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US 2003/0194267 A1Published application
Coupler having a solid locking pin device
OwnerVincent Huang, Jim Huanginventors
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Abstract
A coupler includes one or more pairs of ears each having an orifice, a lever having one end engaged between the ears and having an aperture aligned with the orifices of the ears for receiving a locking pin. The locking pin includes a head formed on one end and having an inner flat peripheral surface for solidly engaging with the ears, and includes an opening formed in a peripheral wall which may be expanded radially outward to engage with the ears, for solidly securing the locking pin to the ears. A retaining ring may solidly secure the locking pin to the ears.
Claims6
An object comprising:
- a body including a pair of ears having a channel formed between said ears, said ears each including an orifice formed therein,
- a lever including a first end received in said channel of said body, and having an aperture formed therein for aligning with said orifices of said ears, and
- a locking pin engaged through said orifices of said ears and said aperture of said lever, for pivotal ly securing said lever to said ears, said locking pin including a first end having a head provided thereon, said head including an inner portion having a flat peripheral surface formed thereon for flatly engaging with a first of said ears, said locking pin including a second end having an opening formed therein and a peripheral wall provided thereon for defining said opening thereof, and said peripheral wall being allowed to be expanded and deformed radially outward to engage with a second of said ears, for solidly securing said locking pin to said ears.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.