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US 11,970,144 B2Granted
Outrigger footpad retainer system and method of use
AssigneeBil-Jax, Inc.
InventorsRobert Warren Reyes, Keith Raymond Bruner, Michael John Docis
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Abstract
One embodiment of an outrigger footpad retainer system is described and depicted. The system may include a spider assembly that has an upper unit and a lower unit. The upper unit may have a retainer portion and two legs extending from the portion. The lower unit may have a retainer portion and two legs extending from the portion. The upper portion may at least partially overlap the lower portion.
Claims18
An outrigger footpad retainer system, comprising:
- a spider, comprising:
- an upper unit comprised of two legs connected to a first capture portion, and
- a lower unit comprised of two legs connected to a second capture portion,
- wherein the upper unit at least partially overlaps the lower unit,
- wherein a ball stud is located within apertures of said first and second capture portions.
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An outrigger footpad retainer system, comprising:
- a spider, comprising:
- an upper unit comprised of two legs, wherein at least one leg has a fastener flange at one end portion and a capture portion at an opposite end portion, and
- a lower unit comprised of two legs, wherein at least one leg has a fastener flange at one end portion and a capture portion at an opposite end portion,
- wherein said capture portions are in a first plane and substantially vertically aligned with one another and said fastener flanges are in a second plane below said first plane,
- wherein one of said capture portions of an upper or lower unit has a channel aligned with one of said legs of the opposite unit.
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An outrigger footpad retainer system, comprising:
- a spider, comprising:
- an upper unit comprised of two legs connected to a first capture portion, and
- a lower unit comprised of two legs connected to a second capture portion,
- wherein the upper unit at least partially overlaps the lower unit,
- wherein said first capture portion and said second capture portion each have a radial channel extending from respective central apertures to respective outer perimeters of the capture portions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.