Engaging device
OwnerClaude Paul Genero, Gail Ann Generoinventors
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Abstract
An engaging device for releasably engaging an object. The engaging device comprising a supporting part and an engaging part mounted on the supporting part for pivotal movement about two spaced apart axes between two stable conditions, one being an engaging condition and the other being a release condition. The two axes being defined by means carried on a portion of the supporting part, the supporting part being resiliently deflectable at said means defining the two axes to accommodate movement of the engaging part between the two stable conditions and to urge the engaging part into one or other of the two stable conditions. The supporting part may define a housing which accommodates the engaging part and which provides protection to the resilient portions of the device.
Claims47
An engaging device for releasably engaging an object, the engaging device comprising a supporting part, an engaging part mounted on the supporting part for pivotal movement about two spaced apart axes between two stable conditions one being an engaging condition and the other being a release condition, wherein the engaging part comprises a bridge portion positioned between said pivot axes, wherein a weakening means is provided on the bridge portion and wherein abutment portions are provided on opposed sides of said weakening means whereby the abutment portions are adapted to abut one another during movement of the engaging part from the release condition to the engaging condition.
An engaging device for engaging an object, the engaging device comprising a supporting part, an engaging part mounted on the supporting part for pivotal movement about two spaced apart axes between two conditions one of which is an engaging condition, wherein said engaging device includes means for at least one of said pivot axes being laterally deflectable each time the engaging part moves between the two conditions and wherein said two axes are defined by means carried on two portions of the supporting part, said portions being fixed with respect to each other during movement of the engaging part between the two conditions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.