Folding and adjusting hinge for stabilized equipment support
CA 2605034 C · Owner: Brown, Garrett W. · Inventors: Sacksteder, Anthony D.; Brown, Garrett W.
Overview
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An improved equipment stabilizing support apparatus having an upper spar associated with the equipment and a lower spar connected by a double-acting type hinge that provides angular displacement between the upper and lower spars to adjustably balance equipment, and angular displacement around a second axis to allow folding of the lower spar toward the upper spar to an optimum closed configuration regardless of the adjusted balancing position.
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- Filed April 13, 2006 and granted July 10, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 13, 2026.
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