Web load-dampening device
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsDavid A. Shereyk, John S. Pontaoe
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Abstract
A device is configured to adjustably retain at least one strap and dampen forces exerted into or by the at least one strap. The device includes a main body including at least one strap adjustment channel configured to adjustably retain the at least one strap, and at least one tensile member formed on or within the main body. The at least one tensile member is configured to flex, bend, and/or stretch in order to absorb the forces exerted into or by the at least one strap.
Claims20
A device configured to adjustably retain at least one strap and dampen forces exerted into or by the at least one strap, the device comprising:
- a main body including at least one strap adjustment channel configured to adjustably retain the at least one strap;
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- at least one tensile member formed on or within said main body, wherein said at least one tensile member is configured to flex, bend, and/or stretch in order to absorb the forces exerted into or by the at least one strap.
A device configured to adjustably retain straps and dampen forces exerted into or by the straps, the device comprising:
- a main body formed as an integral piece of one or more of rubber, plastic resin, polyester, santoprene, thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), or thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), wherein said main body includes two strap adjustment channels at opposite ends configured to adjustably retain the straps;
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- shock-absorbing members formed on or within said main body, wherein said shock-absorbing members are configured to flex, bend, and/or stretch in order to absorb the forces exerted into or by the straps.
A backpack adjustment assembly, the assembly comprising:
- a main body formed as an integral piece of one or more of rubber, plastic resin, polyester, santoprene, thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), or thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), wherein said main body includes a first strap adjustment channel at a first end and a second strap adjustment channel at a second end that is opposite said first end;
- a first backpack strap adjustably retained within said first strap adjustment channel;
- a second backpack strap adjustably retained within said second strap adjustment channel;
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- shock-absorbers formed on or within said main body, wherein said shock-absorbers are configured to flex, bend, and/or stretch in order to absorb the forces exerted into or by said first and second backpack straps.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.