Patent ID: 6062527
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: B64G

Abstract:
A support boom interconnectable with a support surface and positional from a stowed position to a deployed, cantilevered position, said support boom comprising:a first support leg pivotally mountable at a first end to said support surface when said support boom is attached to said support surface;a second support leg pivotally mountable at a first end to said support surface when said support boom is attached to said support surface, wherein a second end of said first support leg and a second end of said second support leg are interconnected to define a support boom structure; anda flexure means for pivoting said support boom structure from a stowed position to a deployed, cantilevered position, wherein said flexure means comprises at least one flexure member, said flexure member being disposed to resiliently flex from a first position to a second position, said flexure member being elongated with an arcuate cross sectional configuration when straight, wherein said flexure member resiliently flexes from a substantially u-shaped configuration in said first position to a substantially straight configuration in said second position.