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US 12,496,956 B2Granted
Selective retention system
AssigneeAdrian Steel Company
InventorsJoshua Michael Gerez, Mark Anthoney Henry, Jr.
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Abstract
A selective retention system may have at least one side retention rail with an attachment portion and a retention portion. The retention portion may have a plurality of teeth. The system may also have an end retention rail with an attachment portion and a retention portion, where the retention portion at least one aperture.
Claims18
A selective retention system, comprising:
- at least one side retention rail comprising an attachment portion and a retention portion, wherein the retention portion has a plurality of teeth;
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- an end retention rail comprising at least one attachment portion and a retention portion, wherein the retention portion has at least one aperture,
- wherein a transition portion of the end retention rail locates the retention portion of the end retention rail in a parallel but non-planar orientation with the at least one attachment portion of the end retention rail.
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A selective retention system, comprising:
- a first side retention rail and a second side retention rail,
- wherein each side retention rail has an attachment portion, a retention portion and a transition portion connecting the attachment portion with the retention portion,
- wherein each retention portion has a plurality of teeth,
- an end retention rail comprising at least one attachment portion and a retention portion,
- wherein a transition portion of the end retention rail locates the retention portion of the end retention rail in a parallel but non-planar orientation with the at least one attachment portion of the end retention rail.
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A selective retention system, comprising:
- a first side retention rail and a second side retention rail,
- wherein each side retention rail has an attachment portion, a retention portion and a transition portion connecting the attachment portion with the retention portion,
- wherein the retention portion of said first side retention rail has a first set of teeth,
- wherein the retention portion of the second side retention rail has a second set of teeth facing the first set of teeth,
- an end retention rail positioned at least partially between the first and second side retention rails, said end retention rail having first and second transition portions extending from first and second attachment portions, respectively, to connect with a retention portion, wherein said retention portion of said end retention rail has an aperture,
- wherein all of the retention portions are coplanar with one another.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.