Patent ID: 11884523
Assignee: TREKLOS, LLC
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  A  E | IPC A  B  E

Claim 7:
8. The grapple-heel rack of claim 1, said grapple having a neutral position, said grapple rotatable around an axis of rotation to a plurality of non-neutral positions, and said grapple-heel rack comprising a mechanical grapple return system for, in use, returning said grapple from one of said non-neutral positions to said neutral position, said mechanical grapple return system comprising:
(a) an expandable/contractible member having a heel end and a nose end, a flexible member having a heel end and a nose end, a heel end fixer, and at least one universal joint link or grapple link associated with said universal joint or said grapple;
(b) said expandable/contractible member heel end being associated with said heel end fixer to fix the expandable/contractible member heel end in a position relative to the frame;
(c) said expandable/contractible member nose end being associated with said flexible member heel end; and
(d) said flexible member nose end being associated with at least one of said universal joint and said universal joint link or grapple link.