US 11,668,333 B2
Clamp mechanism and related tray
John A. Cupit, Bend, OR (US); and Dexter L. Stoltz, Emsworth, PA (US)
Assigned to QUIPT, LLC, Bend, OR (US)
Appl. No. 17/600,240
Filed by Quipt, LLC, Bend, OR (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 20, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/062334
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/205005, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/827,895, filed on Apr. 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0205468 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. F16B 2/06 (2006.01); F16B 5/06 (2006.01); F16M 13/02 (2006.01); F16B 2/00 (2006.01); F16B 1/00 (2006.01); A47G 23/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 2/065 (2013.01) [F16B 5/0614 (2013.01); F16M 13/022 (2013.01); A47G 23/0225 (2013.01); F16B 2/00 (2013.01); F16B 5/06 (2013.01); F16B 2001/0035 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clamp mechanism comprising:
a clamp configured to receive an associated support structure;
a connecting assembly attached to the clamp, the connecting assembly includes an engagement member selectively moveably into engagement with the associated support structure for securing the associated support structure within the clamp; and
a mount assembly configured to secure an apparatus to the clamp, the mount assembly includes a first mount connected the clamp and a second mount provided as part of the apparatus and adapted to be rotationally indexed about an axis relative to the first mount to secure the apparatus in a plurality of positions relative to the clamp,
wherein a first magnet is secured to the first mount, and a second magnet having a polarity opposite to that of the first magnet is secured to the apparatus, the first and second magnets are located on the axis so as to further secure the apparatus to the clamp in each of the plurality of positions of the apparatus relative to the clamp.