US 12,214,289 B2
Mechanical advantage device
John H. Bevis, Jr., Groton, MA (US)
Assigned to People Levers LLC, Groton, MA (US)
Filed by People Levers LLC, Groton, MA (US)
Filed on Jul. 10, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/768,893.
Application 18/768,893 is a division of application No. 18/425,658, filed on Jan. 29, 2024, granted, now 12,064,702.
Application 18/425,658 is a continuation in part of application No. 18/133,370, filed on Apr. 11, 2023, granted, now 11,883,756, issued on Jan. 30, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/362,871, filed on Apr. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0359110 A1, Oct. 31, 2024
Int. Cl. A63G 11/00 (2006.01); A63G 31/12 (2006.01)
CPC A63G 11/00 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power generation system comprising:
a base;
a bellows;
a driving assembly including
a beam pivotably connected to the base at a fulcrum between a first end of the beam and a second end of the beam;
a load at the second end of the beam;
a lock bar secured to the base;
a lock arm having a first end pivotably connected to the beam by a lock bar support disposed near the second end of the beam and having a second end that is configured to engage the lock bar;
a first link having a first end pivotably secured to the beam between the fulcrum and the first end of the beam and a second end that is free; and
a cable having a first end connected to the first link near the first end of the link and having a second end connected to the second end of the lock arm,
wherein rotation of the first link in a first direction pulls the cable to cause the second end of the lock arm to disengage the lock bar, and
wherein the second end of the beam is connected to an arm of the bellows.