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US 2024/0180722 A1Published application
Handlebar adapter device
AssigneeForm5 Prosthetics Inc.
InventorsAaron Westbrook, Lindsey Austin, Jay Perkins, Gavin Fancher
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Abstract
A device for operating a vehicle involving handlebars using a residual arm. A user places a residual arm in a socket of the device, and the user may move the socket to translate force to a handlebar containment unit to cause movement of a handlebar. A handlebar channel of the handlebar containment unit receives and secures a portion of the handlebar.
Claims20
A handlebar adapter device, the device comprising:
- a socket having a top edge;
- a stem;
- a handlebar containment unit comprising:
- a joint portion;
- and
- a handlebar channel;
- wherein the socket is configured to receive a residual arm, and move based on movement of the residual arm;
- wherein the stem is configured to move based on movement of the socket, and is further configured to rotate about the joint portion of the handlebar containment unit;
- and
- wherein the handlebar channel of the handlebar containment unit is configured to receive and secure a portion of a handlebar.
7 more elements
A method for assembling a handlebar adapter device, the method comprising:
- providing a socket having a top edge;
- providing a stem;
- providing a handlebar containment unit comprising:
- a joint portion;
- and
- a handlebar channel;
- configuring the socket to receive a residual arm, and further configuring the socket to move based on movement of the residual arm;
- configuring the stem to move based on movement of the socket, and further configuring the stem to rotate about the joint portion of the handlebar containment unit;
- and
- configuring the handlebar channel of the handlebar containment unit to receive and secure a portion of a handlebar.
7 more elements
A handlebar adapter device, the device comprising:
- a socket having a top edge, walls and a base, the top edge of the socket including a portion sloped below a remainder of the top edge;
- a stem;
- a handlebar containment unit comprising:
- a ball and socket joint;
- and
- a handlebar channel;
- wherein the socket is configured to receive a residual arm, and rotate with the stem about the ball and socket joint based on movement of the residual arm;
- wherein the handlebar channel of the handlebar containment unit is configured to receive and secure a portion of a handlebar;
- and
- wherein the handlebar containment unit is configured to move based on movement of the stem.
7 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.