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US 12,702,176 B2Granted
Adjustment unit, fastening device and wearable article
AssigneeOn Clouds GmbH
InventorsDamian Schneider, Alexandra Beeken, Zachary Runzo
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Abstract
An adjustment unit (1) with a main body and an adjustment unit hook element (3) protruding from the main body which can be used in an adjustment device (1), as well as a wearable article with such a fastening device (100).
Claims17
A fastening device (100) for a wearable article, the fastening device (100) comprising two distal hook elements (101, 102), an adjustment unit (1) and a fastening cord (103), the adjustment unit comprising:
- a. a main body (2) comprising a first locking channel (13) and a separated second locking channel (14), a tubular housing portion (4), which defines a compartment, a first pair of through-going openings (6a, 6b) which open into the compartment, a second pair of through-going openings (7a, 7b) which open into the compartment wherein two locking structures (8, 9) are at least partially arranged inside the compartment, wherein the two locking structures (8, 9) can each be switched along a common lateral axis between a locking configuration and an open configuration and wherein the two locking structures (8, 9) are biased into the locking configuration;
- b. an adjustment unit hook element (3) protruding from the main body (2) away from the axis and configured to engage with the fastening cord outside the main body (2), wherein the fastening cord (103) extends through the first locking channel (13) and from the first locking channel to one of the distal hook elements and from there to the other one of the distal hook elements without extending through one of the first pair of through-going openings (6a, 6b) and the second pair of through-going openings (7a, 7b) and from the other one of the distal hook elements back to the adjustment unit and through the second locking channel (14), wherein the adjustment unit (1) is arranged between the two distal hook elements (101, 102) and wherein the fastening cord (103) connects the two distal hook elements (101, 102) and the adjustment unit (1) with each other.
A fastening device (100) for a wearable article, the fastening device (100) comprising two distal hook elements (101, 102), an adjustment unit (1) and a single fastening cord (103), the adjustment unit comprising:
- a. a main body (2) comprising a first locking channel (13) and a separated second locking channel (14), a tubular housing portion (4), which defines a compartment, a first pair of through-going openings (6a, 6b) which open into the compartment, a second pair of through-going openings (7a, 7b) which open into the compartment wherein two locking structures (8, 9) are at least partially arranged inside the compartment, wherein the two locking structures (8, 9) can each be switched along a common lateral axis between a locking configuration and an open configuration and wherein the two locking structures (8, 9) are biased into the locking configuration;
- b. an adjustment unit hook element (3) protruding from the main body (2) away from the axis and configured to engage with the single fastening cord outside the main body (2), wherein the single fastening cord (103) extends through the first locking channel (13) and from the first locking channel to one of the distal hook elements and from there to the other one of the distal hook elements without extending through one of the first pair of through-going openings (6a, 6b) and the second pair of through-going openings (7a, 7b) and from the other one of the distal hook elements back to the adjustment unit and through the second locking channel (14), wherein the adjustment unit (1) is arranged between the two distal hook elements (101, 102) and wherein the single fastening cord (103) connects the two distal hook elements (101, 102) and the adjustment unit (1) with each other.
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