Patent ID: 8899292
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: B29D

Abstract:
1. An expandable deck comprising: a plurality of elongated deck carriers mounted upon an expansion mechanism in a generally cylindrical formation, each said deck carrier having an elongated dimension extending generally parallel to a central axis of said cylindrical formation; a first rod mounted to a first one of said deck carriers and extending along said elongated dimension of said first one of said deck carriers; a second rod mounted to an adjacent second deck carrier and extending along said elongated dimension of said adjacent second deck carrier; a plurality of pivot segments extending between said first and second deck carriers, each said pivot segment defining a rotation aperture rotatably mounted upon said second rod and a guide slot slidingly receiving said first rod; and a plurality of fixed segments secured to said first deck carrier, said fixed and pivot segments being alternatingly mounted along said first rod; whereby expansion of said expansion mechanism results in separation of said first deck carrier from said second deck carrier, thereby resulting in rotation of said pivot segments about said second rod and sliding of said first rod along each said guide slot of said pivot segments.