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US 12,214,238 B2Granted
Clamping device
AssigneeCoulter Ventures, LLC.
InventorTyler Scott Stilson
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Abstract
A clamping device for securely engaging one or more objects through an application of pressure. The clamping device includes a primary member having opposed interior and exterior surfaces. The primary member has a generally cylindrical shape such that the interior surface defines a generally circular space about a center point of the primary member. The clamping device can receive an elongated member through the generally circular space circumscribed by the primary member. The primary member is adapted for clamping and releasing such that the clamping device may releasably engage the elongated member. The elongated member is securely retained by the clamping device through the application of pressure.
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A clamping device comprising:
- a primary member comprising a generally cylindrical body defining a central passage and having a front surface, a rear surface opposite the front surface, and opposed interior and exterior surfaces, the generally cylindrical body extending between a first extremity and a second extremity, wherein the primary member is configured to receive an elongated member through the central passage;
- wherein the generally cylindrical body has a thickness defined between the interior surface and the exterior surface, wherein the generally cylindrical body comprises a plurality of alternating thin sections and thick sections having increased thickness with respect to the thin sections, and wherein the thick sections and the thin sections form alternating raised and recessed portions on the interior surface;
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- a lever pivotably connected to the primary member proximate to the first and second extremities, the lever being moveable by rotation between an open position and a closed position, wherein the first and second extremities are closer together in the closed position than in the open position, thereby reducing a width of the central passage in the closed position.
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A clamping device comprising:
- a primary member formed of a single, continual piece and comprising a generally cylindrical body defining a central passage and having a front surface, a rear surface opposite the front surface, and opposed interior and exterior surfaces, the generally cylindrical body extending between a first extremity and a second extremity, wherein the primary member is configured to receive an elongated member through the central passage;
- wherein the generally cylindrical body has a thickness defined between the interior surface and an exterior surface, and the generally cylindrical body includes a plurality of alternating thin sections and thick sections having increased thickness with respect to the thin sections, and wherein the thick sections and the thin sections form alternating raised and recessed portions on the interior surface;
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- a lever having an end portion pivotably connected to the primary member and an elongated arm extending from the end portion, the lever being moveable by rotation between an open position and a closed position, such that when in the open position, the primary member is not configured to engage the elongated member to hold the clamping device in position with respect to the elongated member, and when in the closed position, the primary member is configured to engage the elongated member to hold the clamping device in position with respect to the elongated member.
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A clamping device comprising:
- a primary member formed of a single, continual piece and comprising a generally cylindrical body defining a central passage and having a front surface, a rear surface opposite the front surface, and opposed interior and exterior surfaces, the generally cylindrical body extending between a first extremity and a second extremity, wherein the primary member is configured to receive an elongated member through the central passage;
- wherein the generally cylindrical body has a thickness defined between the interior surface and the exterior surface, wherein the generally cylindrical body comprises a plurality of alternating thin sections and thick sections having increased thickness with respect to the thin sections, and wherein the thick sections and the thin sections form alternating raised and recessed portions on the interior surface;
- wherein the exterior surface forms a single, continuous, cylindrical exterior surface extending between the front and rear surfaces and over an entire circumferential distance between the first and second extremities, and the interior surface forms a single, continuous interior surface extending between the front and rear surfaces and over the entire circumferential distance between the first and second extremities, the single, continuous interior surface including continuous surfaces of all of the alternating raised portions and recessed portions;
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- means for releasably engaging the elongated member when the elongated member is received in the central passage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.