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US 2017/0245601 A1Published application
Support belts and buckling for support belts
AssigneeSBD Apparel Ltd.
InventorBenjamin Banks
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AssigneeSBD Apparel Ltd.
InventorBenjamin Banks
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A support belt (10) includes an elongate belt (12) having a dead end region (14) and a live end region (16) and buckling (18) to releasably connect the dead and live end regions (14,16) in a relaxed tightness condition of the support belt (10) and secure the dead and live end regions (14,16) in a tightened closed condition of the support belt (10) in which a free end (20) of the live end region (16) overlies a free end (22) of the dead end region (14). The buckling (18) comprises a first anchor portion (24) fixedly secured to the live end region (16), a second anchor portion (26) configured to releasably engage apertures (28) provided in the dead end region (14) and a locking mechanism (30) pivotally connected with the first and second anchor portions (24,26) and operable to draw the first anchor portion (24) towards the second anchor portion (26) to change the tightness condition of the support belt (10) from the relaxed tightness condition to the tightened closed condition.
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A support belt for weight lifting comprising:
A support belt as claimed in 31, wherein said connecting arm has a first end and a second end, said second end of said connecting arm defines a recess configured to receive said first end of said lever arm when said buckling is in a said at least one tightened closed condition such that said lever arm forms a continuation of said connecting arm with said second end of said lever arm projecting from said second end of said connecting arm.
Buckling for a weightlifter's support belt, said buckling comprising a first anchor portion to be fixedly secured to a first end region of the support belt, a second anchor portion to releasably engage apertures of a second end region of the support belt and a locking mechanism pivotally connected to said first and second anchor portion, wherein said locking mechanism comprises a lever arm and a connecting arm pivotally connected to said lever arm and is operable to generate a pulling force to reduce a spacing between said first and second anchor portions to change a tightness condition of the support belt from a relaxed tightness position to at least one tightened closed position.
Buckling as claimed in 40, wherein said second end of said connecting arm defines a recess configured to receive said first end of said lever arm such that when said lever arm is in said second position said lever arm forms a continuation of said connecting arm with said second end of said lever arm projecting from said second end of said connecting arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.