Patent ID: 9168940
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: A47C,A47D,B60G,B60N,B62B

Abstract:
1. Device having legs which extend and retract, comprising: a first curved leg having a first plurality of teeth, a proximal end, and an opposite distal end; a second curved leg having a second plurality of teeth, a proximal end, and an opposite distal end, said second curved leg residing in spaced apart relationship with said first curved leg; a third curved leg having a third plurality of teeth, a proximal end, and an opposite distal end; a fourth curved leg having a fourth plurality of teeth, a proximal end, and an opposite distal end, said fourth curved leg residing in spaced apart relationship with said third curved leg; a body connected to said first, said second, said third, and said fourth curved legs; said first, said second, said third, and said fourth curved legs positionable to an extended position away from said body and to a retracted position adjacent to said body; a biasing mechanism which urges said first curved leg, said second curved leg, said third curved leg, and said fourth curved leg to said extended position; said body including a first gear which meshes with said first plurality of teeth of said first curved leg; said body including a second gear which meshes with said second plurality of teeth of said second curved leg; said body including a third gear which meshes with said third plurality of teeth of said third curved leg and also meshes with said first gear; said body including a fourth gear which meshes with said fourth plurality of teeth of said fourth curved leg and also meshes with said second gear; said first gear connected to a first shaft; said second gear connected to said first shaft in spaced apart relationship with said first gear; said third gear connected to a second shaft; said fourth gear connected to said second shaft in spaced apart relationship with said third gear; and, said biasing mechanism including a torsion spring which either (1) surrounds said first shaft, said torsion spring having one end which is connected to said first shaft and an opposite end which is connected to said body, or (2) surrounds said second shaft, said torsion spring having one end which is connected to said second shaft and an opposite end which is connected to said body.