Fastening device
AssigneeId&C Limited
InventorStephen Daly
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Abstract
A tamper-evident fastening device suitable for use with a wristband. The device may include a casing with two separate portions and a divider that defines two substantially parallel paths of a strap and is adapted to retain two portions of a strap. The two separate portions may be positioned on each planar surface of the divider. The divider and the casing may be configured such that they are capable of being connected together via an irreversible lock.
Claims21
A tamper-evident fastening device in combination with a wristband having a strap with a first end portion and a second end portion, wherein the combination comprises:
- a casing comprising two separate portions;
- and
- a divider which defines two substantially parallel paths of the strap of the wristband and is adapted to retain the first and second end portions of the strap,
- wherein the two separate portions of the casing are positioned on opposite planar surfaces of the divider, and
- wherein the divider and the two separate portions of the casing are configured such that they are capable of being connected together via an irreversible lock,
- wherein the divider comprises first and second retaining members,
- wherein the first retaining member is arranged to hold the first end portion of the strap so that longitudinal movement of the first end portion is inhibited, and
- wherein the second retaining member is arranged to hold the second end portion of the strap such that movement of the second end portion in a first longitudinal direction is enabled and movement in a second, opposite longitudinal direction opposite to the first longitudinal direction is inhibited.
A fastening device in combination with a wristband having a strap with first and second end portions, said combination comprising:
- a casing;
- a divider disposed within the casing, wherein two substantially parallel paths for receiving the first and second end portions of the strap of the wristband are defined between the divider and the casing;
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- first and second retaining members arranged on opposite sides of the divider, wherein the first retaining member is arranged to hold the first end portion of the strap so that longitudinal movement of the first end portion is inhibited, and
- wherein the second retaining member is arranged to hold the second end portion of the strap such that movement of the second end portion in a first longitudinal direction is enabled and movement in a second, opposite longitudinal direction is inhibited.
A tamper-evident fastening device suitable for use with a wristband, wherein the device comprises:
- a casing, comprising two separate or hinged parts which are positioned on opposite faces of a divider, and having at least one channel therein having a proximate and a distal portion, said distal portion having a protrusion on one wall of the at least one channel and a recess or step positioned in an opposite wall of the at least one channel;
- wherein the divider has at least one engagement member adapted for engagement with the at least one channel, said at least one engagement member being adapted to engage the step or recess or step, and further having a slot therein adapted to engage the protrusion;
- wherein when the at least one engagement member enters the at least one channel, the at least one engagement member is resiliently biased against at least one wall of the proximate portion of the at least one channel, and when the at least one engagement member traverses the at least one channel to its distal portion, the at least one engagement member irreversibly engages with both the step or recess and the protrusion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.