Patent ID: 8695957
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: A61B,A61G,A61M,B25B,F16B,F16M

Abstract:
1. A compact clamp for mounting and positioning a structure on a support, comprising: a clamp body having a generally C-shaped profile with a fixed jaw and thruster plate adapted to capture a support between said jaw and plate, a thruster cylinder rotateably received through said clamp body and having threads on the cylinder that surrounds a screw received in said cylinder, and said screw threadably engaging said cylinder so that when the cylinder is rotated the screw is advanced or retracted to move said thruster plate into and out of engagement with said support, a first mount plate structurally connected to said clamp body through at least one index wheel, a recess in said clamp body for receiving said index wheel, said index wheel having a plurality of index recesses into which a rotation tang can be received to lock said mount plate in a selected rotational orientation.