Strap for securing accessories to photographic flash units
OwnerQuest C. Couch, IIIinventor
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Abstract
A strap for fastening an accessory to a photographic flash unit may have a stretchable substrate; an outer fastener strip attached to the stretchable substrate, the outer fastener strip having one of hook fastener material and loop fastener material; and an inner fastener strip attached to the stretchable substrate, the inner fastener strip having the other of hook fastener material and loop fastener material; wherein the outer fastener strip has at least one slack region having an amount of slack when the stretchable substrate is in an undeflected condition.
Claims12
A strap for fastening an accessory to a photographic flash unit, comprising:
- a stretchable substrate;
- an outer fastener strip attached to said stretchable substrate, said outer fastener strip comprising one of hook fastener material and loop fastener material;
- and
- an inner fastener strip attached to said stretchable substrate, said inner fastener strip comprising the other of hook fastener material and loop fastener material;
- wherein said outer fastener strip comprises at least one slack region having an amount of slack when said stretchable substrate is in an undeflected condition.
A strap for fastening an accessory to a photographic flash unit, comprising:
- a stretchable substrate comprising a non-skid surface;
- an outer fastener strip attached to a first side of said stretchable substrate, said outer fastener strip comprising loop fastener material;
- and
- an inner fastener strip attached to a second side of said stretchable substrate, said inner fastener strip comprising hook fastener material and being disposed at an end of said strap;
- wherein said outer fastener strip comprises a plurality of slack regions having an amount of slack when said stretchable substrate is in an undeflected condition;
- and
- wherein said stretchable substrate is stretchable to a deflected condition such that substantially all of said slack is eliminated and said inner fastener strip is removably securable to said outer fastener strip.
A method of securing an accessory to a photographic flash unit, comprising:
- selecting a strap comprising
- a stretchable substrate having an inner non-skid surface;
- an outer fastener strip attached to said stretchable substrate, said outer fastener strip comprising one of hook fastener material and loop fastener material;
- and
- an inner fastener strip attached to said stretchable substrate, said inner fastener strip comprising the other of hook fastener material and loop fastener material;
- wherein said outer fastener strip comprises at least one slack region having an amount of slack when said stretchable substrate is in an undeflected condition;
- stretching said strap about the photographic flash unit such that said stretchable substrate is stretched to a deflected condition in which substantially all of said slack is eliminated;
- securing said inner fastener strip to said outer fastener strip;
- and
- securing the accessory to said outer fastener strip, wherein the accessory also comprises the other of hook fastener material and loop fastener material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.