Reversible pin plate for fine wrist strap adjustment
AssigneeSalutron, Inc.
InventorsYong Jin Lee, Robert McClain
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Abstract
A device is disclosed for wearing on a wrist or other body part including a central piece held on the body part by a pair of straps. A first strap includes fastening holes and the second strap includes a pin plate having pins for mating within the fastening holes in the first strap to affix the device to the body part. The pins are off-center with respect to a lengthwise centerline dividing a width of the pin plate in half. The pin plate may be affixed to the second strap into different orientations, to thereby allow adjustment of a fit of the device to the body part with finer granularity than provided by the pitch of the fastening holes in the first strap.
Claims22
A strap for a device wearable on a body part, the device including a central piece to which the strap is capable of connection, the strap comprising:
- a proximal end capable of being affixed to the central piece;
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- a pin plate removably affixed to the strap, the pin plate including a pin, the pin plate capable of being affixed to the second strap in a first orientation to define a first distance between the pin and the proximal end of the strap, and the pin plate capable of being affixed to the strap in a second orientation to define a second distance between the pin and the proximal end of the strap, the first and second distances being different from each other.
A device for wearing on a body part, the device comprising:
- a central piece;
- a first strap affixed to a first portion of the central piece, the first strap including a length and a plurality of fastening holes along the length;
- a second strap having a proximal end affixed to a second portion of the central piece;
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- a pin plate removably affixed to the second strap, the pin plate including a pin for mating within a fastening hole of the plurality of fastening holes on the first strap, the pin plate capable of being affixed to the second strap in a first orientation to define a first distance between the pin and the proximal end of the second strap, and the pin plate capable of being affixed to the second strap in a second orientation to define a second distance between the pin and the proximal end of the second strap, the first and second distances being different from each other.
A device for wearing on a body part, the device comprising:
- a central piece;
- a first strap affixed to a first portion of the central piece, the first strap including a length and pairs of fastening holes along the length and centered about a widthwise centerline dividing the length of the first strap in half, two fastening holes adjacent to each other along the length of the first strap having a pitch between them;
- a second strap having a proximal end affixed to a second portion of the central piece;
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- a pin plate removably affixed to the second strap, the pin plate comprising:
- a lengthwise centerline dividing a width of the pin plate in half,
- a widthwise centerline dividing a width of the pin plate in half,
- a pair of pins, on opposite sides of the widthwise centerline and equidistant from the widthwise centerline, for mating within a pair of fastening holes of the pairs of fastening holes in the first strap, the pair of pins being off-center with respect to the lengthwise centerline such that the pin plate is capable of being affixed to the second strap in a first orientation to define a first distance between the pair of pins and the proximal end of the second strap, and the pin plate capable of being affixed to the second strap in a second orientation, rotated 180° from the first orientation, to define a second distance between the pair of pins and the proximal end of the second strap, the first and second distances being different from each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.