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US 12,728,021 B2Granted
Handlebar adapter device
AssigneeForm5 Prosthetics Inc.
InventorsAaron Westbrook, Lindsey Austin, Jay Perkins, Gavin Fancher
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Abstract
A device for operating a vehicle involving handlebars using a residual arm. A user places a residual arm in a socket of the device, and the user may move the socket to translate force to a handlebar containment unit to cause movement of a handlebar. A handlebar channel of the handlebar containment unit receives and secures a portion of the handlebar.
Claims9
A limb differential handle adapter, comprising:
- a split coupling mount configured to removably attach to a handle, the split coupling mount including a lower portion having a lower curved channel disposed in an upper surface of the lower portion and an upper portion having an upper curved channel disposed in a lower surface of the upper portion such that as reversibly assembled the lower curved channel and the upper curved channel cooperate to form a coupling conduit having an internal surface configured to contact the handle around a periphery of the handle, the split coupling mount further including a plurality of fasteners spaced along an elongate dimension of the handle configured to reversibly tighten the upper portion to the lower portion;
- a rotational joint configured to removably attach to and extend from an upper surface of the upper portion of the split coupling mount at an angle relative to the coupling conduit, the rotational joint including a socket, an interface disposed in the socket, and a shaft extending from the interface;
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- a differential limb socket configured to receive a differential limb, the differential limb socket being removably coupled to the rotation joint.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.