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US 2023/0287688 A1Published application
Self-coiling apparatus
AssigneeRoswell Canada Inc.
InventorsDarrick J. WILSON, Matt LANE
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Abstract
An apparatus, including: a Bimini assembly (100) with a fixed portion (104) and a retractable portion (106); a coil spring (110) secured to the retractable portion and configured to urge the retractable portion to coil when the coil spring is not in a fully extended position; and a stabilizing feature configured to selectively hold the retractable portion in a retractable portion fully extended position.
Claims28
An apparatus, comprising:
- a Bimini assembly, comprising a fixed portion and a retractable portion;
- a coil spring secured to the retractable portion and configured to urge the retractable portion to coil when the coil spring is not in a fully extended position;
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- a stabilizing feature configured to selectively hold the retractable portion in a retractable portion fully extended position.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a flexible substrate comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, a first end, and a second end;
- a bistable coil spring secured to the flexible substrate and configured to:
- urge the flexible substrate to coil when the bistable coil spring is not in a fully extended position;
- lock the flexible substrate in a flexible substrate fully extended position once the bistable coil spring is fully extended;
- and to unlock the bistable coil spring from a bistable coil spring fully extended position when the bistable coil spring is forcefully collapsed;
- wherein locking the bistable coil spring into the bistable coil spring fully extended position holds the flexible substrate in the flexible substrate fully extended position;
- a connection configured to secure the flexible substrate to a structure when the bistable coil spring is in the bistable coil spring fully extended position.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a rigid frame;
- a Bimini cover comprising:
- a first portion;
- and a flap assembly that is selectively configurable between a closed configuration and an open configuration in which an amount of shaded area under the Bimini cover is reduced;
- wherein the flap assembly comprises a flap of the Bimini cover, a coil spring configured to coil the flap when the coil spring is not in a fully extended position;
- and a stabilizing feature configured to selectively hold both the coil spring and the flap in a flap fully extended position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.