Rotatable connector
AssigneeSherrill, Inc.
InventorMichael T Storey
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Abstract
A rotatable connector formed from two parts, each comprising a body extending from a connecting head having a first face and an opposed second face, the second face having an arcuate tail section on an outer perimeter edge and shaped to be received by a tail socket defined between the first face and a pin extending from a proximal end of the body. When the two parts are engaged, the connecting heads are coaxial to define an axis of rotation. When the parts are rotated on the axis relative to one another, the tail section of the first part travels through the tail socket of the second part and the tail section of the second part travels through the tail socket of the first part, thereby connecting the two parts together. When the parts are rotated in the opposite direction, the parts are disconnected from each other.
Claims12
A rotatable connector (200) formed from two parts (100), each part comprising:
- a body (20) extending from a connecting head (10), the bodies (20) of the two parts (100) being identical;
- wherein the connecting head (10) has a first face (11) and an opposed second face (12), characterized in that the second faces of each part (12) include an arcuate tail section (13) arranged on an outer perimeter edge of a segment of each connecting head (10) and each second face is shaped and dimensioned to be received through a tail socket (30) defined between the first face (11) and a pin (40) extending from a proximal end of the body (20);
- so that when the two first faces (11) abut each other, the two parts (100) are engaged as engaged parts (100) and the two connecting heads (10) are coaxial to define an axis of rotation, and when the engaged parts (100) are rotated relative one to another, the tail section (13) of the first part travels through the tail socket (30) of the second part and the tail section (13) of the second part travels through the tail socket (30) of the first part, thereby connecting the two parts (100) together;
- and when the two parts are rotated in an opposite direction, the two parts are disconnected one from the other.
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