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US 10,299,545 B2Granted
Belt adjustment system
AssigneeEdward R. Rowland and Thomas W. Hunsucker
InventorsEdward R. Rowland, Thomas W. Hunsucker
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Abstract
Disclosed are belt adjustment systems, particularly for wearing around a user's waist, that permit a continuum of belt loop sizes or a larger selection of belt loop sizes. The belt adjustment system includes an elongate belt member having a first end, a second end and a series of teeth positioned on an inner surface near the second end and a fixation member having first and second adjustment elements.
Claims17
A method of using a belt system, the method comprising:
- fixedly positioning a cut end of a belt member within a first opening of a buckle member, wherein the cut end has been cut to a desired measurement based on markings printed on a surface near a first end region of the belt member;
- locating a second end of the belt member within a second opening of the buckle member;
- and
- actuating a pawl element of the buckle member so that the pawl element engages a series of teeth on the belt member and interlocks the belt member and the buckle member.
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A method of using a belt system, the method comprising:
- positioning a first end region of a belt member within a buckle member by inserting a cut end into a first opening in the buckle member, wherein the first end region of the belt member has been cut to form the first end region using markings located on a surface near the first end region of the belt member;
- affixing the cut end within the first opening of a first adjustment element;
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- locating a second end region of the belt member within the buckle member by sliding at least a portion of the second end region through a second opening in the buckle member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.