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US 2014/0026374 A1Published application
Wire Buckle Strap Fastener
OwnerGary E. Galliersinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates generally to the field of fasteners used with flexible strapping to secure cargo. In embodiments of the invention, a wire buckle fastener includes a retention tab coupled to an inside shoulder of the buckle. The retention tab prevents the inside shoulder from being pulled through a base of the buckle when the buckle is in use. In alternative embodiments of the invention, the retention tab may be configured as a loop or an open curve.
Claims14
A wire buckle for use with flexible strapping, comprising:
- a u-shaped base having a first, a second, and a third side in a first plane, the first side being connected to the second side, the second side being connected to the third side, the first and the third sides being substantially parallel, the second side being substantially perpendicular to the first side and the third side;
- an outer shoulder connected to the third side of the base;
- an inner shoulder connected to the first side of the base;
- a first arm connected to the outer shoulder;
- a second arm coupled to the inner shoulder;
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- a retention tab connected between the inner shoulder and the second arm, the first arm and the second arm being disposed in a second plane, a terminal end of the first arm and a terminal end of the second arm being disposed on the same side of the wire buckle, the wire buckle being configured such that the outer shoulder and the inner shoulder do not directly interfere with each other during use, the wire buckle being formed from a single piece of wire.
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A wire buckle formed from a single piece of wire, comprising:
- a u-shaped base having a first, a second, and a third side in a first plane, the first side being connected to the second side, the second side being connected to the third side, the first and the third sides being substantially parallel, the second side being substantially perpendicular to the first side and the third side;
- an outer shoulder connected to the third side of the base;
- an inner shoulder connected to the first side of the base;
- a first arm connected to the outer shoulder;
- a second arm coupled to the inner shoulder;
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- means for retaining the second arm at an end of the second arm that is not a terminal end of the single piece of wire, the wire buckle being configured such that the outer shoulder and the inner shoulder do not directly interfere with each other during use.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.