Mechanical Adjustable Device
AssigneeZiv-Av Engineering Ltd.
InventorAmir ZIV-AV
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Abstract
A mechanical adjustable device is provided, which is characterized in that it is adapted to enable changing its spatial shape from a first spatial shape to a second spatial shape, and retaining the mechanical adjustable device in its second shape. Preferably, the mechanical adjustable device comprises: a) a spring; b) a plurality of longitudinally extended ribs/wires characterized in that they are capable of being bent, wherein said plurality of longitudinally extended ribs/wires are circumferentially disposed along an enclosure confined by the spring, adjacent to the inner side of the spring; and c) a flexible sleeve/tube disposed longitudinally along the enclosure confined by the spring.
Claims9
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A mechanical adjustable device configured to change its spatial shape from a first spatial shape to a second spatial shape and retaining the mechanical adjustable device in its second spatial shape, and comprises:
- a spring;
- a plurality of longitudinally extended ribs/wires configured to be bent, wherein said plurality of longitudinally extended ribs/wires are circumferentially disposed along an enclosure confined by the spring, adjacent to an inner side of the spring;
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- a flexible sleeve/tube disposed longitudinally along the enclosure confined by the spring.
- and wherein said mechanical adjustable device changes its spatial shape from the first spatial shape to the second spatial shape by in response to an applied external force, and retains the second spatial shape by increasing pressure within the flexible sleeve/tube, thereby expanding the envelope of the flexible sleeve/tube, tightening the ribs/wires to the inner side of the spring, and consequently locking the mechanical adjustable device in its second spatial shape.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.