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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2001
Applicant:
Richard Arthur Lindsay, Suffolk, GB;
Inventor:
Richard Arthur Lindsay, Suffolk, GB;
Assignee:
Vitec Group PLC, Suffolk, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16M 11/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a clamp () for an elongate member () comprising a housing () through which an elongate member may extend, a clamping member () to engage the elongate member and a locking mechanism for pressing the clamping member against the elongate member. The locking mechanism has a rotatable input () about a defined axis and a rotary cam means () for converting rotation of the input into linear movement of the clamping member in said axis to effect and release engagement of the clamping member with the elongate member.