Hand Crank Cam Lock
AssigneeOrbus, LLC
InventorsJames J. Apostle, Drew A. Adams, Dean Alkas, Ryan W. Duever
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Abstract
A hand crank cam lock for connecting medium to large sized display walls or boards including a hand crank disposed in a cam lock. The hand crank cam lock is configured to join two separate extrusions or frames together in a toolless manner. The hand crank cam lock locks these frames when the hand crank is turned clockwise, a plurality of hooks slide back along channels inside an outer body to grab the inner walls of a frame. This will in turn lock the hooks into place against the inner walls. The hand crank will only require half a turn to travel the required distance to lock the hooks into place and this half turn may be performed via a tool or by hand.
Claims22
A cam lock, comprising:
- an outer body;
- a plurality of movable hooks disposed in the outer body for translational motion;
- a rotatable dial disposed in the outer body for rotational motion;
- and
- a cam mechanism configured to couple the rotatable dial and the plurality of movable hooks,
- wherein the rotatable dial is configured to rotate causing translational movement of the plurality of movable hooks within the outer body to operate between a locked state and an unlocked state.
A cam lock system, comprising:
- an outer body;
- a plurality of movable hooks disposed in the outer body for translational motion;
- a rotatable dial disposed in the outer body for rotational motion;
- a cam mechanism configured to couple the rotatable dial and the plurality of movable hooks;
- and
- a lockable frame structure configured to insert the outer body,
- wherein the rotatable dial is configured to rotate causing translational movement of the plurality of movable hooks within the outer body to operate between a locked state and an unlocked state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.