Buckle Bender Tool
AssigneePanduit Corp.
InventorsLawrence A. Hillegonds, Scott K. Benedict
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a buckle bender tool that secures a strap in a metal buckle. The buckle bender tool has a main body with a first end and a second end. The tool has a bent edge at a distal end of the first end of the main body. The bent edge forms an acute angle with respect to the main body of the tool. The tool has straight edge at a distal end of the second end of the main body. The buckle bender tool positions a cut-off strap end within a buckle and deforms the buckle to secure the strap therein.
Claims8
A tool for securing a strap in a metal buckle, wherein the metal buckle having a strap entrance end, a strap exit end, and a deformable retainer with a tab at a distal end and an opening adjacent the tab, the tool comprising:
- a main body having a first end and a second end;
- a bent edge at a distal end of the first end of the main body, wherein the bent edge forms an acute angle with respect to the main body of the tool;
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- a straight edge at a distal end of the second end of the main body.
A method of securing a metal strap to a metal buckle using a buckle bender tool, wherein the metal buckle having a strap entrance end, a strap exit end, and a deformable retainer with a tab at a distal end and an opening adjacent the tab, the method comprising the steps of:
- positioning a bent edge at a first end of the buckle bender tool in the opening in the buckle with the bent edge of the buckle bender tool positioned over a cut off end of the strap;
- engaging the cut off end of the strap with the bent edge of the buckle bender tool;
- pushing the cut off end of the strap downwards with the bent edge of the buckle bender tool until the cut off end of the strap is positioned on the buckle;
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- pulling the buckle bender tool to bend the deformable retainer of the buckle 30 degrees over the cut-off end of the strap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.