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US 2020/0402486 A1Published application
Super strap button
AssigneeSterling Black
InventorSterling BLACK
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Abstract
A strap button for attaching a supporting strap to a musical instrument is disclosed. The strap button includes an inner flange, a lug, a retaining flange, and an outer flange, with the inner flange configured to directly or indirectly contact the musical instrument. The lug is adjacent to the inner flange on one end, and the retaining flange and the outer flange on the other end. The lug is configured to support a hole of a supporting strap between the outer flange and the musical instrument. The retaining flange serves as a barrier to the supporting strap from slipping off the lug.
Claims16
A strap button comprising:
- an inner flange having a contact surface configured to directly or indirectly contact the instrument;
- a lug extending from the inner flange in a direction opposite the contact surface of the inner flange, the lug defining an axis of the strap button along the direction opposite the contact surface with the inner flange toward a proximal end of the axis of the strap button, the lug having a lug width defined by a largest width of the lug in the direction perpendicular to the axis of the strap button, the inner flange having an inner flange width defined by a largest width of the inner flange in the direction perpendicular to the axis of the strap button;
- an outer flange toward a distal end of the axis of the strap button, the outer flange having an outer flange width defined by a largest width of the outer flange in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the strap button;
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- a retaining flange adjacent the outer flange along the axis of the strap button toward the inner flange, the retaining flange having a retaining flange width defined by a largest width of the retaining flange in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the strap button,
- wherein the lug width is smaller than the inner flange width, the retaining flange width, and the outer flange width,
- wherein the retaining flange width is 18%-50% of the outer flange width and the inner flange width is 18%-50% of the outer flange width, and
- wherein the lug is configured to support a hole of a supporting strap between the outer flange and the instrument.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.