Modular System Including Shaft Segments Having Configuration and Breakdown Attachments

摘要

An easy to use, reliable, easy to repair, universal, simple, lightweight, compact, portable, multi-use modular system of poles and interconnections. An operator configures a number of structures using brackets, supports, segmented shafts, and interconnection components. The segmented shafts have both the ability to make an attachment to retain a particular configuration while being able to break down the shafts for transportation or storage. Some embodiments include a sleeve that protects the tip of a pole and provide a cushion and separation between a pole and a ferrule thereby reducing breakage and increase reliability. Broken components are easily replaced in the field. The configuration of the structure is changed by the user to quickly adapt to changing needs. Multiple components can be carried by separate members of a group and combined together to form a more complex structure to meet the needs of the group.

主权项

1. A modular system comprising a plurality of shaft segments,
wherein each shaft segment comprises a shaft, an inserting end, and a receiving end, wherein each one of a group of the inserting end and the receiving end has a partially enclosed channel, wherein each other one of said group has a protrusion which is configured to connect with a corresponding partially enclosed channel of another shaft segment to form a configuration attachment, wherein said partially enclosed channel has predetermined channel width, wherein said partially enclosed channel has a narrow neck which locks said protrusion in said channel, the narrow neck having a predetermined neck width which is less than the channel width, wherein the narrow neck increases the amount of force required for the protrusion to pass through the channel, wherein the inserting end is inserted into the receiving end and said protrusion is passed past said narrow neck to lock the configuration attachment, and wherein the shaft segments are configurable into a plurality of segmented shafts, each segmented shaft comprising a plurality of shaft segments coupled together by having the inserting end of one shaft segment removably coupled with the corresponding receiving end of another shaft segment to form the segmented shafts.