Quick disconnect anchor
OwnerDonald R. Copelandinventor
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Abstract
An attachment apparatus designed to facilitate the quick connection and release of movable objects relative to a fixed surface. The apparatus provides a fixed base shoe member which is firmly secured to a stationary surface. The shoe member is constructed from a spherical segment having a channeled groove extending therethrough, inwardly extending flanges are provided in conjunction with the channel groove for holding a movable foot member within the groove. The foot member is secured to a coupling apparatus which carries a retainer means for locking the foot member in place directly beneath the inwardly extending flanges of the shoe member.
Claims9
Quick disconnect device for attachment of objects to a fixed surface relative thereto comprising a spherical segment shoe member having a flat base surface securable to the fixed surface, a channel groove transversely extending completely through the segment parallel to the base surface and having the opposite ends open, inwardly extending flange members making up a portion the outer surface of the spherical segment and forming a narrow slot between said flanges, enlarged openings in the flanges at each end of the channel groove in communication with the respective open ends thereof;
- a coupling means attachable to the spherical segment and comprising a foot member slidable through said open ends into the channel groove, attachment means secured to the foot member for the attachment of movable objects, retainer means carried by the attachment means and engageable with the shoe member to selectively lock the foot member within the channel groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.