Tool for inserting or replacing drawstrings
OwnerChad W. Archibeckinventor
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Abstract
A tool for inserting a drawstring into a drawstring passage has elongated leading and trailing bodies which are connected to each other by a flexible member. The trailing body defines at its rear end an aperture into which an end of a drawstring can be inserted, which drawstring can be secured to the trailing body by the cooperation with the trailing body of a drawstring retainer. The retainer is carried by the trailing body and is movable relative to that body toward and away from the rear end of that body. When the retainer is at its rear end limit of movement relative to the trailing body, the retainer is effective to cause a drawstring inserted into the aperture to be held in the insertion tool. The retainer can be spring-biased toward its rearward limit of motion in the insertion tool.
Claims6
An inserter useful for inserting a drawstring into a drawstring passage defined in an article which uses a drawstring, the inserter comprising:
- an elongate leading body having opposite forward and rear ends;
- an elongate flexible member connected at a front end thereof to the rear end of the leading body;
- a trailing body connected at a front end thereof to an opposite second end of the flexible member, the trailing body defining at a rear end thereof an aperture into which an end of a drawstring can be inserted;
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- a drawstring retainer member carried by and movable relative to the trailing body toward and away from the rear end of the trailing body, the trailing body and the retainer member being cooperatively configured to secure a drawstring to the trailing body when a drawstring is disposed in the aperture and the retainer member is at a rearward limit of movement relative to the trailing body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.