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US 4,470,174 AGranted
Adjustable fastener
OwnerDon E. Rheainventor
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Abstract
An adjustable fastener comprising a strap having a first portion and a second portion and a plurality of holes in the first portion of the strap and a yoke having a hook portion and a clasp portion and a hole adjustably coupled to the first portion of the strap and engagement means coupled to the second portion of the strap capable of engaging the yoke and disengaging from the yoke.
Claims3
An adjustable fastener, comprising:
- a strap having a second portion and a first portion having a plurality of holes in a row in the first portion of the strap and having an approximately straight first end, top and bottom in the first portion of the strap wherein the first end of the strap is approximately perpendicular to the top and the bottom of the strap;
- a yoke having a hole adjustably coupled to the first portion of the strap and having a hook portion of the yoke that is shaped like a hook and having a clasp portion of the yoke that is shaped like a clasp and having a top lip coupled to the top of the strap and a bottom lip coupled to the bottom of the strap and a side lip coupled to the first end of the first portion of the strap;
- a stud having an axis and the stud is disposed about the axis of the stud and having an upper portion that has a curved surface and having a top and a bottom and a lip at the bottom of the stud and having a recess;
- a pad having a hole and a slot wherein the clasp portion of the yoke is inserted in the slot of the pad and the stud is inserted in the hole of the pad and the hole of the strap and the hole of the yoke;
- a lock retainer is coupled to the recess of the stud;
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- a bar is coupled to the second portion of the strap.
4 more elements
An adjustable fastener, comprising:
- a strap having a first portion and a second portion and a plurality of holes positioned in a row in the first portion of the strap;
- a yoke having a hole and a hook portion that is shaped like a hook and a clasp portion shaped like a clasp wherein the yoke is adjustably coupled to the first portion of the strap;
- a stud having a cross section and a top wherein the cross section of the stud decreases towards the top of the stud;
- a pad having a hole and a slot wherein the stud is inserted in the hole of the pad and in a hole in the first portion of the strap and in the hole of the yoke and the clasp portion of the yoke is inserted in the slot of the pad.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.