Charles M Allred

US Patent:

8413398, Apr 9, 2013

Filed:

Jun 19, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/488214

Inventors:

Charles B. Allred - Bountiful UT, US
Brian Hillstrom - Loretto MN, US
Guillaume Martin - Villecresnes, FR
Jeremy Porter - Salt Lake City UT, US

Assignee:

3form, Inc. - Salt Lake City UT

International Classification:

E04B 7/00
E04B 9/00
E04B 2/00
E04B 1/38
G09F 7/18
A47G 1/24
A47F 5/00
F16M 11/02
F16B 9/00
F16D 3/00

US Classification:

5250606, 52 22, 52 39, 521261, 5250605, 5250608, 52511, 248481, 248482, 248483, 248484, 24828831, 2481811, 403 70, 403 71, 403 76

Abstract:

Ball pivot assemblies for mounting panels to a cable regardless of panel geometry or orientation include a ball pivot. The ball pivot includes geometry configured to enable a panel to pivot about the ball pivot in a plurality of orientations in a plurality of planes with respect to the cable. One or more implementations of the present invention can include a ball socket configured to receive the ball pivot, and provide a secure interface between the ball pivot assembly and the panel. Also, systems of at least one implementation of the present invention include a plurality of panels mounted to one or more cables using one or more ball pivot assemblies. In addition, one or more implementations of the present invention include methods of mounting panels using one or more ball pivot assemblies.