Patent · US Expired

Device for safely holding in position a raised or lowered flap

US4572401A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 12, 1983
Grant dateFeb 25, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 12, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T292/65
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The holding device comprises a part provided at each of its ends with a lug, each lug being caught between the walls of a groove of elongated shape formed in a casing and capable of having a translational and rotational motion, each groove having adjacent at least one of its ends a zone of narrowed cross-section with elastic walls, and each casing being intended for securement to the corresponding element of the jointed assembly to which the device of the invention is applied.

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