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US 11,060,314 B2Granted
Support post
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKazuo Suyama, Hiroshi Nagai, Shinpei Murakami, Kazuya Suenaga
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Abstract
A support post includes a plurality of rod-like bodies, an annular member that bundles the rod-like bodies, and a base that supports and erects the rod-like bodies bundled by the annular member.
Claims6
A support post comprising:
- a plurality of cylindrical rod-shaped bodies, at least one of the rod-shaped bodies being curved in a shape of a bow, each of the plurality of rod-shaped bodies having (i) a first rotation inhibiting projection that protrudes radially outward from an upper part of a corresponding one of the plurality of rod-shaped bodies, and (ii) a second rotation inhibiting projection that protrudes radially outward from a lower part of the corresponding one of the plurality of rod-shaped bodies, and the plurality of rod-shaped bodies are arranged such that a central portion of the shape of the bow of the plurality of rod-shaped bodies expands radially outward;
- an annular ring that bundles the plurality of rod-shaped bodies;
- a base that supports and erects the plurality of rod-shaped bodies bundled by the annular ring, the base having a plurality of grooves that each engages with the second rotation inhibiting projection;
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- a retainer disk that holds the respective upper end portion of each of the plurality of rod-shaped bodies, the retainer disk having grooves that each engages with the first rotation inhibiting projection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.