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Granted Patent B2
US 12687255 · App. 18/264,089 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Supporting and stabilizing device

Inventor: Andrea Falcucci (Fano, IT)
F16M13/02F16M2200/041F16M2200/063F16M2200/066
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Patent No.
US 12687255
App. No.
18/264,089
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A supporting and stabilizing device having a first attachment, a second attachment, a first and a second articulation mechanisms, respectively connected to the first and to the second attachment, and a stabilization mechanism disposed between the first and the second articulation mechanisms. The stabilization mechanisms having at least one arm provided with a longitudinal axis and having two ends that are rotatably connected to the articulation mechanisms, a fixed back piece integral with the arm and provided with a passageway, a sliding guide mechanism connected to the arm, a rod passing through the passageway and sliding in the sliding guide mechanism, and an elastic apparatus associated with the sliding guide mechanism and the rod. The sliding guide mechanism allows the rod to vary its orientation relative to the arm.

Claims (25)

1 . A supporting and stabilizing device for fixing a load to a carrier and stabilizing the load with respect to the carrier, the supporting and stabilizing device comprising:

a first attachment adapted to be secured to the carrier;

a second attachment adapted to be secured to the load;

a first articulation connected to said first attachment;

a second articulation connected to said second attachment; and

at least one stabilizer disposed between the first articulation and the second articulation, wherein said at least one stabilizer comprises;

at least one arm having a longitudinal axis and a pair of ends that are rotatably connected to said first articulation and to said second articulation;

a fixed back piece integral with said at least one arm, said fixed back piece having a passageway;

a sliding guide having a tubular shape, said sliding guide being connected to said at least one arm;

a rod having an axis, said rod being connected to one of said first articulation and said second articulation by a connecting rod, said rod crossing the passageway of said fixed back piece and slidingly inserted in said sliding guide; and

an elastic member having a first end cooperative with said sliding guide and a second end connected to said rod, wherein said sliding guide is configured such that said rod oscillates relative to the longitudinal axis of said at least one arm.

2 . The supporting and stabilizing device of claim 1 , wherein said sliding guide has a movable connector that movably connects said sliding guide to said at least one arm.

3 . The supporting and stabilizing device of claim 1 , wherein the movable connector has an elastically deformable member disposed between said sliding guide and said fixed back piece.

4 . The supporting and stabilizing device of claim 1 , wherein the movable connector has a pivot connecting said sliding guide to said at least one arm.

5 . The supporting and stabilizing device of claim 1 , wherein said sliding guide is deformable.

6 . The supporting and stabilizing device of claim 5 , wherein said sliding guide is elastically deformable.

7 . The supporting and stabilizing device of claim 6 , wherein said sliding guide is formed of a technopolymer or a metallic material.

8 . The supporting and stabilizing device of claim 1 , wherein the first end and the second end of said elastic member are compressible, wherein said rod has a first end section at the second end of the elastic member and a second end section that is articulated to an end of the connecting rod.

9 . The supporting and stabilizing device of claim 1 , wherein said elastic member is of a helical shape, said rod internally crossing the helical shape of said elastic member.

10 . The supporting and stabilizing device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one arm of said stabilizer has a pair of arms in side-by-side relation.

11 . The supporting and stabilizing device of claim 1 , wherein said sliding guide has a bushing portion on an exterior thereof, the bushing portion having a protruding annular edge engaged with the first end of said elastic member.

12 . The supporting and stabilizing device of claim 1 , wherein the connecting rod is adjustable lengthwise and has a first portion and a second portion which are slidable and lockable in relation to each other.

13 . The supporting and stabilizing device of claim 8 , wherein the first end section of said rod is a screw engaged in a first threaded end of said rod.

14 . The supporting and stabilizing device of claim 8 , wherein the second end section of said rod has a stop adapted to abut said fixed back piece, wherein the stop has a screw engaged in a thread of the second end section of said rod.

15 . The supporting and stabilizing device of claim 1 , wherein said at least one stabilizer is a first stabilizer in a proximal position adjacent to the load and a second stabilizer in a distal position adjacent to the carrier.