US 11,841,108 B2
Multi-legged equipment support having leg angle adjustment
Brian Steere, Columbia, MO (US); Michael Cottrell, Ashland, MO (US); Timothy S. Kinney, Warrenton, MO (US); James Tayon, Moberly, MO (US); Jason Nickerson, Columbia, MO (US); Justin Burke, Columbia, MO (US); Anthony Vesich, Columbia, MO (US); Dennis W. Cauley, Jr., Fayette, MO (US); Mark Dalton, Columbia, MO (US); and Kyle Smith, Columbia, MO (US)
Assigned to AOB Products Company, Columbia, MO (US)
Filed by AOB Products Company, Columbia, MO (US)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/124,560.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/948,946, filed on Dec. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0180742 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. F16M 11/16 (2006.01); F16M 11/34 (2006.01)
CPC F16M 11/16 (2013.01) [F16M 11/34 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-legged equipment support comprising:
a hub;
a set of legs including at least first and second legs, each leg of the set of legs including a head, each head being pivotably connected to the hub for pivoting about a respective pivot axis, each leg being pivotable with respect to the hub about the respective pivot axis outward from a stowed position to at least one operational pivoted position; and
leg angle stop structure including a first stop and a corresponding first set of blockers, at least one of the first leg or the hub including the first stop, the other of the at least one of the first leg or the hub including the first set of blockers, the first set of blockers comprising a first first leg blocker and a second first leg blocker, at least one of the first stop or the first set of blockers being movable with respect to the hub along an axis parallel to the pivot axis of the first leg to selectively arrange the first stop in registration with at least one of the first first leg blocker or second first leg blocker, the first first leg blocker arranged to engage the first stop when the first stop is in registration with the first first leg blocker to stop outward pivoting of the first leg at a first preset operational pivoted positon of the first leg, the second first leg blocker arranged to engage the first stop when the first stop is in registration with the second first leg blocker to stop outward pivoting of the first leg at a second preset operational pivoted position of the first leg, the first leg being pivotable outward a greater degree from the stowed position to the second preset operational pivoted position than from the stowed position to the first preset operational pivoted position.