US 12,324,937 B2
Anchor assembly
Jacob Thackeray Squire, Devizes (GB)
Assigned to Latchways plc, Dorset (GB)
Appl. No. 18/264,124
Filed by Latchways plc, Devizes (GB)
PCT Filed Feb. 2, 2022, PCT No. PCT/GB2022/050269
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 3, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/167788, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2101596 (GB), filed on Feb. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0033547 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. F16M 11/00 (2006.01); A62B 35/00 (2006.01); A62B 35/04 (2006.01); E04G 21/32 (2006.01)
CPC A62B 35/0068 (2013.01) [A62B 35/04 (2013.01); E04G 21/3214 (2013.01); E04G 21/3285 (2013.01); E04G 21/329 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An anchor assembly comprising:
an upper limb and a lower limb each comprising a central engagement portion having a bearing surface;
wherein the central engagement portion of one of the upper limb and the lower limb is engagable with the central engagement portion of the other of the upper limb and the lower limb such that the upper limb and the lower limb are rotatable relative to each other about a rotation axis extending through the central engagement portion of each of the upper limb and the lower limb; and
wherein the central engagement portions are configured such that their bearing surfaces while engaged are at least partially raised relative to the general planes of the engaged limbs, the bearing surfaces configured to partially constrain rotation of the engaged limbs with respect to each other.