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  • US 3,288,136 A
  • Filed: 01/07/1964
  • Issued: 11/29/1966
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/07/1964
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A MOUNTING AND LOCKING DEVICE FOR USE WITH A TUBULAR STRUCTURE COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS, SAID FIRST MEMBER INCLUDING PAD MEANS HAVING CLOTH-LIKE MATERIAL ON AT LEAST ONE SURFACE AND AND ADHESIVE COATING ON ANOTHER SURFACE OF SAID PAD MEANS, SAID SECOND MEMBER INCLUDING A FLEXIBLE SLEEVE ADAPTED TO BE SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID TUBULAR STRUCTURE, A RELATIVELY SOFT RESILIENT DEFORMABLE SLEEVE DISPOSED ABOUT SAID FLEXIBLE SLEEVE, SAID DEFORMABLE SLEEVE BEING OF FORAMINOUS CONSTRUCTION OF AN EASILY DEFORMED MATERIAL WHICH WILL RETAIN THE DEFORMED SHAPE, AND A HOUSING HAVING HOOKFORMING PILE THREADS ATTACHED TO SAID DEFORMABLE SLEEVE, WHEREBY SAID SECOND MEMBER CAN BE POSITIONED ON SAID TUBULAR STRUCTURE AND PRESSURE EXERTED THEREON TO CAUSE THE FLEXIBLE SLEEVE AND THE DEFORMABLE SLEEVE TO BE DEFORMED AND CLAMPINGLY ENGAGE THE TUBULAR STRUCTURE AND THEREAFTER WHEN THE FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS ARE JOINED, THE HOOK-FORMING PILE THREADS OF THE SECOND MEMBER WILL RELEASABLY ENGAGE THE CLOTH-LIKE MATERIAL OF THE FIRST MEMBER TO PREVENT LENGTHWISE MOVEMENT OF THE TUBULAR STRUCTURE.

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