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US 2016/0355121 A1Published application
Cord Connector
OwnerEarl Gertsmainventor
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Abstract
A cord connector and method of use that can be used to adjust the length of a bungee cord and/or to connect together multiple bungee cords.
Claims18
A cord connector configured to connect one or more cords, said cord connector comprising a body having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first end edge and a second end edge positioned opposite said first end edge, a first side edge and a second side edge positioned opposition said first side edge, said body including a cord connection arrangement configured to releaseably secure a cord to said body, said cord arrangement selected from the group consisting of a) a single cord opening positioned on said first side edge of said body and a single cord slot having a front opening in communication with said single cord opening, said single cord slot having a slot width and a longitudinal length, said single cord slot having a first and second slot sides, a majority of a longitudinal length of said first slot side is non-parallel and non-perpendicular to said second side edge of said body, a width of said single cord slot along a majority of a longitudinal length of said single cord slot is less than a width of said single cord opening, an end of said single cord slot is spaced inwardly from a peripheral edge of said body;
- b) a single cord opening positioned on said first side edge of said body and first and second cord slots each having a front opening in communication with said single cord opening, each of said first and second cord slots having a slot width and a longitudinal length, said first cord slot extending toward said first end edge, said second cord slot extending toward said second end edge, each of said first and second cord slots having a first and second slot sides, a majority of a longitudinal length of said first slot side of each of said first and second slot sides is non-parallel and non-perpendicular to said second side edge of said body, said width of each of said first and second cord slots along a majority of said longitudinal length of said cord slots is less than a width of said single cord opening, an end of each of said first and second cord slots is spaced inwardly from a peripheral edge of said body;
- c) a single cord opening spaced inwardly from said first and second end edges and said first and second side edges, a single cord slot having a front opening in communication with said single cord opening, said single cord slot having a slot width and a longitudinal length, said width of said single cord slot along a majority of said longitudinal length of said single cord slot is less than a width of said single cord opening, an end of said single cord slot is spaced inwardly from a peripheral edge of said body;
- d) a single cord opening spaced inwardly from said first and second end edges and said first and second side edges, a first and second cord slot each having a front opening in communication with said single cord opening, said first and second cord slots each having a slot width and a longitudinal length, said width of each of said first and second cord slots along a majority of said longitudinal length of said cord slots is less than a width of said single cord opening, an end of each of said first and second cord slots is spaced inwardly from a peripheral edge of said body, said first cord slot extending toward said first end edge, said second cord slot extending toward said second end edge;
- or e) a first cord opening positioned on said first side edge of said body and a first cord slot having a front opening in communication with said first cord opening, a second cord opening positioned on said second side edge of said body and a second cord slot having a front opening in communication with said second cord opening, each of said first and second cord slots having a slot width and a longitudinal length, each of said first and second cord slots having a first and second slot sides, a majority of a longitudinal length of said first slot side of each of said first and second cord slots is non-parallel and non-perpendicular to said first and second side edges of said body, an end of each of said first and second cord slots is spaced inwardly from a peripheral edge of said body.
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A method for releasably connecting a cord to a cord connector comprising:
- a. providing a cord;
- b. providing said cord connector, said cord connector comprising a body having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first end edge and a second end edge positioned opposite said first end edge, a first side edge and a second side edge positioned opposition said first side edge, said body including a cord connection arrangement configured to releaseably secure a cord to said body, said cord arrangement selected from the group consisting of a) a single cord opening positioned on said first side edge of said body and a single cord slot having a front opening in communication with said single cord opening, said single cord slot having a slot width and a longitudinal length, said single cord slot having a first and second slot sides, a majority of a longitudinal length of said first slot side is non-parallel and non-perpendicular to said second side edge of said body, a width of said single cord slot along a majority of a longitudinal length of said single cord slot is less than a width of said single cord opening, an end of said single cord slot is spaced inwardly from a peripheral edge of said body;
- b) a single cord opening positioned on said first side edge of said body and first and second cord slots each having a front opening in communication with said single cord opening, each of said first and second cord slots having a slot width and a longitudinal length, said first cord slot extending toward said first end edge, said second cord slot extending toward said second end edge, each of said first and second cord slots having a first and second slot sides, a majority of a longitudinal length of said first slot side of each of said first and second slot sides is non-parallel and non-perpendicular to said second side edge of said body, said width of each of said first and second cord slots along a majority of said longitudinal length of said cord slots is less than a width of said single cord opening, an end of each of said first and second cord slots is spaced inwardly from a peripheral edge of said body;
- c) a single cord opening spaced inwardly from said first and second end edges and said first and second side edges, a single cord slot having a front opening in communication with said single cord opening, said single cord slot having a slot width and a longitudinal length, said width of said single cord slot along a majority of said longitudinal length of said single cord slot is less than a width of said single cord opening, an end of said single cord slot is spaced inwardly from a peripheral edge of said body;
- d) a single cord opening spaced inwardly from said first and second end edges and said first and second side edges, first and second cord slots having a front opening in communication with said single cord opening, said first and second cord slots each having a slot width and a longitudinal length, said width of each of said first and second cord slots along a majority of said longitudinal length of said cord slots is less than a width of said single cord opening, an end of each of said first and second cord slots is spaced inwardly from a peripheral edge of said body, said first cord slot extending toward said first end edge, said second cord slot extending toward said second end edge;
- or e) a first cord opening positioned on said first side edge of said body and a first cord slot having a front opening in communication with said first cord opening, a second cord opening positioned on said second side edge of said body and a second cord slot having a front opening in communication with said second cord opening, each of said first and second cord slots having a slot width and a longitudinal length, each of said first and second cord slots having a first and second slot sides, a majority of a longitudinal length of said first slot side of each of said first and second cord slots is non-parallel and non-perpendicular to said first and second side edges of said body, an end of each of said first and second cord slots is spaced inwardly from a peripheral edge of said body;
- and,
- c. releasably connecting a portion of said cord to at least one of said cord slots.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.