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US 2020/0047552 A1Published application
Dual-state caster and method
AssigneeExokinetics, Inc.
InventorsJohn Christopher Fawcett, Garrett W. Brown
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Abstract
A dual-state caster apparatus having a caster head with a state-change pivot configured to change the steering axis of the caster apparatus. A braking system with a brake control cable is incorporated into the caster apparatus wherein the state-change pivot and the braking system are configured to allow a wheel to swivel without interference with the brake control cable.
Claims20
A caster apparatus comprising:
- a steering axis;
- a caster head configured to be rotationally connected to a wheel, wherein the wheel swivels with respect to the caster head about the steering axis;
- the caster head having an upper pivot component pivotally connected about a state-change pivot to a lower housing;
- wherein the state-change pivot is configured to change the steering axis of the caster apparatus;
- an interface between the upper pivot component and the lower housing to accommodate and limit rotation of the upper pivot component about the state-change pivot;
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- a swivel pivot axle extending through the lower housing, the swivel pivot axle configured to allow rotation of the wheel with respect to the caster head about a swivel axis, wherein the wheel is offset from the swivel axis.
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