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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2010
Shane P. Ballard, Louisville, CO (US);
Edwin Jackson Little, Denver, CO (US);
Shane P. Ballard, Louisville, CO (US);
Edwin Jackson Little, Denver, CO (US);
Primestar Solar, Inc., Arvada, CO (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for securing an article, a carrier including the apparatus, and a method involving the apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus includes a base having a channel and a pivot post, an engagement member for selectively engaging the article, a rotatable actuation member having a pivot feature corresponding to the pivot post, and a positioning member secured to the base. The engagement member is slidably positionable in the channel of the base, the positioning member establishes travel limits for the rotatable actuation member, and the positioning member urges the engagement member toward the article. Rotation of the rotatable actuation member slides the engagement member along the channel of the base, thereby securing the article by the force provided by the positioning member.