Sling strap retention device
OwnerHoward Elliot Horwitzinventor
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Abstract
A sling strap retention device is provided. The sling strap retention device includes a structure with a first flexible member and a second flexible member, the first flexible member and the second flexible member further comprising a first end and a second end, a first side and a second side, a front surface, and a back surface, wherein the first and second flexible members may be oriented one over the other with the back sides of the first and second flexible members in opposition and coupled along a length of the members. The first and second flexible members may be configured to flex and couple to one another to form opposing closed loops. These closed loops may be configured to couple to and retain therein a sling strap of a weapon.
Claims20
A strap retention device comprising:
- a first portion having a length between opposing ends;
- a second portion having a length between opposing ends;
- the first and second portions being functionally coupled to one another between the opposing ends of the first portion and the opposing ends of the second portion;
- the first portion being configured to releasably couple to itself to form a first bounded region, the first bounded region being configured to releasably engage a portion of the strap therein;
- the second portion being configured to releasably couple to itself to form a second bounded region, the second bounded region being configured to releasably engage a redundant portion of the strap that has been gathered together.
A strap retention system for engaging a sling strap, the system comprising:
- a sling strap defining a length between a first end and a second end, the first end coupled to an object at a first position along the object and the second end coupled to the object at a second position along the object, the length of the sling strap being longer than a length between the first and second positions, the sling strap being configured to be gathered together on itself in a redundant portion;
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- a plurality of retention devices, each of the retention devices comprising:
- a first portion being configured to releasably couple to itself to form a first bounded region, the first bounded region being configured to functionally engage a portion of the sling strap therein;
- a second portion being configured to releasably couple to itself to form a second bounded region, the second bounded region being configured to functionally engage the redundant portion of the sling strap,
- wherein the first and second portions are coupled to one another.
A method of handling a weapon having a sling coupled thereto, the method comprising:
- providing a sling defining a length between a first end and a second end;
- coupling the first end of the sling to the weapon at a first position along the weapon and the second end of the sling to the weapon at a second position along the weapon, the length of the sling being longer than a length between the first and second positions;
- gathering redundant portions of the sling together;
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- binding the redundant portions of the sling to the sling using a retention device, the retention device comprising:
- a first portion releasably coupled to itself to form a first bounded region, the first bounded region functionally engaging a portion of the sling therein;
- a second portion releasably coupled to itself to form a second bounded region, the second bounded region functionally engaging the redundant portions of the sling,
- wherein the first and second portions are coupled to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.