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US 9,163,440 B2Granted
Controlled latch clamp
AssigneeDelaware Capital Formation, Inc.
InventorsKen Hagan, David Martin
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Abstract
A controlled latch clamp including a base and a handle pivotally connected to the base. The clamp has a link pivotally connected to the handle and to a plunger. The plunger also being pivotally connected to the base. The clamp includes an arm connected to an end of the plunger.
Claims24
A controlled latch clamp, said clamp comprising:
- a base including a slot;
- a handle pivotally connected to said base;
- a link pivotally connected to said handle;
- a plunger pivotally connected to said base by a first connecting mechanism and the plunger connected to said link by a second connecting mechanism, said first connecting mechanism defines an axis, the first connecting mechanism axis is located at a first position that is fixed with respect to the base, the first connecting mechanism is rotatably connected, about the axis, on the base, said second connecting mechanism is movably positioned on the base at a second position, the first position is spaced from the second position on the base such that the first and second positions do not occupy the same position;
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- an arm connected to an end of said plunger, the plunger, via the second connecting mechanism moving in the slot in the base, enables said arm, during movement of the handle, to travel axially, during opening of the clamp along an axis of said plunger a predetermined distance and enables the arm to travel in a predetermined length rotational arc.
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A manual pull action controlled clamp, said clamp comprising:
- a low profile base;
- a handle having a bend therein, said handle pivotally connected on one end thereof to said base, said handle having an outer surface that engages an inner surface of said base;
- a link having at least one bend therein, said link pivotally connected on one end to said handle and engaged with an outer surface of said base on an opposite end of said link;
- a plunger having a first and second bearing member, said first bearing member pivotally connected to said link and the base, the second bearing member defining an axis, the second bearing member axis is located at a position that is fixed with respect to the base, said second bearing member is pivotally connected, about the axis on said base;
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- an arm extending from an end of said plunger, when said handle is moved, the plunger, via the first bearing member moving along the base, enables said arm to move in two degrees of motion so that the arm moves generally linearly along an axis of said plunger and the arm rotates in a predetermined arc with respect to the second bearing member axis on said base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.