Display support system
AssigneeAtomic Design, Inc.
InventorThomas McPhillips
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Abstract
A support connector is provided and includes a support body and a latch. The support body includes a latch receiving passageway extending from a first end thereof and into interior of the support body. The latch extends into the latch receiving passageway and is secured to the support body. The latch includes a latch body, a lever, a latch pin and an expanding element. The latch body includes a body base and a lever receiving space extending through a center thereof. The lever is secured in the lever receiving space and is rotatably connected to the latch body. The latch pin extends through the body base and is connected to the lever, while the expanding element is positioned between an end of the latch pin and the body base. The expanding element receives the latch pin.
Claims15
A support connector, comprising:
- a support body having a latch section receiving passageway extending from the first end to an opposite second end and positioned along an interior thereof;
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- a latch extending from a first end of the support body and having:
- a latch body having a body base and a lever receiving space extending through a center thereof;
- a lever secured in the lever receiving space and rotatably connected to the latch body;
- a latch pin extending through the body base and connected to the lever;
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- an expanding element positioned between an end of the latch pin and the body base, the expanding element receiving the latch pin.
A support connector, comprising:
- a support body having a latch receiving passageway extending from a first end thereof and into interior of the support body;
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- a latch extending into the latch receiving passageway and secured to the support body, the latch having:
- a latch body having a body base and a lever receiving space extending through a center thereof;
- a lever secured in the lever receiving space at one end to the latch body and rotatable at a second end away from the lever receiving space;
- a latch pin extending through the body base and connected to the lever;
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- an expanding element positioned between an end of the latch pin and the body base, the expanding element receiving the latch pin, disposed around the latch pin, and formed of an elastically deformable material,
- wherein the lever is pivotably secured to the latch pin and rotatable between an unlocked position and a locked position, and wherein an outward surface of the expanding element pushes outward when the latch pin compresses the expanding element against the body base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.