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Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025

Filed:

May. 15, 2023
Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);

Inventors:

James J. Troy, Issaquah, WA (US);

Daniel M. Simunovic, Titusville, FL (US);

Assignee:

THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64U 70/99 (2023.01); F16M 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16M 11/04 (2013.01); B64U 70/99 (2023.01);
Abstract

An apparatus may include: a support base; and two or more roller wheels, each adjustable in orientation, position, or orientation and position, mounted on the support base and configured to engage with an object in a passive locking configuration. The apparatus may be further configured to disengage from the object in the passive locking configuration. The apparatus may be further configured to lock the object to the apparatus in an active locking configuration. Orientations, positions, or the orientations and positions of the at least two of the two or more roller wheels may be adjustable.


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