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US 6,789,772 B2Granted
Off-axis reducible support structure
AssigneeUltimate Support Systems, Inc.
InventorDonald H. Eason
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Abstract
A reducible support system for supporting various items is presented in various embodiments. A reducible support structure, may comprise an operation element which may be attached to an orthogonal element. Limbs, preferably a tripod may be attached to the operation element and a plug element may provide a slide so that the limbs or tripod may open and collapse easily.
Claims31
A reducible support structure comprising:
- a. an orthogonal element having a longitudinal axis;
- b. an operation element responsive to said orthogonal element;
- c. a limb off-axis responsive to said operation element;
- d. a dynamic connection to which said limb is responsive having a movement juncture;
- e. a shield over at least a portion of said relative movement juncture;
- f. wherein said orthogonal element having said longitudinal axis comprises a central member;
- g. a multipod wherein said limb comprises more than one limb;
- h. a locking element to which said operational element is responsive;
- and
- i. at least part of said operation element is attached to at least part of said limb,
- wherein said shield comprises a T-slot track channel.
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A reducible support structure comprising:
- a. an orthogonal element having a longitudinal axis;
- b. an operation element responsive to said orthogonal element;
- c. a limb off-axis responsive to said operation element;
- d. a dynamic connection to which said limb is responsive having a relative movement juncture;
- and
- e. a shield over at least a portion of said relative movement juncture,
- wherein said operation element comprises a hand grip.
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A reducible support structure comprising:
- a. an orthogonal element having a longitudinal axis;
- b. an operation element responsive to said orthogonal element;
- c. a limb off-axis responsive to said operation element;
- d. a dynamic connection to which said limb is responsive having a relative movement juncture;
- e. a shield over at least a portion of said relative movement juncture;
- and
- f. a spring latch to which said operation element bias release is responsive.
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A reducible support structure comprising:
- a. an orthogonal element having a longitudinal axis;
- b. an operation element responsive to said orthogonal element;
- c. a limb off-axis responsive to said operation element;
- d. a dynamic connection to which said limb is responsive having a relative movement juncture;
- e. a shield over at least a portion of said relative movement juncture;
- and
- f. a plug element connected to an end of said orthogonal element.
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A reducible support structure comprising:
- a. an orthogonal element having a longitudinal axis;
- b. an operation element responsive to said orthogonal element;
- c. a limb off-axis responsive to said operation element;
- d. a dynamic connection to which said limb is responsive having a relative movement juncture;
- and
- e. a shield over at least a portion of said relative movement juncture,
- wherein said shield comprises a T-slot track channel.
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A reducible support structure comprising:
- a. an orthogonal element having a longitudinal axis;
- b. an operation element responsive to said orthogonal element;
- c. a limb off-axis responsive to said operation element;
- d. a dynamic connection to which said limb is responsive having a movement juncture;
- e. a limb channel;
- and
- f. a plug element connected to an end of said orthogonal element.
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A reducible support structure comprising;
- a. an orthogonal element having a longitudinal axis;
- b. an operation element responsive to said orthogonal element;
- c. a limb off-axis responsive to said operation element;
- d. a dynamic connection to which said limb is responsive having a relative movement juncture;
- e. a limb channel,
- wherein said limb channel comprises a bidirectionally retained track channel to which a plug element connected to an end of said orthogonal element and having at least one internal limb fitting is contained.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.