Tourniquet with lever tensioning mechanism
AssigneeHalo Tactical Products, LLC
InventorsWilliam R. Carson, William Crossingham Cannon, Daniel Pompei Cedrone
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Abstract
A tourniquet includes: a baseplate with first and second ends; a strap having first and second ends, the strap having a first portion adjacent its first end, and a second portion adjacent its second end; a lever with proximate and distal ends, wherein the proximate end is pivotally connected to the baseplate, and the distal end is free; wherein the first end of the strap is pivotally connected to the lever intermediate to the proximal and distal ends; and a connector assembly operable to selectively connect the second portion of the strap to the baseplate, so as to form a closed loop, the connector assembly operable to permit a length of the closed loop to be adjusted.
Claims20
A tourniquet, comprising:
- a baseplate with first and second ends;
- a strap having first and second ends, the strap having a first portion adjacent its first end, and a second portion adjacent its second end;
- a lever with proximate and distal ends, wherein the proximate end is pivotally connected to the baseplate, and the distal end is free;
- wherein the first end of the strap is pivotally connected to the lever intermediate to the proximal and distal ends;
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- a connector assembly operable to selectively connect the second portion of the strap to the baseplate, so as to form a closed loop, the connector assembly operable to permit a length of the closed loop to be adjusted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.