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US 12,378,767 B2Granted
Safety cap
OwnerJoseph W. Gregorwichinventor
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Abstract
A safety cap is to be used on linear members to provide a greater surface area on the end of the linear members. The cap has a platform and an attachment portion that is coupled to the platform. The attachment portion has two or more engagement members and two or more joint portions. Each joint portion couples two of the two or more engagement members together, and the two or more engagement members extend inward from the two or more joint portions.
Claims19
An apparatus comprising:
- a linear member;
- and
- a cap comprising a platform, and an attachment portion coupled to the platform;
- wherein the attachment portion comprises:
- two to five engagement members;
- and
- two to five joint portions, wherein each joint portion couples two of the two to five engagement members together;
- wherein the two to five engagement members extend inward from the two to five joint portions;
- wherein the two to five engagement members extend substantially along a length of the attachment portion, and the linear member is abutted by at least two of the two to five engagement members.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a cap comprising a platform, and the platform comprises one or more biasing members;
- and an attachment portion coupled to the platform;
- and the attachment portion comprises:
- two to five engagement members;
- and
- two to five joint portions, wherein each joint portion couples two of the two to five engagement members together;
- wherein each engagement member extend inward from two of the two to five joint portions;
- each joint portion and each engagement member extends substantially along a length of the attachment portion;
- each biasing member helps to bias one of the two to five engagement members inward towards an engagement space;
- and the attachment portion is configured to secure a linear member, of a predetermined size, in the attachment portion.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a cap comprising a platform, and an attachment portion coupled to the platform;
- wherein the attachment portion comprises:
- two to five engagement members;
- and
- two to five joint portions, wherein each joint portion couples two of the two to five engagement members together;
- wherein the two to five engagement members extend inward from the two to five joint portions;
- wherein the two to five engagement members extend substantially along a length of the attachment portion;
- and the two to five engagement members consist of two engagement members, three engagement members, four engagement members, or five engagement members.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.