp flange between an open position and a closed position;
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- a lateral retainer spring arm connected to the movable clamp flange, structured to prevent movement of the soil compaction rammer shoe in a direction perpendicular to a line between the stationary clamp flange and the movable clamp flange, the lateral retainer spring arm being connected through the movable clamp flange to the lateral retainer spring arm such that the movable clamp flange is adapted to contact the soil compaction rammer shoe and retain the rammer shoe preventing movement of the rammer shoe upward from the base plate;
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- a lateral retainer spring arm hinge in a position along opposites sides of the rammer shoe to prevent lateral motion of the rammer shoe in a direction perpendicular to an axis taken along the length of the hinge pin.
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