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US 10,539,165 B2Granted
Systems and methods for a symmetrical locking bridge
OwnerBrent Williams Grahaminventor
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Abstract
Embodiments described herein relate to a studio bridge clamp comprised of a first element and a second element. Responsive to sliding the first element and the second element along a linear axis of the first element and the second element, the studio bridge clamp creates a clamping force at two locations.
Claims20
A clamping device comprising:
- a first clamping member with a first face, a second face, a first projection, and a second projection, the first projection and the second projection extending in parallel with each other between the first face and the second face, wherein the first face is positioned on distal ends of the first projection and the second projection and the second face is positioned on the proximal ends of the first projection and the second projection;
- a second clamping member with a third face, a fourth face, a third projection, and a fourth projection, the third projection and the fourth projection extending in parallel with each other between the third face and the fourth face, wherein the third face is positioned on proximal ends of the third projection and the fourth projection and the fourth face is positioned on distal ends of the third projection and the fourth projection, wherein the second projection is configured to be positioned between the third projection and the fourth projection and the fourth projection is configured to be positioned between the first projection and the third projection.
A method utilizing a clamping device, the method comprising:
- moving a first clamping element in a first direction along a linear axis, the first clamping member including a first face, a second face, a first projection, and a second projection, the first projection and the second projection extending in parallel with each other between the first face and the second face, wherein the first face is positioned on distal ends of the first projection and the second projection and the second face is positioned on the proximal ends of the first projection and the second projection;
- moving a second clamping member in a second direction along the linear axis, the second clamping member including a third face, a fourth face, a third projection, and a fourth projection, the third projection and the fourth projection extending in parallel with each other between the third face and the fourth face, wherein the third face is positioned on proximal ends of the third projection and the fourth projection and the fourth face is positioned on distal ends of the third projection and the fourth projection, wherein the second projection is configured to be positioned between the third projection and the fourth projection and the fourth projection is configured to be positioned between the first projection and the third projection;
- simultaneously forming a first clamping force between the first face and the fourth face and a second clamping force between second face and the third face responsive to moving the first clamping element in the first direction and the second clamping element in the second direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.