SYSTEM USABLE IN ARTICLES TO FACILITATE RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN PARTS THEREOF

摘要

A system that makes up at least a portion of a utilitarian article and having: a first body; a second body; and a first linkage assembly acting between the first and second bodies and configured to allow the first and second bodies to be relatively positioned to thereby reconfigure the article into which the system is incorporated. The first linkage assembly has first and second linkage parts. The first linkage assembly is configured so that: a) the first linkage part is movable relative to the first body around a first axis; b) the second linkage part is movable relative to the first linkage part around a second axis; and c) the second linkage part is movable relative to the second body around a third axis. At least one of the first, second, and third axes is non-parallel to the other two of the first, second, and third axes.

主权项

1. A system that makes up at least a portion of a utilitarian article, the system comprising:
a first body; a second body; and a first linkage assembly acting between the first and second bodies and configured to allow the first and second bodies to be relatively positioned to thereby reconfigure the utilitarian article into which the system is incorporated, wherein the first linkage assembly comprises first and second linkage parts, the first linkage assembly configured so that: a) the first linkage part is movable relative to the first body around a first axis; b) the second linkage part is movable relative to the first linkage part around a second axis; and c) the second linkage part is movable relative to the second body around a third axis, at least one of the first second, and third axes being non-parallel to the other two of the first, second, and third axes.