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1. A SUPPORT FOR HOLDING AN AIRCRAFT ARRESTING PENDANT AT A PREDETERMINED HEIGHT ABOVE A LANDING SURFACE COMPRISING:

(A) A PAIR OF AXIALLY ALIGNED RIGID MEMBERS ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED UNDER AND TRANSVERSELY TO SAID PENDANT ON SAID LANDING SURFACE, THE FAR ENDS OF SAID MEMBERS BEING ADAPTED TO BE FIXED TO SAID LANDING SURFACE FOR VERTICAL PIVOTING RELATIVE THERETO;

(B) GEAR MEANS JOINING THE NEAR ENDS OF SAID MEMBERS FOR CAUSING MOVEMENT OF ONE OF SAID MEMBERS IN A VERTICAL PLANE BY SIMILAR MOVEMENT OF THE OTHER;

(C) YIELDING MEANS SECURED TO A MEMBER AND ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO SAID LANDING SURFACE FOR NORMALLY URGING SAID MEMBERS UPWARDLY WHEREBY SAID PENDANT IS RAISED ABOVE SAID LANDING SURFACE AND MEANS CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID MEMBERS FOR APPLYING A DOWNWARD FORCE TO CAUSE LOWERING OF SAID RIGID MEMBERS THEREBY.

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1. A SUPPORT FOR HOLDING AN AIRCRAFT ARRESTING PENDANT AT A PREDETERMINED HEIGHT ABOVE A LANDING SURFACE COMPRISING:
- (A) A PAIR OF AXIALLY ALIGNED RIGID MEMBERS ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED UNDER AND TRANSVERSELY TO SAID PENDANT ON SAID LANDING SURFACE, THE FAR ENDS OF SAID MEMBERS BEING ADAPTED TO BE FIXED TO SAID LANDING SURFACE FOR VERTICAL PIVOTING RELATIVE THERETO;
  
  (B) GEAR MEANS JOINING THE NEAR ENDS OF SAID MEMBERS FOR CAUSING MOVEMENT OF ONE OF SAID MEMBERS IN A VERTICAL PLANE BY SIMILAR MOVEMENT OF THE OTHER;
  
  (C) YIELDING MEANS SECURED TO A MEMBER AND ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO SAID LANDING SURFACE FOR NORMALLY URGING SAID MEMBERS UPWARDLY WHEREBY SAID PENDANT IS RAISED ABOVE SAID LANDING SURFACE AND MEANS CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID MEMBERS FOR APPLYING A DOWNWARD FORCE TO CAUSE LOWERING OF SAID RIGID MEMBERS THEREBY.

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