Patent ID: 9355620
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: G10D

Claim Text:
1. A truss rod comprising: a bendable body portion having a first elongated portion positioned alongside a second elongated portion, the first elongated portion having a first end portion opposite a second end portion, the second elongated portion having a first end portion opposite a second end portion, the first end portions of the first and second elongated portions being coupled together, the second end portion of the first elongated portion being movable with respect to the second end portion of the second elongated portion, the second end portion of the first elongated portion having a threaded channel with inside threads; and a rotatable adjustment member having outside threads threadedly engaging the inside threads of the threaded channel, rotation of the adjustment member in a first rotation direction reducing a distance between the second end portion of the first elongated portion and the second end portion of the second elongated portion thereby bending the body portion, and rotation of the adjustment member in a second rotation direction opposite the first rotation direction increasing the distance between the second end portion of the first elongated portion and the second end portion of the second elongated portion thereby bending the body portion.