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SELF-LOCKING, QUICK-RELEASING, AND SELF-RELEASING BALL-AND-SOCKET LATCH SYSTEM

  • US 20070253764A1
  • Filed: 04/26/2007
  • Published: 11/01/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus to releasably capture a ball, the apparatus comprising:

  • a socket configured to constrain a ball; and

    a yoke rotatably coupled to the socket, the yoke having an axis of rotation that intersects the ball when the ball is positioned in the socket,the yoke rotatable to a closed position in which the yoke captures the ball in the socket, and the yoke rotatable to an open position in which the yoke does not capture the ball in the socket.

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