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US 6,467,989 B1Granted
Adjustable column connection
OwnerMichael Finkelsteininventor
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Abstract
An adjustable connector that can slide along a rod or tube and can be secured from axially translating in infinite positions along the entire length of the tube. It also has the capability of attaching itself to a surface or structural element such as a shelf.
Claims6
A coupling comprising:
- a gland nut having an inwardly facing peripheral flange, at one end, having a sloping, inside face;
- a bore extending through the entire gland nut;
- the bore being threaded except at the sloping, inside face;
- a locking ring;
- a mounting body comprising a hollow cylinder having a radially extending flange;
- wherein the radially extending flange has at least one hole;
- the cylinder having threads on an outside surface of the cylinder;
- an end of the cylinder having a circumferential chamfer at an edge of the end of the cylinder;
- the threaded bore matingly coupled to the threads on the outside surface of the mounting body;
- the locking ring being interposed between the sloping, inside face and the circumferential chamfer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.