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US 8,807,044 B2Granted
Puck key transition system
OwnerJames Liggett, Troy Lee Garland +1inventors
InventorsJames Liggett, Troy Lee Garland, Timothy Powers
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Abstract
An apparatus and system whereby a first member can move along a cable track and then on a glide track to then move in another direction and back on a glide track. The first member has a secondary retention system disposed therein.
Claims7
A puck-key transition system (10), comprising:
- a transition box (20) having a housing (220) capable of having a first member (30) move there through, said housing (220) having a bottom plate (190) extending inwardly therefrom to a tube glide (150);
- a cable track (40) disposed through said tube glide (150);
- a glide track (140) extending inwardly from said housing (220) upwardly from said tube glide (150);
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- whereby said first member (30) is in moveable contact with at least one of said tube glide (150) or said cable track (140) by said glide (120) in moveable contact with at least one of either said cable track (40) or said tube glide (150), and said puck (80) is in moveable contact with said glide track (140) when said glide (120) is not in moveable contact with said cable track (40) , and said first member (30) has at least one of either a puck (80) or a washer (90) disposed upwardly from said glide (120), and at least one of either said puck (80) or said washer (90) is in moveable contact with said glide track (140)
- a first member opening (160) defined by the space between two said adjacent track glides (140);
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- said first member (30) having a second member (70) that extends downwardly from at least one of either said puck (80) or said washer (90).
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A puck-key transition system (10), comprising:
- a transition box (20) having a housing (220) capable of having a first member (30) move there through, said housing (220) having a bottom plate (190) extending inwardly there from to a tube glide (150);
- a cable track (40) disposed through said tube glide (150);
- a glide track (140) extending inwardly from the housing (220) upwardly from said tube glide (150);
- whereby said first member (30) has a glide (120) that is in moveable contact with at least one of said tube glide (150) or said cable track (140), and said first member (30) has at least one of either a puck (80) or a washer (90) disposed upwardly from said glide (120), and at least one of either said puck (80) or said washer (90) is in moveable contact with said glide track (140);
- a first member opening (160) defined by the space between two of said adjacent track glides (140);
- said first member (30) having a second member (70) that extends downwardly from at least one of either said puck (80) or said washer (90);
- said first member (30) having two arms (200) on both sides of said first member (30), a distance between said arms (200) define a first member opening (60) on each side of said first member (30), whereby the first member (30) can be moved along a cable track (40) and the opening (60) can receive said bottom plate (190) as the first member (30) moves through the transition box (20);
- a secondary retention system (270) connected at one end to a top nut (100), and at a bottom end to another part of the first member (30), said secondary retention system (270) disposed through a secondary member (70);
- a non-metallic bumper (210) disposed on an arm (200) of the first member (30), said non-metallic bumper (210) extending slightly outwardly from said arm (200), so that as the first member (30) is moving through said transition box (20), said non-metallic bumper (210) can contact the transition box (20) to prevent the arm (200) from contacting the transition box (20);
- a tube glide opening (250) defined by two opposed tube glides (150);
- a clacker gate (260) that is hingedly connected to said transition box (20) and swings open in one direction so that the first member (30) can move through the clacker gate (260) in only one direction (50);
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- a radio frequency identification device (180) secured to said first member (30);
- said first member (30) has a width of first member (240) that is about the same as the width of the transition box (20) and a front-to-rear distance (230) so that the first member (30) cannot be removed from the glide tube (150) and fall downwardly from the transition box (20).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.