US 12,146,284 B2
Securable device having a substantially flexible shaft and one or more protrusions and method for securing the same
Nicholas Thatos, Manhasset, NY (US); and George Thatos, Manhasset, NY (US)
Assigned to Coastal Protection Holdings Corporation, Manhasset, NY (US)
Filed by Coastal Protection Holdings Corporation, Manhasset, NY (US)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/886,539.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/307,220, filed on Feb. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/232,759, filed on Aug. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0051607 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. E02B 3/04 (2006.01); E02B 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC E02B 3/023 (2013.01) [E02B 3/041 (2015.09)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a corkscrew;
a shaft operably attached to the corkscrew at a first end of the shaft; and
one or more protrusions extending from the shaft between the first end of the shaft and a second end of the shaft, wherein the second end of the shaft is configured to transmit a torque to both the first end of the shaft and to the corkscrew,
wherein the one or more protrusions comprise a central support, wherein the central support is operably connected to one or more plates or the central support is formed of a unitary piece of material with the one or more plates, and
wherein each of the one or more plates comprise a height direction that is substantially parallel with the shaft, and a depth direction that is substantially orthogonal to the height direction, and wherein the one or more plates comprise one or more through holes along an axis in the depth direction.