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US 6,656,053 B2Granted
Automatically restorable universal connector
OwnerChuck Changinventor
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Abstract
An automatically restorable universal connector includes at least two members pivoted with each other, each of the two members formed with a pivot end which is provided with a locking portion; a pivot shaft extended through the two members; and a restoring member mounted between the two members and having two ends each locked and positioned in the locking portion of each of the two members, so that the two members can be restored automatically, thereby facilitating operation of the universal connector.
Claims2
An automatically restorable universal connector, comprising:
- a connecting member formed with a first shaft hole and a second shaft hole;
- the first shaft hole of the connecting member having an end formed with a first receiving chamber having a diameter greater than that of the first shaft hole;
- the first receiving chamber of the connecting member having a wall formed with a first locking portion;
- the second shaft hole of the connecting member having an end formed with a second receiving chamber having a diameter greater than that of the second shaft hole;
- the second receiving chamber of the connecting member having a wall formed with a second locking portion;
- a locking member having a fork-shaped recessed pivot arm pivotally mounted on the connecting member;
- the pivot arm of the locking member having a shaft hole;
- the pivot arm of the locking member having a surface formed with a locking portion;
- a first pivot shaft extended through the shaft hole of the pivot arm of the locking member and the first shaft hole of the connecting member;
- a first restoring member mounted on the first pivot shaft and having a first bent locking end locked in the first locking portion of the first receiving chamber of the connecting member and a second bent locking end locked in the locking portion of the pivot arm of the locking member;
- a mounting member having a fork-shaped recessed pivot arm pivotally mounted on the connecting member;
- the pivot arm of the mounting member having a shaft hole;
- the pivot arm of the mounting member having a surface formed with a locking portion;
- a second pivot shaft extended through the shaft hole of the pivot arm of the mounting member and the second shaft hole of the connecting member;
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- a second restoring member mounted on the second pivot shaft and having a first bent locking end locked in the second locking portion of the second receiving chamber of the connecting member and a second bent locking end locked in the locking portion of the pivot arm of the mounting member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.