Outrigger Deployment Mechanism
OwnerJames Reynolds, JR.inventor
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Abstract
An outrigger deployment mechanism is provided. The outrigger deployment mechanism may include, one or more outrigger adjustment plates; one or more outriggers; one or more outrigger arms operably coupling the one or more outriggers to the one or more outrigger adjustment plates; one or more locking mechanisms operably engaged with at least one of the one or more outrigger adjustment plates and at least one of a corresponding one or more outrigger arms, wherein the one or more locking mechanisms are configured to lock the outriggers in various positions; and one or more adjustment mechanisms operably engaged with one or more of the one or more locking mechanisms and the one or more outrigger arms, wherein the one or more adjustment mechanisms are configured to position the outriggers.
Claims15
An outrigger deployment mechanism, comprising:
- a. one or more outrigger adjustment plates;
- b. one or more outriggers;
- c. one or more outrigger arms operably coupling the one or more outriggers to the one or more outrigger adjustment plates;
- d. one or more locking mechanisms operably engaged with at least one of the one or more outrigger adjustment plates and at least one of a corresponding one or more outrigger arms, wherein the one or more locking mechanisms are configured to lock the one or more outriggers in various positions;
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- e. one or more adjustment mechanisms operably engaged with one or more of the one or more outrigger arms, wherein the one or more adjustment mechanisms are configured to position the one or more outriggers.
A method of adjusting outriggers via an outrigger deployment mechanism, the method comprising:
- a. disengaging an outrigger locking mechanism, wherein the outrigger locking mechanism is operably engaged with one or more outrigger adjustment plates and one or more outrigger arms, and wherein the one or more outrigger arms operably couple the one or more outriggers to the one or more outrigger adjustment plates;
- b. adjusting an adjustment mechanism operably coupled to the one or more outrigger arms until the one or more outriggers are in a desired position;
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- c. engaging the outrigger locking mechanism to secure the one or more outriggers in a desired position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.