Clip for removably securing a strap to a frame
AssigneeExpert Engineering Solutions
InventorsGary J. Gracyalny, Daniel S. Kelly, Kimberly J. Coticchia
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Abstract
An apparatus for securing a strap to a frame having a first and second opening is disclosed which includes an elongated body having a top, a flexible and a middle portion along an elongated direction in a top-to-bottom order, the middle portion to be used for holding a loop formed by the strap, a first latching member protruding from the elongated body above the middle portion and below the flexible portion in a first direction for removably latching into the first opening, and a second latching member protruding from the elongated body below the middle portion in the first direction for removably latching into the second opening.
Claims17
An apparatus for securing a strap to a frame having a first and second opening, the apparatus comprising:
- an elongated body having a top, a flexible and a middle portion along an elongated direction in a top-to-bottom order, the middle portion forming a gap between the middle portion and the frame by bending the middle portion away from a surface of the elongated body that contacts the frame when the elongated body is secured to the frame, the middle portion to be used for holding a loop formed by the strap;
- a first latching member protruding, in a first direction, from the elongated body above the middle portion and below the flexible portion for removably latching into the first opening;
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- a second latching member protruding, in the first direction, from the elongated body below the middle portion for removably latching into the second opening.
A method for securing a strap to a frame having a first and second opening, the method comprising:
- providing a clip having an elongated body with a top, a flexible and a middle portion along an elongated direction in a top-to-bottom order;
- looping the strap around the middle portion;
- aligning a first latching member with the first opening, the first latching member protruding, in a first direction, from the elongated body above the middle portion and below the flexible portion;
- aligning a second latching member with the second opening, the second latching member protruding, in the first direction, from the elongated body below the middle portion;
- pushing, simultaneously, the first latching member into the first opening and the second latching member into the second opening;
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- sliding the clip downward to allow a third latching member to fit into the first opening, the third latching member protruding, in the first direction, from the elongated body above the flexible portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.