Patent ID: 8511730

Claim:
An apparatus for engaging an article, the apparatus having a longitudinal centerline, a disengaged configuration with a disengaged cross-section and an activated configuration with an activated cross-section, the apparatus comprising: a base portion; an end portion disposed adjacent the base portion along the longitudinal centerline of the apparatus, the end portion being moveable in relation to the base portion generally along the longitudinal centerline of the apparatus; and two or more bands, wherein each of the two or more bands has a length and the length of at least one of the two or more bands is different than the length of at least one other of the two or more bands, wherein the two or more bands extend between the base portion and the end portion, the bands each having a first end joined to the base portion, a second end joined to the end portion and a central region located between the first end and the second end, and wherein at least one of the two or more bands bends away from the longitudinal centerline of the apparatus when the end portion is moved toward the base portion from the disengaged configuration to the activated configuration.