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US 2019/0197860 A1Published application
Systems and Methods for Securing a Tracking Device to a Monitored Entity
AssigneeBI Incorporated
InventorLarry T. Cooper
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Abstract
The present invention is related to monitoring movement, and in particular to systems and methods for securing a monitoring device to a monitor target.
Claims20
A monitoring system, the monitoring system comprising:
- a monitor device including at least one strap post and at least one catch post;
- a strap having a hole, wherein the hole is placed over the strap post;
- and
- a strap securing clamp, wherein the strap securing clamp includes:
- a reverse prong catch having at least one prong, wherein the prong extends past the catch post securing the strap securing clamp in place relative to the monitor device.
2 more elements
A method for securing a monitor device, the method comprising:
- providing a monitor device, wherein the monitor device includes at least one strap post and at least one catch post;
- sliding a strap over the strap post, wherein a hole in the strap surrounds the strap post;
- installing a strap securing clamp into the monitor device such that the strap securing clamp holds the strap with the hole over the strap post, wherein a reverse prong catch of the strap deforms during installation to allow a prong of the reverse prong catch to extend past the catch post, and wherein after the prong extends past the catch post the prong returns to an original orientation.
A strap securing clamp, the clamp comprising:
- a reverse prong catch having at least one prong, wherein the prong extends away from the reverse prong catch less than seventy degrees in an original orientation, wherein the prong is deformable under a pressure such that it extends away from the reverse prong catch less than thirty degrees, and wherein the prong springs back to the original orientation when the pressure is removed;
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- a thin walled area adjacent the reverse prong catch such that a hole made in the thin walled area provides access to the reverse prong catch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.