Rotatable forkend connection system
AssigneeXtreme Structures & Fabrication, LLC
InventorsMichael Wells, Mark Newlin, Clifton Robbins
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Abstract
A rotatable forkend connection system is provided that includes a shank and a forkend connector. The shank is fixedly coupled to a device member and extends within the device member along a longitudinal axis of the device member. The shank includes a protrusion extending from the shank in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the device member. The forkend connector is rotatably coupled to the shank and has an axis of rotation coaxial with the longitudinal axis of the device member. The forkend connector includes a recess configured to receive the protrusion. The protrusion and the recess are configured to restrain the forkend connector from moving along the longitudinal axis of the device member.
Claims4
A rotatable forkend connection system, comprising:
- a shank coupled to a device member by a first coupling configured to prevent rotation of the shank relative to the device member, the shank extending within the device member along a longitudinal axis of the device member, the shank comprising a protrusion extending from the shank in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the device member;
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- a forkend connector coupled to the shank by a second coupling configured to allow rotation of the forkend connector relative to the shank, an axis of rotation of the forkend connector coaxial with the longitudinal axis of the device member,
- wherein the forkend connector comprises a recess configured to receive the protrusion, the protrusion and the recess configured to prevent the forkend connector from moving along the longitudinal axis of the device member, the recess configured to constrain rotation of the forkend connector around the axis of rotation to a predetermined number of degrees of rotation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.