Archimedes Intellectual, LLC
Archimedes Intellectual, LLC Patent applications | ||
Patent application number | Title | Published |
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20090250903 | Nesting stabilizer - A nesting stabilizing device for limiting the rotation of accessories connecting to a hitch receiver with an outward end defining an opening. The outward end of the hitch receiver has a protruding ring about the outward surface, fully encompassing the outward end. The nesting stabilizer has a base with a body portion receivable in the hitch receiver. The body portion is adapted for coupling with the hitch receiver to locate the base in a predetermined position thereon. The nesting stabilizer also has a flanged collar for engaging the protruding ring on the outward end of the hitch receiver in an interference fit upon engagement of the flanged collar with the protruding ring on the outward end, the flanged collar being coupled with the accessory. In addition, the nesting stabilizer includes a fastener operatively connected with the base for urging the flanged collar against the outward end to cause the flanged collar to engage the protruding ring on the outward end. The nesting stabilizer connects the accessory to the hitch receiver upon engagement of the flanged collar with the protruding ring on the outward end of the hitch receiver. | 10-08-2009 |
20090189381 | Universal quick detach multi-position accessory mount for vehicles or the like - An accessory mounting system for vehicles or the like including one or more mounting rails, one or more mounting clamps, one optional sliding rail per clamp, and one optional hinged latching mechanism per clamp. The mounting rail is trapezoidal in profile, and may include one or more pieces, and is permanently mounted to the vehicle frame, body, or other component and oriented with the wider of the two parallel faces facing outward from the vehicle's mounting surface. The mounting clamp assembly utilizes two opposed V-shaped jaws of an equal or slightly more acute angle than that represented by the angle between the wider of the two parallel faces of the mounting rail and one of its two adjoining non-parallel faces such that when the mounting clamp assembly is engaged on the mounting rail, an interference fit occurs causing the mounting rail to nest between the two opposing jaws of the mounting clamp assembly, creating maximum surface area contact between the mounting clamp and the mounting rail in order to generate a very high coefficient of friction. | 07-30-2009 |