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Latches and mechanical couplings

  • US 3,114,562 A
  • Filed: 09/06/1960
  • Issued: 12/17/1963
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/06/1960
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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8. IN A COUPLING FOR ATTACHING A LOCOMOTION DEVICE TO A HUMAN FOOT:

  • A PLATFORM PROVIDING A SUPPORT UPON WHICH A SHOE MAY REST, SAID PLATFORM COMPRISING RESPECTIVE TOE AND HEEL SECTIONS;

    RESPECTIVE SUPPORTING ELEMENTS UPON WHICH THE RESPECTIVE SECTIONS ARE MOUNTED, SAID SUPPORTING ELEMENTS BEING DISPOSED BENEATH THE RESPECTIVE FORWARD AND REAR ENDS OF SAID PLATFORM;

    A HINGE JOINING ADJACENT ENDS OF SAID PLATFORM FOR UPWARD BREAKING MOVEMENT UPON A TRANSVERSE AXIS DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID SUPPORTING ELEMENTS AND SUFFICIENTLY SPACED THEREFROM TOWARD THE MIDPOINT THEREBETWEEN, SO THAT THE WEIGHT OF A WEARER'"'"''"'"'S FOOT IN SAID SHOE, BEARING DOWNWARDLY AGAINST SAID PLATFORM, WILL BE APPLIED DIRECTLY TO ONE OF SAID PLATFORM SECTIONS AND, THROUGH SAID HINGE, TO THE OTHER OF SAID SECTIONS SO AS TO LOAD BOTH OF THE SECTIONS DOWNWARDLY BETWEEN SAID SUPPORTING ELEMENTS;

    ONE OF SAID PLATFORM SECTIONS HAVING AN INTEGRAL LEVER PORTION EXTENDING OVER SAID HINGE AND ADAPTED TO SEAT DOWNWARDLY AGAINST THE ADJACENT END PORTION OF THE OTHER PLATFORM SECTION TO RIGIDIFY SAID PLATFORM IN A POSITION WHEREIN SAID SECTIONS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY ALIGNED TO SUPPORT SAID SHOE;

    A PAIR OF COUPLING JAWS ATTACHED TO THE RESPECTIVE PLATFORM SECTIONS AT THE RESPECTIVE ENDS OF THE PLATFORM, SAID JAWS PROJECTING UPWARDLY

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