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US 12,004,645 B2Granted
Articulated adjustable foot comprising support base
AssigneeOtto Ganter GmbH & Co. KG Normteilefabrik
InventorThilo Hofmann
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Abstract
An articulated adjustable foot, including a support base, designed at least partially in an elastomeric manner, including a mounting surface to rest on a support surface, and a ball receptacle, which is open on one side, for a ball that is attached to the end of a shaft. The ball receptacle is delimited beneath the ball by a reinforcement disk, which is embedded into the elastomer and has a central hole, in which the underside of the ball is supported.
Claims9
An articulated adjustable foot, comprising:
- an at least partially elastomeric support base including a mounting surface to rest on a support surface, and
- a ball receptacle, having an opening on one side configured to receive a ball that is attached to an end of a shaft,
- a single metal reinforcement disk that delimits the ball receptacle disposed beneath the ball, the metal reinforcement disk being embedded into and integrally joined to an elastomer and having one central hole, in which an underside of the ball is supported, wherein a plane of the single metal reinforcement disk passing through a longitudinal axis of the shaft is parallel to a plane of the at least partially elastomeric support base passing through the longitudinal axis of the shaft,
- wherein the central hole includes a wall, which forms an inner circumference and has a size and shape that is complementary to a circumferential surface of the ball.
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