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US 2020/0215958 A1Published application
Article holding apparatus with retractable belt
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsEduardo Arturo Aguilar Ruelas, Jose Ramon Gachuz Navarro
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided for holding an article. The apparatus includes a guideway, a belt, a first retainer, a second retainer and a biasing element. The first retainer, at a first end of the belt, slides along the guideway. The second retainer, at a second end of the belt, also slides along the guideway. The biasing element maintains tension on the belt to provide a positive gripping force to an article held in the apparatus.
Claims19
An apparatus for holding an article, comprising:
- a guideway;
- a belt;
- a first retainer at a first end of said belt, said first retainer sliding along said guideway;
- a second retainer at a second end of said belt, said second retainer sliding along said guideway;
- and
- a biasing element maintaining tension on said belt.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.