Patent ID: 6315259
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: F16M,Y10T

Abstract:
An articulating arm for maintaining the orientation of a first body with respect to a second body while allowing movement of said first body with respect to said second body, said arm comprising:a first connector for connecting to said first body,said first connector having a central portion and first and second spaced parallel plates extending from said central portion,said spaced parallel plates of said first connector having first and second pairs of spaced holes extending therethrough,a second connector for connecting to said second body,said second connector having a central portion and first and second spaced parallel plates extending from said central portion,said spaced parallel plates of said second connector having first and second pairs of spaced holes extending therethrough,a first arm having a first end and a second end, said first arm having parallel side portions, each of said side portions having a first end and a second end,said first ends of said side portions of said first arm each having a transverse hole therein and an arcuate slot therein,said second ends of said side portions of said first arm each having a transverse hole therein and an arcuate slot therein,said first ends of said side portions positioned between said spaced parallel plates of said first connector and retained by a pin through said transverse holes in said first ends of said side portions and said spaced holes in said spaced parallel plates of said first connector,said second ends of said side portions positioned between said spaced parallel plates of said second connector and retained by a pin through said transverse holes in said second ends of said side portions and said spaced holes in said spaced parallel plates of said second connector,a second arm having a first end and a second end, and transverse holes with one through each of said first end and said second end thereof,a pin extending through said spaced parallel plates of said first connector and said transverse hole at said first end of said second arm and within said slots in said first end of said side portions of said first arm, anda pin extending through said spaced parallel plates of said second connector and said transverse hole at said second end of said second arm and within said slots in said second end of said side portions of said first arm.