Lockable quick release apparatus

A lockable quick release apparatus comprising:

• a cam lever comprising a camming surface, a curved handle, a lock hole, a pivot hole and first and second cam stops;
• a barrel nut pivotable mounted in said pivot hole,
• an adjuster nut having a threaded opening and a conical outer surface;
• a cam follower which interacts with said camming surface of said cam lever, a through hole, said through hole having a wider diameter portion, a pair of anti-rotation tabs disposed on opposite sides of said through hole, said anti-rotation tabs engaging a slot formed in said camming surface to prevent rotation of said cam lever relative to said cam follower, when said cam lever is in a closed position;
• a shaft having first and second threaded ends, said barrel nut being threaded on said first end and said adjuster nut being threaded on said second end, said shaft having a smaller diameter portion at said first end and a shoulder formed where said smaller diameter portion meets a remainder of said shaft;
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• a spring for biasing said cam follower into engagement with said cam lever, said spring being disposed on said smaller diameter portion of said shaft and abutting said shoulder, said spring being further disposed in said wider diameter portion of said through hole in said cam follower,
• said shaft further comprising an interference extension at said first threaded end so that when said cam lever is in said closed position, a lock extending through said lock hole in said cam lever abuts said interference extension preventing said cam lever from moving to an open position.

A lockable quick release apparatus comprising:

• a cam lever comprising a camming surface, a handle, and a pivot hole;
• a cam follower which interacts with said camming surface of said cam lever;
• a pivot fitted in said pivot hole;
• a shaft having first and second ends, said cam lever being attached on an adjuster nut attached on said second end;
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• a spring which biases said cam follower into engagement with said cam lever;
• wherein said shaft comprises a surface extending substantially perpendicular to an axis of said shaft, said spring being biased against said substantially perpendicular surface, said surface being integral with said shaft and disposed at a fixed location relative to a length of said shaft.