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Bearing and support

  • US 4,275,880 A
  • Filed: 06/01/1979
  • Issued: 06/30/1981
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/17/1977
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A bearinged support for use for holding an item such as a gymnast comprising a structural member provided for encircling said item, said structural member being resiliently flexible and having upper and lower edges, a series of keepers provided spacedly around the proximate upper and lower edges of said structural member, a pair of races, one of each race being held by the keepers associated with the respective upper and lower member edges, at least a pair of bearings operatively associated with the races of said support, each bearing comprising a pair of rotatable members forming a peripheral configuration engageable with the upper and lower races, each pair of members being rotatable about a common axis and capable of simultaneously turning in opposite directions, a shaft having the members rotatably mounted thereon providing a common axis about which the said members turn, and bearing means arranged intermediate the rotatable members and their shaft to facilitate the turning of said members therearound.

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