US 12,214,238 B2
Clamping device
Tyler Scott Stilson, Frederick, CO (US)
Assigned to Coulter Ventures, LLC., Columbus, OH (US)
Filed by Coulter Ventures, LLC., Columbus, OH (US)
Filed on Mar. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/123,603.
Application 18/123,603 is a continuation of application No. 17/208,062, filed on Mar. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,607,576.
Application 17/208,062 is a continuation of application No. 16/213,258, filed on Dec. 7, 2018, granted, now 10,953,263, issued on Mar. 23, 2021.
Application 16/213,258 is a continuation of application No. 16/044,098, filed on Jul. 24, 2018, granted, now 10,226,659, issued on Mar. 12, 2019.
Application 16/044,098 is a continuation of application No. 15/860,089, filed on Jan. 2, 2018, granted, now 10,512,815, issued on Dec. 24, 2019.
Application 15/860,089 is a continuation of application No. 14/943,024, filed on Nov. 16, 2015, granted, now 9,855,458, issued on Jan. 2, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/080,168, filed on Nov. 14, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0293931 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. A63B 21/072 (2006.01); F16B 2/18 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 21/0728 (2013.01) [A63B 21/0724 (2013.01); F16B 2/185 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clamping device comprising:
a primary member comprising a generally cylindrical body defining a central passage and having a front surface, a rear surface opposite the front surface, and opposed interior and exterior surfaces, the generally cylindrical body extending between a first extremity and a second extremity, wherein the primary member is configured to receive an elongated member through the central passage;
wherein the generally cylindrical body has a thickness defined between the interior surface and the exterior surface, wherein the generally cylindrical body comprises a plurality of alternating thin sections and thick sections having increased thickness with respect to the thin sections, and wherein the thick sections and the thin sections form alternating raised and recessed portions on the interior surface; and
a lever pivotably connected to the primary member proximate to the first and second extremities, the lever being moveable by rotation between an open position and a closed position, wherein the first and second extremities are closer together in the closed position than in the open position, thereby reducing a width of the central passage in the closed position.