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AssigneeUltimate Support Systems, Inc.
InventorsDonald H. Eason, Jonathan P. Workman, Kenneth W. House, Douglas A. Kempel, Robin R. Slaton, Tillman F. Taylor
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A high strength, engineered collapsible support has separate shear bearing surfaces and pivot elements which permit efficient manufacture and higher strength. Unitary brace attachment is achieved with designs which can be molded and yet both efficiently manufactured and made acceptably strong such that heavy items such as performance or commercial speakers can be mounted stably. An extendible sleeve permits adjustment; a semiautomatic as well as manual clutch assembly permits quick securement of the top mast to the tripod; compression rings allow a secure fitting to be established between various pieces; leg upper end caps allow the legs of the tripod to be coupled to the main mast of the tripod; an end plug can serve to reduce the number of parts necessary to couple the various leg braces to the bottom of the main mast. Strength is achieved through multiple shear surfaces located at a distance from a pivot retention element and with parallel braces.
A high strength collapsible engineered support, comprising:
A high strength collapsible engineered support, comprising
A method of collapsibly supporting an item, comprising the steps of:
A method of collapsibly supporting an item, comprising the steps of:
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