Modular swiveling strap tie system
AssigneeFoot Innovations, LLC
InventorsRoy W. Sanders, Sergio Gutierrez
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Abstract
A strap tie includes a body including a receiving channel and a strap engagement member. The receiving channel extends through the body. The receiving channel is configured to receive a remote strap. The engagement member is configured to engage a movement restriction member of the remote strap to prevent translation of the remote strap away from the body. The strap extends from the body. The strap includes a proximal end attached to the body, a distal end opposite the proximal end, and a plurality of movement restriction members. The rotational element of the body is configured to removably couple to a base to allow the strap tie to rotate relative to the base.
Claims20
A strap tie comprising:
- a body including a receiving channel, a strap engagement member, and a first base engagement member including an actuator component coupled to an engagement component, the actuator component integral to the body, the receiving channel extending through the body, the receiving channel configured to receive a remote strap, the engagement member configured to engage a movement restriction member of the remote strap to prevent translation of the remote strap away from the body;
- a strap extending from a side of the body, the strap having a thickness along the side of the body at a proximal end attached to the body, a distal end opposite the proximal end, and a plurality of movement restriction members extending along a longitudinal axis from the proximal end to the distal end;
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- a rotational element of the body configured to removably couple to a base to allow the strap tie to rotate about a rotational axis relative to the base, the rotational axis extending through the body and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the first base engagement member configured to removably couple the rotational element to the base responsive to actuation of the actuator component, the receiving channel extending in a direction perpendicular to the rotational axis.
A strap tie assembly, comprising:
- a base including a base component configured to be disposed adjacent to a portion of skin on a first base side of the base component and a first body coupler coupled to a second base side of the base component opposite the first base side;
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- a strap tie including
- a body including a receiving channel, a strap engagement member, and a first base engagement member including an actuator component coupled to an engagement component, the actuator component integral to the body, the receiving channel extending through the body, the receiving channel configured to receive a remote strap, the engagement member configured to engage a movement restriction member of the remote strap to prevent translation of the remote strap away from the body;
- a strap extending from a side of the body, the strap having a thickness along the side of the body at a proximal end attached to the body, a distal end opposite the proximal end, and a plurality of movement restriction members;
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- a rotational element of the body configured to removably couple to the base to allow the strap tie to rotate relative to the base about a rotational axis perpendicular to an axis through the receiving channel, the first base engagement member configured to removably couple the rotational element to the base responsive to actuation of the actuator component, the receiving channel extending in a direction perpendicular to the rotational axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.