Multipurpose strap device for securing, fastening, removably attaching, carrying, storing, holding and/or locking items and/or objects
OwnerRoger Martinezinventor
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Abstract
The present invention is a multipurpose strap device for securing, fastening, removably attaching, carrying, storing holding, and/or locking items and/or objects. One current embodiment allows for carrying a helmet on a motorcycle by securing said helmet to said motorcycle via the multipurpose strap device. Other embodiments find use of the invention as a wallet, carrying case, or other storage device.
Claims20
A multipurpose strap device for securing, fastening, removably attaching, carrying, storing, holding, and/or locking items and/or objects (the “multipurpose strap device”) comprising at least one of:
- a first end;
- a second end;
- at least one first substrate;
- at least one second substrate;
- at least one third substrate;
- at least one structural piece or bull nose;
- at least one permanent means of attachment between said at least one first substrate and/or said at least one second substrate and/or at least one third substrate;
- at least one means of removable attachment between said at least one first substrate and said at least one first substrate and/or said at least one second substrate and/or said at least one third substrate.
A method of using a multipurpose strap device for securing, fastening, removably attaching, carrying, storing, holding and/or locking items and/or objects for securing and holding in place a motorcycle helmet to a motorcycle seat comprising at least one of the following steps:
- Unfurl strap prior to attachment to motorcycle seat;
- Place loose objects into at least one internal cavity and/or at least one pouch;
- Temporarily seal and/or cause to be closed said at least one internal cavity and/or at least one pouch;
- Said strap first end is threaded under the rear motorcycle seat strap or at least one of a belt, sissy bar, motorcycle handle bar, bicycle handle bar, any tube or sub-assembly with 360 degree access, on a body part and/or extremity, an arm, a leg, a neck;
- Thread said strap through a motorcycle helmet in such a manner that said strap enters or exits the helmet opening and exits or enters the helmet face shield hole;
- Attach said strap first end to strap second end via any claimed said removable method of attachment;
- and/or
- Roll up and lock to itself and transport and/or secure by at least one of but not limited to hand carry, place within a pocket, place within another enclosure.
A method of manufacturing the current embodiment of the invention comprising at least one of the following:
- Starting with at least one of the following:
- Soft leather substrate approximately 4″×14″ possessing a first side and a second side and a first end and a second end;
- A thin structural piece of plastic and/or metal and/or hard material approximately 3.8″×2.5″ (located at first end);
- Velcro first gender substrate 4″×14″ (loop);
- Velcro second gender strap closure element approximately 4″×4½″ (hook) (located at second end);
- A pocket and open enclosure forming piece of leather 3.5×3.25 (length) with a top side and a bottom side;
- Velcro second gender pocket closure element (hook) approximately ¼″×¾″ with an active surface and a non-active surface;
- Sew the non-active surface of the Velcro second gender pocket closure element (hook) to bottom side of the pocket and open enclosure forming piece of leather along the edge that is 3.25 inch long, aligning the ¾″ dimension with the 3.25″ long edge, starting at a distance of approximately 7/16″ from the edge of the 3.5″ long edge, thus forming the leather pocket subassembly;
- Attach the Velcro second gender strap closure element 4″×4′½″ (hook) to the Velcro first gender substrate 4″×14″ (loop) by overlapping the two by approximately ½″ such that the mated dimensions form a Velcro subassembly that is approximately 4″ wide by 18″ long. Sew this union with a line of Velcro attachment stitches that is 4″ long along the edge of the Velcro second gender strap closure element 4″×4½″ (hook). The Velcro first gender substrate (loop) is the top of the Velcro subassembly and the Velcro second gender strap closure element (hook) side is the bottom of the Velcro subassembly. The 4″ end farthest away from the sewn union of Velcro attachment stitches is the first end of the Velcro subassembly and the sewn end of Velcro attachment stitches is the second end of the Velcro subassembly;
- Create a pocket and open enclosure as follows:
- within ½″ of the Velcro attachment stitches at the second end, orient the leather pocket subassembly on the Velcro first gender substrate with active surface facing up such that the 3.25″ dimension of the leather pocket subassembly is aligned with the length of the strap and the 3.5″ dimension is aligned with and centered within the 4″ width of the strap and parallel to the Velcro attachment stitches. The top side of leather pocket subassembly faces up and the bottom side of the pocket and open enclosure forming piece of leather faces the Velcro first gender substrate (loop), and thus the active surface of the Velcro second gender pocket closure element (hook) on the leather pocket subassembly mates with and attaches to the active surface of the Velcro first gender substrate. This will form the Velcro and pocket subassembly after the following operations, which are not order specific:
- Sew the top (closest to the second end) across the 3.5 inch width to form the top and first side of the pocket;
- Sew the bottom (farthest from the second end) across the 3.5 inch width to form the bottom and first side of the open enclosure;
- Sew the middle (approximately 1⅝″ from the top and approximately 1⅝″ from the bottom across the 3.5 inch width to form both the bottom and second side of the pocket and the top and second side of the open enclosure;
- Sew the left and third side forming the pocket along the 1⅝″ length (parallel to the length of the strap);
- Inset structural piece between soft leather substrate second side at the first end and the Velcro and pocket subassembly bottom and first end. Structural piece is oriented such that the 3.8″ dimension is centered within the 4″ width of both soft leather substrate and Velcro and pocket subassembly;
- Soft leather substrate and Velcro and pocket subassembly are stitched together along the perimeter to form a stitched rectangle that is approximately 4 inches wide and approximately 14 inches long;
- and/or
- Another line is stitched along the 4″ width to capture and contain the structural piece sandwiched between the soft leather substrate and Velcro and pocket subassembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.