Patent ID: 9060907
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: A61F,A61G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for securing an object that is partially fragile, composed of less fragile areas and more fragile areas, comprising: a. a support surface; b. a plurality of conforming arms each respectively attached to the support surface in a pattern for cooperatively receiving an object and having a conforming portion that selectively curves inwardly; c. a plurality of actuators, each actuator in contact along the length of a respective conforming arm to move the conforming arm between a disengaged position to receive the object and an engaged position to contact the object at a respective contact area to immobilize the object; d. a control system that selectively controls each of the plurality of actuators to cause the respective one of the plurality of conforming arms to curve inwardly toward the object to cooperatively exert a grasping force upon the object such that only a fraction of total force required to immobilize the object is applied to the object by each individual conforming arm; and e. wherein a selected grasping force of a selected one of the plurality of conforming arm corresponds to a relative fragility of the respective contact area.