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US 10,653,108 B2Granted
Joint with automatic locking joint for reconfigurable device and method of manufacture
AssigneeAdjustajoints, LLC
InventorsShane Nelson, Gary Nielsen
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Abstract
An automatic locking joint for use with a reconfigurable device to permit the device to be selectively reconfigurable between various configurations.
Claims18
A joint comprising:
- a first receiver having at least one through hole extending entirely through the first receiver, and at least one non-through hole extending partially through the first receiver;
- a second receiver having at least one other non-through hole extending partially through the second receiver;
- a biasing assembly at least partially housed in at least one of the first receiver or the second receiver;
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- a locking mechanism operable to drive the biasing assembly out of the at least one of the first receiver or the second receiver.
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A method of manufacturing a joint, the method comprising:
- providing a first receiver having at least one through hole extending entirely through the first receiver, and at least one non-through hole extending partially through the first receiver;
- installing a biasing assembly at least partially within at least one of the first receiver or a second receiver, the biasing assembly operable to be at least partially housed in at least one of the first receiver or the second receiver;
- securing the second receiver to the first receiver via a locking mechanism, the second receiver having at least one other non-through hole extending partially through the second receiver, the locking mechanism operable to drive the biasing assembly out of the at least one of the first receiver or the second receiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.