Patent ID: 11904543
Assignee: LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An axially symmetric, adjustable mount apparatus, comprising:
a material support having a plurality of support legs, each one of said support legs having a distal portion;
a base assembly having a plurality of laterally extending leg portions extending outwardly away from one another;
a plurality of capture subassemblies slidably disposed within the laterally extending leg portions for releasably coupling to the distal portions of the plurality of support legs to hold the material support in a stable manner relative to the base assembly;
a plurality of movable elements, each one of said plurality of movable elements being independently associated with one of the capture subassemblies for causing linear movement of a respective one of the capture subassemblies;
a drive mechanism operably associated with the movable elements for causing simultaneous and equal linear movement of the capture subassemblies;
each said capture subassembly configured to slidably engage with the distal portion of a respective one of the support legs to exert a force, in response to movement of its associated said movable element, to cause each said capture subassembly to capture the distal portion of one of the support legs, and to exert a force on each said support leg, to affix the material support securely to the base assembly.