Patent ID: 6161335
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: E05D,E05Y

Abstract:
A balance shoe comprising a frame having spaced side walls interconnected by a top wall at an upper end of said frame, a base unit interconnecting said side walls at a lower end of said frame, said base unit having a fixed wall with an opening for being disposed toward a pivot bar, said base unit having a movable wall generally parallel to and spaced from said fixed wall, a cam mounted in the spacing between said fixed wall and said movable wall, said cam having a projection rotatably mounted in said opening of said fixed wall, a keyway in said projection for receiving the pivot bar therein to selectively rotate said cam upon rotation of the pivot bar, a notch in said cam disposed toward said movable wall, a tongue on said movable wall located in a path of rotational movement of said notch for selective engagement in said notch, each of said fixed wall and said movable wall having a lower edge remote from said upper end of said frame, each of said fixed wall and said movable wall having an upper edge between said lower edge and said upper end of said frame, said cam extending to at least said upper edge of each of said fixed wall and said movable wall, and a connecting structure mounting said movable wall to said fixed wall for selective movement of said movable wall parallel to said fixed wall toward and away from said fixed wall in an in and out direction.