Vehicle assist strap
AssigneeChivas Products Limited
InventorRonald D. Moore
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Abstract
A vehicle assist strap, and more particularly, an improved assist strap having a central metal core with formed ends which cooperate with covers for concealing fasteners utilized for fastening the assist strap to a surface of the vehicle. The covers are locked in their operative positions to prevent tampering and removal thereof during normal use. The covers may however be non-destructively removed to permit access to the fasteners as desired.
Claims17
An assist strap for attachment to a surface, said strap comprising a strength-imparting substantially flat strap member extending the length of said strap and having at least one end formed to provide an integral base portion and a pair of integral longitudinally-extending flanges, said flanges being disposed on respective sides of said formed end with each flange providing a contiguous axial extension of the surface of said strap member, fastening means associated with said base portion for fastening said strap member to said surface, a cover having a pair of inwardly extending lips slidingly engageable with said longitudinally-extending flanges and movable therealong in one direction to a first position wherein each such lip engages a respective one of said longitudinally extending flanges to secure said cover to said formed end and whereby said cover conceals said fastening means, said cover being slidable along said longitudinally-extending flanges in an opposite direction to a second position wherein said pair of lips disengage said pair of flanges and whereby said fastening means is exposed.
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