Patent ID: 8522640

Claim:
A cantilever control system, comprising: a cantilever control arm, comprising: a bifurcated first section comprising a pair of separate and mutually spaced apart legs, a springy portion of said arm being disposed at the legs of said bifurcated first section, said bifurcated section being adapted for connection to a stationary structure; and a second section connected in affixed relation to said bifurcated first section, wherein said second section is relatively rigid in comparison with said springly portion; at least one sensor disposed to sense flexure force applied to said second section of said cantilever control arm; a first flexure control of said cantilever control arm comprising a snubber having a snubber surface contour which abuttingly interfaces with a springy portion surface contour of said springy portion when said cantilever control arm is flexed to thereby provide a predetermined stiffness rate of flexure of said springy portion; and a second flexure control of said cantilever control arm comprising a hysteresis control, wherein said hysteresis control comprises a leaf disposed adjoining said cantilever control arm, wherein said leaf fictionally slides against said cantilever control arm during flexing of said springy portion.