IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0311941
(2014-06-23)
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등록번호 |
US-8925153
(2015-01-06)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
8 인용 특허 :
10 |
초록
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A pull-button, locking hinge assembly includes a base element, a pull-button element, a cap element, press fitted to arrange these three elements about a central axis, and a release assembly allowing the cap element to pivot 360 degrees transversely to the central axis and in relation to the base el
A pull-button, locking hinge assembly includes a base element, a pull-button element, a cap element, press fitted to arrange these three elements about a central axis, and a release assembly allowing the cap element to pivot 360 degrees transversely to the central axis and in relation to the base element. Geometric ends of the hinge assembly allow press fitted insertion into any two components to be so releasably pivoted and repositioned, and then locked into a desired position relative one to the other.
대표청구항
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1. A pull-button, locking hinge assembly comprising, in combination: a) a base element comprising: a solid cast geometric first open end comprising an internal recess; a cylindrical length comprising an external side and an internal side; a central longitudinal axis; a cylindrical recess defined by
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A pull-button, locking hinge assembly comprising, in combination: a) a base element comprising: a solid cast geometric first open end comprising an internal recess; a cylindrical length comprising an external side and an internal side; a central longitudinal axis; a cylindrical recess defined by the cylindrical length internal side; a second open end; a plurality of uniform cogs evenly spaced along the cylindrical length internal side from the second open end so that each cog length is disposed equidistant from and parallel to the central longitudinal axis, and the cogs are sized to fit and receive cogs along a pull-button cylindrical body external side; and an annular groove around the cylindrical length external side, the annular groove defining a plane transverse to the central longitudinal axis;b) a pull-button element comprising: a cylindrical body comprising an external side; a central longitudinal axis; an non-actuating end comprising a solid circular external surface; an actuating end comprising an arm; a plurality of cogs evenly spaced along the cylindrical body external side so that each cog length is disposed equidistant from and parallel to the cylindrical body central longitudinal axis;c) a cap element comprising: a solid cast geometric first open end comprising a central opening on the end sized to receive the pull button non-actuating end; a cylindrical length comprising an external side and an internal side; a central longitudinal axis; a cylindrical recess defined by the cylindrical length internal sides; a second open end sized to be press fitted about the base second open end to receive and hold the base second open end; a plurality of uniform cogs evenly spaced along the cylindrical length internal side from the cap element first open end comprising a central opening to receive the pull button non-actuating end so that each cog length is disposed equidistant from and parallel to the central longitudinal axis, and the cogs are sized to fit and receive the cogs along the pull-button cylindrical body external side; and an annular groove around the cap cylindrical length internal side, the annular groove defining a plane transverse to the base central longitudinal axis;d) an O-ring sized to be received within (i) the annular groove around the base cylindrical length external side, and (ii) the annular groove around the cap cylindrical length internal side, the O-ring serving to provide a pivot surface between the base element and the cap element; wherein the pull-button, locking hinge assembly provides a locking feature when the pull-button element actuating end arm is in a disengaged, neutral position and the pull-button element cogs simultaneously engage the base element cogs and the cap element cogs preventing any pivot between the base element and the cap element about the central longitudinal; axis; wherein the pull-button, locking hinge assembly provides a 360 degree pivot feature around the O-ring between the cap element and the base element, the pivot action being along a plane transverse to the central longitudinal axis and about the central longitudinal axis, when the pull-button actuating end arm is engaged and pulled outward from the base element solid cast geometric first open end disengaging the pull-button element cogs from the cap element cogs and unlocking the pull-button, locking hinge assembly; and wherein once the pull-button element actuating end external surface returns to a neutral position by the action of pressing the pull-button element actuating end arm inward from the base element solid cast geometric first open end, the pull-button element cogs re-engage the cap element cogs and lock the pull-button, locking hinge assembly into the adjusted pivoted position between the base element and the cap element about the central longitudinal axis. 2. The pull-button, locking hinge assembly of claim 1, wherein the cap element solid cast geometric first open end and the base element solid cast geometric first open end comprise geometric shapes selected from the group consisting of ovals, oblongs, triangles, squares, rectangles, pentagons, hexagons, heptagons, octagons, and other multi-sided polygons capable of being press fitted into corresponding geometric shaped openings in external member components to securely hold the pull-button, locking hinge assembly between the corresponding external member components and transfer directional forces applied to the external member components to the pull-button, locking hinge assembly. 3. A pull-button, locking hinge assembly comprising, in combination: a) a first housing comprising: an octagonal first open end; a second open end; a cylindrical length comprising an internal surface, an external surface, and a recess between the first housing octagonal first open end and the first housing second open end; a plurality of uniform cogs evenly spaced along the cylindrical length internal surface from the second open end so that each cog length is disposed equidistant from and parallel to a central longitudinal axis, and each cog is sized to fit and receive similarly disposed cogs along a pull-button cylindrical body external surface; and an annular groove around the first housing cylindrical length external surface, the annular groove defining a plane transverse to the central longitudinal axis;b) a second housing comprising: an octagonal first open end comprising a centered aperture; an second open end sized to be press fitted onto the first housing second open end to receive and hold the first housing; a cylindrical length comprising an external surface, an internal surface, and a recess between the second housing octagonal first open end and the second housing second open end; a plurality of uniform cogs of evenly spaced along the cylindrical length internal side proximate