US 2011/0252649 A1 · Sheath-cord combination, kit, and method of manufacture

Abstract

A sheath-cord assembly, kit, and method for manufacturing same provides users with a blade-protecting sheath and a braided or weaved length of cord fastened thereto. The sheath portion defines a blade-receiving inner pocket and comprises at least one aperture structure extending therethrough adjacent the pocket. The length of cord is preferably braided to provide both a decorative effect and an ample cord source when attached to the sheath portion. The cord preferably comprises thermally-liquefiable material and has opposed primary cord ends, which ends are insertable through the aperture structure and are thermally-liquefiable for respectively liquefying the primary cord ends at the aperture structure. The liquefied primary cord ends are thermally-solidifiable for fastening the primary cord ends to the sheath assembly at the aperture structure.

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Dependent claims

A sheath-cord assembly for providing users with a blade-protecting sheath and a length of cord, the sheath-cord assembly comprising, in combination:

a sheath assembly, the sheath assembly having forward and rearward sheath portions, the forward and rearward sheath portions defining a blade-receiving inner pocket, the inner pocket having a pocket periphery, the forward and rearward sheath portions comprising at least one aperture structure extending therethrough adjacent the pocket periphery;
and
at least one length of cord, the length of cord comprising thermally-liquefiable material and having opposed primary cord ends, the primary cord ends being insertable through the aperture structure and being thermally-liquefiable for respectively liquefying the primary cord ends at the aperture structure, the liquefied primary cord ends being thermally-solidifiable for fastening the primary cord ends to the sheath assembly at the aperture structure, the sheath-cord assembly thus for providing users with a blade-protecting sheath and an end-fastened length of cord.

A sheath-cord kit for providing users with a blade-protecting sheath outfittable with a length of cord, the sheath-cord kit comprising:

a sheath assembly, the sheath assembly having forward and rearward sheath portions, the forward and rearward sheath portions defining a blade-receiving inner pocket, the inner pocket having a pocket periphery, the forward and rearward sheath portions comprising at least one aperture structure extending therethrough adjacent the pocket periphery;
and
at least one length of cord, the length of cord comprising thermally-liquefiable material and having opposed primary cord ends, the primary cord ends being insertable through the aperture structure and being thermally-liquefiable for respectively liquefying the primary cord ends at the aperture structure, the liquefied primary cord ends being thermally-solidifiable for fastening the primary cord ends to the sheath assembly at the aperture structure, the length of cord thus being outfittable upon the sheath assembly for providing users with a blade-protecting sheath and end-fastened length of cord.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Sheath-cord combination, kit, and method of manufacture

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Abstract

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