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US 8,522,665 B2Granted
Pump with pivoting needle
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorScott C. Holt
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Abstract
A hand pump with a rotatable portion of the pump head. The needle or adapter for attaching the pump to an inflatable is associated with the rotatable portion of the pump head so that the needle may be positioned in a first position for use and a second position for storage. The needle is protected by a sleeve when in the second position.
Claims17
A pump comprising:
- a barrel containing a piston and a piston chamber;
- a head having a connector portion associated with the piston;
- a cylinder rotatably associated with the connector portion, wherein the cylinder is in fluid communication with the piston chamber;
- a needle associated with and in fluid communication with the cylinder, wherein the needle is configured to attach the pump to an inflatable object;
- a needle storage structure disposed on the connector portion, wherein the sleeve receives the needle when the needle is in a storage position;
- wherein the needle storage structure includes two sidewalls, wherein the sidewalls have sufficient height to prevent the needle from rotating so that the needle is lifted to clear the sidewalls prior to rotating, and
- wherein the cylinder is rotated to move the needle from the storage position to a use position.
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A pump comprising:
- a main body, wherein the main body includes a first portion having a uniform outer surface and a needle storage structure associated with the first portion;
- and
- a needle rotatably associated with the main body;
- wherein the needle storage structure receives the needle when the needle is in a storage position;
- wherein the needle storage structure includes a first wall and a second wall;
- wherein the first wall and the second wall extend away from the uniform outer surface, and
- wherein the needle swivels to be removed from the needle storage structure.
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A pump comprising:
- a barrel having a barrel length, the barrel defining a piston chamber;
- a piston slidably positioned within a piston chamber;
- a tubular element disposed within the piston chamber, wherein the tubular element defines a bore;
- wherein the bore is in fluid communication with the piston chamber;
- a head having a connector portion associated with the tubular element;
- a cylinder rotatably associated with the connector portion, wherein the cylinder is in fluid communication with the bore;
- a spring disposed between the cylinder and the connector portion, wherein the spring holds the cylinder in position against the connector portion when the spring is in a neutral state;
- a needle associated with and in fluid communication with the cylinder, wherein the needle is configured to attach the pump to an inflatable object;
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- a needle storage structure disposed on the connector portion, wherein the needle storage structure receives the needle when the needle is in a storage position;
- wherein the cylinder is rotated to move the needle from the storage position to a use position;
- and
- wherein the piston slides within the pump to move air from the piston chamber into the inflatable object.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.