Carrying strap handle with identical halves
OwnerKeith Yesterinventor
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Abstract
A handle includes two identical halves, each half including a body, a pair of flanges, a pair of hooks and a pair of slots. The pair of flanges extend towards each other in a common plane. A hook is provided adjacent to one end of each flange. A slot is provided adjacent to the opposite end of each flange. The hook has a head, which defines a wedge-shaped space between the head of the hook and the flange and configured to receive a wedge-shaped overhang of a slot. With two halves positioned on opposite sides of a handle strap, hooks of one half are pressed into slots of the other half, and then the halves are slid until the overhangs fill the wedge-shaped spaces. A set screw may be threaded into a channel that leads to a slot, until the end of the set screw abuts an engaged hook.
Claims20
A handle half comprising:
- a body, the body comprising a half section of a tubular structure, including a first edge, a second edge apart from and parallel to the first edge, and a concave base extending from the first edge to the second edge;
- a first flange, the first flange having an anterior surface, a first end and a second end, a first side and a second side, the anterior surface of the first flange being planar except for a first hook and a first slot formed on the anterior surface of the first flange, the first hook extending outwardly from the anterior surface of the first flange adjacent to the first end of the first flange, and the first slot comprising a concave compartment through the anterior surface of the first flange adjacent to the second end of the first flange;
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- a second flange, the second flange having an anterior surface, a first end and a second end, a first side and a second side, the anterior surface of the second flange being planar except for a second hook and a second slot formed on the anterior surface of the second flange, the second hook extending outwardly from the anterior surface of the second flange adjacent to the first end of the second flange, and the second slot comprising a concave compartment through the anterior surface of the second flange adjacent to the second end of the second flange;
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- the second flange extending from the second edge of the body towards the first flange, and the first flange extending from the first edge of the body towards the second flange, and the second side of the first flange being opposite the second side of the second flange, and a gap being between the second side of the first flange and the second side of the second flange.
A handle comprising two identical handle halves, each handle half comprising:
- a body, the body comprising a half section of a tubular structure, including a first edge, a second edge apart from and parallel to the first edge, and a concave base extending from the first edge to the second edge;
- a first flange, the first flange having an anterior surface, a first end and a second end, a first side and a second side, the anterior surface of the first flange being planar except for a first hook and a first slot formed on the anterior surface of the first flange, the first hook extending outwardly from the anterior surface of the first flange adjacent to the first end of the first flange, and the first slot comprising a concave compartment through the anterior surface of the first flange adjacent to the second end of the first flange;
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- a second flange, the second flange having an anterior surface, a first end and a second end, a first side and a second side, the anterior surface of the second flange being planar except for a second hook and a second slot formed on the anterior surface of the second flange, the second hook extending outwardly from the anterior surface of the second flange adjacent to the first end of the second flange, and the second slot comprising a concave compartment through the anterior surface of the second flange adjacent to the second end of the second flange;
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- the second flange extending from the second edge of the body towards the first flange, and the first flange extending from the first edge of the body towards the second flange, and the second side of the first flange being opposite the second side of the second flange, and a gap being between the second side of the first flange and the second side of the second flange;
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- the two identical handle halves including a first handle half and a second handle half, the first and second hooks of the first handle half engaging the first and second slots of the second handle half, and the first and second hooks of the second handle half engaging the first and second slots of the first handle half.
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