Securement device
AssigneeOrbitkey Pty Ltd
InventorsRichard Lucius Benson, Kieran Simon Lachlan Ball, Marcellino Kennyjie, Charles Wijaya Ng
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Abstract
A securement device is provided. The securement device comprising: a ring comprising coplanar facing ends separated by a space; and a housing, a lock member positioned at least partially within the housing, wherein the lock member comprises a neck having a width less than the space, and a body having at least a portion with a width greater than the space; wherein the article is configured to adjust from a locked configuration to an unlocked configuration; the locked configuration preventing rotational translation of the ring through the housing; and the unlocked configuration allowing rotational translation of the ring through the housing.
Claims20
An article comprising:
- a ring comprising coplanar facing ends separated by a space;
- a housing comprising:
- a width;
- a length;
- at least one pathway through the width of the housing;
- and
- a lock member positioned at least partially within the housing, wherein the lock member comprises a neck having a sectional width less than the space and a body adjacent the neck, the body having at least a portion thereof wider than the space;
- wherein the article is configured to reversibly transition from a first configuration to a second configuration by the application of an external force;
- the first configuration being defined by the neck at least partially engaging the space such that the ring is prevented from translating through the housing;
- and
- the second configuration being defined by the ring being translatable through the at least one pathway of the housing.
A securement device comprising:
- a ring comprising coplanar facing ends separated by a space;
- and
- a housing comprising
- opposed opened sides separated by a width;
- a first closed end and an at least partially closed second end separated from the first closed end by a length;
- a lock member positioned at least partially within the housing, wherein the lock member comprises a neck adjacent the first closed end, the neck having a sectional width less than the space;
- a body adjacent to the neck, the body having at least a portion wider than the space, the body terminating at a distal end spatially separated from the second end;
- and
- a pathway between the opposed open sides and between the distal end and the second closed end;
- wherein the article is configured to reversibly transition from a locked configuration to an unlocked configuration;
- the locked configuration being defined by the neck at least partially engaging the space such that the ring is prevented from translating through the housing;
- and
- the unlocked configuration being defined by the ring being translatable through the pathway.
The method of manufacturing a securement device, the method comprising:
- forming a ring comprising coplanar facing ends separated by a space having a width;
- forming a housing comprising a pathway therethrough;
- providing a lock member positioned at least partially within the housing, the lock member having a neck with at least a portion obstructing the pathway and a body, wherein the neck has a width less than the space, and a body having at least a portion thereof with a width greater than the space;
- and
- enclosing a portion of the ring within the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.