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US 4,569,108 AGranted
Closed loop-hook and elastic band fastener
OwnerLeonard M. Schwabinventor
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Abstract
A wire is bent into an enclosed loop and double bent at each end to form a quadruple element hook extending from the loop. At least one elasticized loop is attached to the loop-hook by a pull-through knot. Additional elasticized loops may be added and alternated with rigid closed loops as desired. The entirely closed loop system may be used linearly or in a spiderlike fashion to bind external objects. Alignment of the two sides of the elasticized loop with the two sides of the quadruple element hook provides efficient load transfer from hook to elasticized loop. Prebending of the loop-hook opposite the hook further insures alignment.
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An expansible elongated spanner strap comprising:
- a series of at least two enclosed loops alternately elasticized and rigid, which loops are interconnected by a pull-through knot formed by an elasticized loop engaging a rigid loop with two sides of the elasticized band contacting each other and positioned in parallel planar alignment with each other and with the plane of the rigid loop;
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- at one end of the spanner strap a rigid loop further comprising a hook means extending outwardly from the rigid loop in planar alignment with the rigid loop, which hook removably interlocks with a loop at an opposite end of the spanner strap to form a tensioned bond around at least one object bound by the spanner strap;
- wherein the rigid loop with hook extension comprises a wire bent into an enclosed rigid loop-hook, wherein each of two ends of the wire is bent back into parallel alignment and contact with a segment of the same wire interior to the end to form a double wire end, each of which double wire end is further bent into an arched configuration, and the two arched configurations are further bent into parallel contacting alignment to form a guadruple wire hook enclosing the rigid loop and extending therefrom in linear alignment with the two sides of the elasticized band engaging the opposite of the loop-hook.
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A closed loop fastening system comprising:
- at least one rigid closed loop-hook comprising a flat closed loop of rigid elongated material formed into a loop structure having a hook extending from a side of the loop with the connecting base of the hook formed of multiple contacting thicknesses of the elongated material in flat parallel alignment coplanar with the loop and a bent end of the aligned material forming a rigid hook;
- at least one closed elasticized loop engaging the closed loop-hook at a side of the loop-hook opposite the hook wherein the elasticized loop engages the closed loop-hook by means of a pull-through knot in the elasticized loop around the side of the loop-hook with two sides of the elasticized loop approximately contacting each other and extending from the loop-hook in parallel planar alignment with each other and with the hook;
- wherein the elasticized loop is stretched around at least one object external to the fastening system and the hook removably engages the loop at an end of the elasticized band opposite to the hook thereby forming a tensioned bond around the object;
- and wherein the rigid loop with hook extension comprises an elongated member formed into an enclosed rigid loop-hook, wherein each of two ends of the elongated member bends back into parallel alignment and contact with a segment of the same elongated member interior to the end to form a double thickness end, each of which double thickness ends bends further into an arched configuration, and the two arched configurations bend further into parallel contacting alignment to form a quadruple thickness hook enclosing the rigid loop and extending therefrom in linear alignment with the two sides of the elasticized band engaging the opposite side of the loop-hook.
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A closed loop fastener comprising:
- at least one rigid closed loop-hook comprising a wire bent into an enclosed rigid loop, wherein each of two ends of the wire is bent back into parallel alignment and contact with a segment of the same wire interior to the end to form a double wire end, each of which double wire ends is further bent into an arched configuration, and the two arched configurations are further bent into parallel contacting alignment to form a quadruple wire hook enclosing the rigid loop and extending therefrom;
- wherein at least one closed loop rubber band is engaged to the loop-hook by a pull-through knot around a side of the rigid loop-hook opposite the hook;
- and wherein the rubber band is stretched around at least one external object and the hook removably connected to a loop at an end of the rubber band opposite to the hook.
An expansible elongated spanner strap comprising:
- a series of at least two enclosed loops alternately elasticized and rigid, which loops are interconnected by a pull-through knot formed by an elasticized loop engaging a rigid loop with two sides of the elasticized band contacting each other and positioned in parallel planar alignment with each other and with the plane of the rigid loop;
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- at one end of the spanner strap a rigid loop further compising a hook means extending outwardly from the rigid loop in planar alignment with the rigid loop, which hook removably interlocks with a loop at an opposite end of the spanner strap to form a tensioned bond around at least one object bound by the spanner strap;
- wherein the rigid loop with hook extension comprises an elongated member formed into an enclosed rigid loop-hook, wherein each of two ends of the elongated member bends back into parallel alignment and contact with a segment of the same elongated member interior to the end to form a double thickness end, each of which double thickness ends bends further into an arched configuration, and the two arched configurations bend further into parallel contacting alignment to form a quadruple thickness hook enclosing the rigid loop and extending therefrom in linear alignment with the two sides of the elasticized band engaging the opposite side of the loop-hook.
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A closed loop fastener comprising:
- at least one rigid closed loop-hook comprising an elongated member formed into an enclosed rigid loop, wherein each of two ends of the elongated member bends back into parallel alignment and contact with a segment of the same elongated member interior to the end to form a double thickness end, each of which double thickness ends bends further into an arched configuration, and the two arched configurations bend further into parallel contacting alignment to form a quadruple thickness hook enclosing the rigid loop and extending therefrom;
- wherein at least one closed loop rubber band is engaged to the loop-hook by a pull-through knot around a side of the rigid loop-hook opposite the hook;
- and wherein the rubber band is stretched around at least one external object and the hook removably connected to a loop at an end of the rubber band opposite to the hook.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.