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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
May. 15, 2023
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
James J. Troy, Issaquah, WA (US);
Daniel M. Simunovic, Titusville, FL (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US);
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.