NTH Innovations
Lynx-Arms-Lock™ is designed to be next generation compared to elastic, stretchable, shock cord in tent poles.
- Lynx-Arms-Lock™ replaces shock cord & surpasses shock cord tent poles with a continuous, unified, locked but collapsible structure providing positive strength during all phases of pitching and striking a tent
- Lynx-Arms-Lock™ maintains positive connectivity until separated by the end-user
- Lynx-Arms-Lock™ is a specially designed linkage with an incorporated locking mechanism that changes a tent pole into one continuous structural element instead of a series of pieces held together by rubber. A house is built with one-piece boards cut to length, not a board held together with rubber bands
- If Lynx-Arms-Lock™ fails, a replacement can be installed quickly, even in the field
Lynx-Arms-Lock™ is a new differentiator that is covered by 2 USPTO patents (Nos. 9, 915, 081 & 10, 633, 885 and patent pending).
A collapsible structure connection system and method including an apparatus having a pair of mated ferrules, at least one pivoting pin and at least one slider arm. Each ferrule couples to a rod segment of the structure, the ferrules connecting the rod segments when mated, but allowing the rod segments to rotate into a collapsed structure. The apparatus has a locking system in one example embodiment. The systems include a bracket, at and at least one locking device to fix the rod segments in a preferred configuration. An alternate apparatus and collapsible structure connection system includes a pair of mated ferrules each having a length-wise slot, a connector arm and pivoting pins. The connector arm rotates around the pivoting pins within the slots of the ferrules, allowing the ferrules to rotate into various positions when selectively connecting and collapsing rod segments.
27 Claims, 9 Drawing Sheets
