Device for releasable attachments of objects to a mobile unit
First Claim
1. Apparatus for the releasable attachment of an object to a movable unit, said apparatus comprising:
- a first engagement member having a first guiding support surface adapted to be fixed to said movable unit, and a second engagement member having a second guiding support surface adapted to cooperate with said first guiding support surface and to be fixed to said object, whereby, when engaged with each others said first and second engagement members are adapted to be centered about a common axis of symmetry, one of said first and second guiding support surfaces comprising an outer surface of one of said first and second engagement members and said other of said first and second guiding support surfaces comprising an inner surface of the other of said first and second engagement members, said first engagement member including a plurality of first locking members and said second engagement member including a plurality of second locking members for cooperating with said plurality of said first locking members, whereby said first and second engagement members can be adjusted between a first relative position in which said plurality of first locking members and said plurality of said second locking members are disengaged, and a second relative position in which said plurality of first locking members and said plurality of second locking members are lockingly engaged, and a first adjustment member affixed to one of said first and second engagement members and second adjustment member affixed to the other of said first and second engagement members for adjusting said plurality of first locking members and said plurality of second locking members between said first and second relative positions.
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Abstract
Apparatus for the releasable attachment of objects such as a child'"'"'s seat to a motor vehicle is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first disk adapted to be fixed to the vehicle and a second disk adapted to be fixed to the child'"'"'s seat, the disks adapted to be coupled together and centered about a common axis of symmetry. The first disk includes a plurality of locking pins and the second disk includes a corresponding plurality of locking apertures such that the disks can be adjusted between a first relative position in which the locking pins and apertures are disengaged and a second relative position in which the locking pins and apertures are engaged, and an axial slidable core for adjusting the locking pins and apertures between these first and second relative positions.
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13 Claims
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1. Apparatus for the releasable attachment of an object to a movable unit, said apparatus comprising:
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a first engagement member having a first guiding support surface adapted to be fixed to said movable unit, and a second engagement member having a second guiding support surface adapted to cooperate with said first guiding support surface and to be fixed to said object, whereby, when engaged with each others said first and second engagement members are adapted to be centered about a common axis of symmetry, one of said first and second guiding support surfaces comprising an outer surface of one of said first and second engagement members and said other of said first and second guiding support surfaces comprising an inner surface of the other of said first and second engagement members, said first engagement member including a plurality of first locking members and said second engagement member including a plurality of second locking members for cooperating with said plurality of said first locking members, whereby said first and second engagement members can be adjusted between a first relative position in which said plurality of first locking members and said plurality of said second locking members are disengaged, and a second relative position in which said plurality of first locking members and said plurality of second locking members are lockingly engaged, and a first adjustment member affixed to one of said first and second engagement members and second adjustment member affixed to the other of said first and second engagement members for adjusting said plurality of first locking members and said plurality of second locking members between said first and second relative positions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. Apparatus for the releasable attachment of a child'"'"'s seat to a motor vehicle, said apparatus comprising:
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a first engagement member having a first guiding support surface adapted to be affixed to said motor vehicle and a second engagement member having a second guiding support surface adapted to cooperate with said first guiding support surface and to be fixed to said child seat, whereby, when engaged with each other, said first and second engagement members are adapted to be centered about a common axis of symmetry, one of said first and second guiding support surfaces comprising an outer surface of one of said first and second engagement members and said other of said first and second guiding support surfaces comprise an inner surface of the other of said first and second engagement members, said first engagement member including a plurality of first locking members and said second engagement member including a plurality of second locking members for cooperation with said plurality of first locking members, whereby said first and second engagement members can be adjusted between a first relative position in which said plurality of first locking members and said plurality of second locking members are disengaged and a second relative position in which said plurality of first locking members and said plurality of second locking members are lockingly engaged, a first adjustment member affixed to one of said first and second engagement members and a second adjustment member affixed to the other of said first and second engagement members for adjusting said plurality of first locking members and said plurality of second locking members between said first and second relative positions. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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