US 11,439,210 B2Granted

Modular linking system

AssigneeUlticlip, LLC

InventorsRandall Lynn Darby, Clayton Andrew Bass

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Abstract

A modular linking system allows bags, pouches, and other items to be connected together quickly and securely while providing the ability to remotely disconnect the two items. The modular linking system includes a post assembly and a receiver assembly, each of which includes a geared component to permit variously angled, non-rotational engagement therebetween. The receiver assembly includes a locking member that is resiliently moveable to an unlocked position to permit disengagement between the post assembly and the receiver assembly. The locking member includes two arms that are positioned in a slide lockup channel of the post assembly in the locked configuration, where the arms move out of engagement with the slide lockup channel in the unlocked configuration.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A modular locking system comprising:

a receiver assembly including:
a base;
a cover fitting on one side of the base;
a post hole formed in the base, the post hole configured to receive a portion of a post assembly therein, the post hole formed with a plurality of female teeth defining an outer periphery thereof;
a space formed between the base and cover;
and
a slide fitting in the space, the slide moveable between a locked position, where a locking surface of the slide interacts with the post assembly to retain the post assembly to the receiver assembly, and an unlocked position, where the locking surface is moved out of interaction with the post assembly, wherein
the locking surface has an arc that interacts, along at least a portion thereof, with the post assembly in the locked position;
the slide is fully inserted in the space in the locked position and the slide is partially withdrawn from the space in the unlocked position;
and
the slide is resiliently urged in the fully inserted locked position;
and
a post assembly, the post assembly including:
a gear having a plurality of gear teeth, the gear teeth mating with the female teeth of the receiver assembly when the gear is inserted in the post hole;
and
a lockup channel formed between the gear and a distal side of the post assembly, the base of the lockup channel aligning with the arc of the locking surface.

13 more elements

A modular locking system comprising:

a receiver assembly including:
a base;
a cover fitting on one side of the base;
a post hole formed in the base, the post hole having a plurality of female teeth defining an exterior surface of the post hole;
a space formed between the base and cover;
a slide fitting in the space, the slide moveable between a locked position, where a locking surface of the slide interacts to a post assembly to retain the post assembly to the receiver assembly, and an unlocked position, where the locking surface is moved out of interaction with the post assembly;
and
a lanyard hole formed in an end of the slide, the lanyard hole permitting a user to remotely move the slide into the unlocked position, wherein
the locking surface has an arc that interacts, along at least a portion thereof, with the post assembly in the locked position;
and
the post assembly including:
a gear having a plurality of teeth aligning with the plurality of female teeth of the post hole of the base;
and
a lockup channel formed between the gear and a distal side of the post assembly, the base of the lockup channel aligning with the arc of the locking surface, wherein
the cover includes a cover post hole aligning with the post hole of the base, the cover post hole formed without teeth therein.

12 more elements

A modular locking system comprising:

a receiver assembly including:
a base;
a cover fitting on one side of the base;
a post hole formed in the base, the post hole having a plurality of female teeth defining an exterior surface of the post hole;
a space formed between the base and cover;
and
a slide fitting in the space, the slide moveable between a locked position, where a locking surface of the slide interacts to a post assembly to retain the post assembly to the receiver assembly, and an unlocked position, where the locking surface is moved out of interaction with the post assembly;
the post assembly including:
a gear having a plurality of teeth aligning with the plurality of female teeth of the post hole of the base;
a lockup channel formed between the gear and a distal side of the post assembly, the base of the lockup channel aligning with an arc of the locking surface;
a central hole through the gear;
a back member disposed on a proximal side of the gear, the back member having a back member central hole aligning with the central hole of the gear;
an extension extending from the distal side of the gear, the extension extending a length of the central hole through the gear by a predetermined length, the extension defining the base of the lockup channel, the predetermined length defining a width of the lockup channel;
a nut disposed adjacent the extension;
and
a screw inserted through the back member central hole and the central hole of the gear to mate with the nut, the lockup channel defined between the gear and the nut;
and
a spring configured to retain the slide in the locked position, the spring resiliently deformable to permit movement of the slide to the unlocked position, the spring disposed in a spring retention channel of the base while interacting with a spring interface of the slide, wherein
the cover includes a cover post hole aligning with the post hole of the base, the cover post hole formed without teeth therein.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/781,426Filed 4 Feb 2020 · us provisional application
Priority: 24 Dec 2019
Published: US 2021/0186165 A124 Jun 2021
Granted: 13 Sep 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

A44B 11/25
Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts: with two or more separable parts
A44B 19/301
With means for locking in position: at the end of their upward travel with any suitable device, e.g. pull member combined with a press-button, a…
A45C 13/18
Details; Accessories: devices to prevent theft or loss of purses, luggage or hand carried bags
A44B 19/262
Sliders: pull members; Ornamental attachments for sliders

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Application62/953,291Us provisional application · filed 24 Dec 2019
US 2021/0186165 A1Pre-grant publication · published 24 Jun 2021
US 11,439,210 B2This patent

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