Base to switch an apparatus between slidable and non-slidable states

US11129475B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Dionex Softron GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Unger · Garching bei München, DE
• Matthias Westermayer · Germering, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 5, 2017
• Grant date: Sep 28, 2021
• Expiry date: Jun 1, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16M2200/08
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus includes a base to switch the apparatus between slidable and non-slidable states, for example a laboratory analysis device, wherein the base is adapted to be located on a flat surface, the base comprising a bottom section adapted to contact the flat surface when the base is located on the flat surface, a movable section that is adapted to assume a retracted position and an extended position, wherein, in the retracted position, the movable section does not contact the flat surface when the base is located on the flat surface, and, in the extended position, the movable section contacts the flat surface when the base is located on the flat surface.