to the second housing octagonal first open end so that each cog length is disposed equidistant from and parallel to a central longitudinal axis, and each cog is sized to fit and receive the cogs along a pull-button cylindrical body external surface; and an annular groove around the second housing cylindrical length internal surface, the annular groove defining a plane transverse to the central longitudinal axis;c) a pull-button member comprising: a cylindrical body sized to be housed within the first housing and the second housing, the cylindrical body comprising an external surface, an non-actuating end sized fit flush in the second housing octagonal first open end centered aperture; an actuating end comprising an arm; a plurality of cogs evenly spaced along the pull-button member cylindrical body external surface so that each cog length is disposed equidistant from and parallel to a pull-button member cylindrical body central longitudinal axis; andd) an O-ring sized to be received in a channel formed by the annular groove around the first housing cylindrical length external surface and the annular groove around the second housing cylindrical length internal surface once the first housing second open end is press fitted into and received by the second housing second open end; wherein the pull-button, locking hinge assembly provides a locking feature when the pull-button member cogs simultaneously engage the first housing cogs and the second housing cogs thus locking the hinge assembly and preventing any pivot between the first housing and the second housing about the central longitudinal; axis; and wherein the pull-button, locking hinge assembly provides a 360 degree pivot feature around the O-ring between the first housing and the second housing, the pivot action being along a plane transverse to the central longitudinal axis and about the central longitudinal axis, when the pull-button actuating end arm is pulled outward through the first housing first open end disengaging the pull-button member cogs from the second housing cogs and unlocking the hinge assembly; and wherein once pull-button actuating end arm is pushed inward through the first housing first open end and the pull-button member cogs re-engage the second housing cogs, the hinge assembly is once again locked into an adjusted pivoted position between the first housing and the second housing about the central longitudinal axis. 4. A pull-button, locking hinge assembly comprising, in combination: a) a rotatable housing comprising (i) two ends, each rotatable housing end sized to be press-fitted into and held by separate components to provide a pivot point between the separate components along a rotatable housing central longitudinal axis, each rotatable housing end comprising internal and external surfaces, and one rotatable housing end comprising an aperture from an external surface to an internal surface; (ii) a first cylindrical length between the rotatable housing ends, the cylindrical length comprising a first external surface and a first internal surface, and a first recess, the cylindrical length attached to the rotatable housing end comprising the aperture from the external surface to the internal surface, whereby the first external surface defines a space between the separate components once the rotatable housing has been press-fitted to and held by the separate components; (iii) a pull-button element within the rotatable housing, the pull-button element comprising a cylindrical body sized to be housed within rotatable housing ends, the cylindrical body comprising an external surface, and an actuating end arm sized to be accessed and activated through the rotatable housing end comprising the aperture;b) locking means along the rotatable housing central longitudinal axis to contact the pull-button element and the rotatable housing ends in a first position and to contact the pull-button element and the rotatable housing end with the access aperture to the pull-button element actuating end in a second position; andc) pivot means to rotate an unlocked rotatable housing end 360 degrees about the locked housing end along a plane orthogonal to the rotatable housing central longitudinal axis; whereby pulling force applied to the pull-button element actuating end arm provides the locking means second position; whereby the locking means second position provides 360 degrees of rotation of the separate component attached to the rotatable housing end with access aperture to the pull-button element actuating end along a plane orthogonal to the rotatable housing central longitudinal axis about the rotatable housing end without access to the pull-button element arm; and whereby the locking means first position locks the pull-button, locking hinge assembly and the separate components into a fixed arrangement along the rotatable housing central longitudinal axis. 5. The pull-button, locking hinge assembly of claim 4, wherein the rotatable housing end with the access aperture to the pull-button element actuating end further comprises a second extended cylindrical length comprising a second internal surface, the second external surface comprising a second annular groove around the second cylindrical length external surface, and a second recess, and wherein the first internal surface comprises a first annular groove around the first cylindrical length internal surface, wherein the a second external surface is sized to be press fitted into and received by the first internal surface such that the first annular groove and the second annular groove are aligned to provide a channel orthogonal to the rotatable housing central longitudinal axis. 6. The pull-button, locking hinge assembly of claim 5, wherein the pivot means to rotate an unlocked rotatable housing end 360 degrees about the locked rotatable housing end along a plane orthogonal to the rotatable housing central longitudinal axis comprises an O-ring housed within the channel. 7. The pull button, locking hinge assembly of claim 6, wherein the locking means along the housing central longitudinal axis to contact the pull-button element and the rotatable housing ends in a first position and to contact the pull-button element and the rotatable housing end without the access aperture to the pull-button element actuating end in a second position comprises evenly spaced and sized cog lengths along the first internal surface, along the second internal surface, and along the pull-button element cylindrical body external surface, the cog lengths disposed equidistant from and parallel to the central longitudinal axis. 8. The pull-button, locking hinge assembly of claim 7, wherein the rotatable housing ends, pull-button element, and cogs comprise materials selected from the group consisting of brushed aluminum, high strength carbon-composites, steel, stainless steel, and any similar light weight, high strength metal alloys. 9. The pull-button, locking hinge assembly of claim 8, further comprising an O-ring lubricant to maintain the ease of motion for the O-ring to rotate one rotatable housing end 360 degrees about the corresponding rotatable housing end along a plane orthogonal to the rotatable housing central longitudinal axis when the locking means second position is provided.
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