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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2014
Zodiac Seats Us Llc, Gainesville, TX (US);
Ty W. Parker, Sanger, TX (US);
Jeffrey Johnston, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Matthew K. Zemler, Corinth, TX (US);
Sebastian S. Delgadillo, Denton, TX (US);
Matt Jones, Rosston, TX (US);
Zodiac Seats US LLC, Gainesville, TX (US);
Abstract
Deployment apparatus () including a deployment object (), a deployment arm () with a first end () coupled to the deployment object and a second end () having a pivot (), and a hinge assembly () rotatably attached to the pivot of the deployment arm. The hinge assembly () includes an enclosure () and a friction stop device () disposed within the enclosure such that the friction stop device includes a friction portion () configured to be pressed against a lateral surface of the pivot () of the deployment arm such that the friction portion provides a predetermined torque. The predetermined torque may be calculated based on maintaining a deployed angle of the deployment arm () such that the deployment object () is held in a raised deployed position.