US 12,324,775 B2
Locking pivot
Matthew Kosh, Seattle, WA (US); Kevin Durant, Seattle, WA (US); and John Tilden, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Bodypoint, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Appl. No. 18/993,462
Filed by Bodypoint, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 12, 2023, PCT No. PCT/US2023/073992
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 10, 2025,
PCT Pub. No. WO2024/059577, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 21, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/375,496, filed on Sep. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0161127 A1, May 22, 2025
Int. Cl. A61G 5/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 5/125 (2016.11) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A locking pivot for installation between a wheelchair arm and an arm support or between two other structures, the locking pivot comprising:
a base;
a stop ring supported within the base and comprising:
stops formed by an inset in an inner perimeter of the stop ring; and
teeth formed in a different portion of the inner perimeter from the stops;
a shuttle received in the base and comprising:
at least one tooth selectively engageable with the teeth of the stop ring to selectively lock the stop ring at different positions; and
lateral surfaces engageable with the stops to define a predetermined range of motion of the stop ring within the base.