| US 7,398,873 B2 | ||
| Releasable connection between members | ||
| Raymond Keith Foster, deceased, late of Madras, Oreg. (US); Randall Mark Foster, legal representative, Madras, Oreg. (US); and John Scott Cook, Madras, Oreg. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Keith Manufacturing Co., Madras, Oreg. (US) | ||
| Filed on May 04, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/418,330. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0261940 A1, Nov. 15, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B65G 25/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 198—750.2 [24/573.11; 403/359.5] | 8 Claims |
| 1. A connection for releasably connecting together confronting first and second portions of first and second members, comprising:
said first portion having a first passageway;
said second portion having a second passageway;
an elongated coupler member in said first passageway;
a shim projecting endwise outwardly from said first portion on one side of the first passageway;
said coupler member being extendable endwise outwardly from the first passageway beyond the shim, and when so extended being
insertable into an entry portion of the second passageway;
said first portion being movable relatively towards the second portion when the coupler member is extended, for first moving
the extended coupler member into and through the entry portion of the second passageway, and then moving the shim into the
entry portion of the second passageway along side the coupler member; and
said second portion and said coupler member having confronting first and second lock surfaces that make contact with each
other and hold the first and second members together when the shim and coupler member are both in the second passageway and
the coupler member is retracted.
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