Clamps
OwnerTrent Ballentineinventor
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Abstract
A clamp for releasably clamping onto a sphere of an adapter includes a body having a passageway, a cutout, and a cavity. The cavity positioned between the passageway and the cutout and configured to receive the sphere. A plunger is movably positioned in the passageway and configured to move the sphere. A lever is coupled to the body, and pivoting the lever causes the plunger to move in a first direction toward the cavity such that the plunger moves the sphere in the first direction. A resilient member in the cutout is configured to bias the sphere in a second direction opposite the first direction such that the sphere is secured in the cavity between the plunger and the resilient member.
Claims20
A clamp for releasably clamping onto a sphere of an adapter, the clamp comprising:
- a body having a passageway, a cutout, and a cavity, the cavity positioned between the passageway and the cutout and configured to receive the sphere;
- a plunger movably positioned in the passageway and configured to move the sphere;
- a lever coupled to the body, wherein pivoting the lever causes the plunger to move in a first direction toward the cavity such that the plunger moves the sphere in the first direction;
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- a resilient member in the cutout that is configured to bias the sphere in a second direction opposite the first direction such that the sphere is secured in the cavity between the plunger and the resilient member.
A clamp for releasably clamping onto a sphere of an adapter, the clamp comprising:
- a body having a passageway, a cutout, and a cavity, the cavity positioned between the passageway and the cutout and configured to receive the sphere;
- a plunger movably positioned in the passageway and configured to move the sphere;
- a pivot member coupled to the body and a cam cylinder positioned around the pivot member, the cam cylinder having a cam surface;
- a lever pivotably coupled to cam cylinder such that as the lever is pivoted the cam surface cams the plunger in a first direction toward the cavity to thereby move the sphere in the first direction;
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- a first resilient member in the cam cylinder and configured to resiliently bias the plunger in the first direction and a second resilient member in the cutout and configured to bias the sphere in a second direction opposite the first direction;
- wherein when the lever is pivoted, the sphere is secured in the cavity between the plunger and the second resilient member in the cutout.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.