Side-locking clamping apparatus and method
AssigneeAdelwiggins Group
InventorsKy Nguyen, Bob Sumners
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Abstract
A side-locking clamp that includes a lower band and an upper band is provided. The lower band includes an arcuate body with a hinge portion disposed at a proximal end, and an extension with a mounting hole and a locking tab disposed at a distal end. The upper band includes an arcuate body with a hinge portion, disposed at a proximal end, to engage the lower band hinge portion and form a hinge about which the upper band rotates from an open position to a closed position, and an extension with a mounting hole and a locking tab, disposed at a distal end, to slidingly engage the lower band locking tab and lock the clamp when the upper band is disposed in the closed position.
Claims19
A side-locking clamp, comprising:
- a lower band, including:
- an arcuate body with a hinge portion disposed at a proximal end, and
- an extension with a mounting hole and a curved locking tab disposed on a curved distal end;
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- an upper band, including:
- an arcuate body with a hinge portion, disposed at a proximal end, to engage the lower band hinge portion and form a hinge about which the upper band rotates from an open position to a closed position, and
- an extension, with a mounting hole and a curved locking tab disposed on a curved distal edge, to slidingly engage the lower band locking tab from right to left when viewed from the front and lock the clamp when the upper band is disposed in the closed position.
A side-locking clamp, comprising:
- a lower band, including:
- an arcuate body with a hinge portion disposed at a proximal end, and
- an extension with a mounting hole and a curved locking tab disposed on a curved distal end;
- and
- an upper band, including:
- an arcuate body with a hinge portion, disposed at a proximal end, to engage the lower band hinge portion and form a hinge about which the upper band rotates from an open position to a closed position, and
- an extension, with a mounting hole and a curved locking tab disposed on a curved distal edge, to slidingly engage the lower band locking tab from left to right when viewed from the front.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.