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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2010
Applicant:
Richard E. Young, Lancaster, NY (US);
Inventor:
Richard E. Young, Lancaster, NY (US);
Assignee:
REY Imaginations LLC, Lancaster, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47G 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A mechanism for gripping an article including a housing, a piston slidably housed within the housing, a plunger slidably housed within the housing, wherein the plunger is at least partially extendable out from the housing, the plunger including a gripping surface, at least one spring operatively arranged between the piston and the plunger for relating a change of a position of the piston to the plunger, and a cam eccentrically rotatable about an axis and operatively engaged with the piston for setting the position of the piston.