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US 4,877,167 AGranted
Retention system for diver accessories
OwnerGlenn A. McNemarinventor
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A retention system particularly adapted to be used by divers which includes at least one lanyard having first and second ends, a first clip having a hook for securing thereon an implement, such as a dive light, slate, knife, etc., a slidable fastener associated with the first clip for sliding movement between opened and closed positions in the latter of which the implement can not be inadvertently dislodged from the hook, a second clip in the form of a loop having opposite ends between which is sandwiched an edge of a garment, such as a pocket edge of buoyancy control device (BCD), at least one fastener spanning the ends of the second clip and penetrating the garment edge to create a generally permanent connection between the second clip and the BCD pocket, and a releasable connector between the second clip and the second end of the lanyard whereby the implement is positively and permanently secured to the BCD and can be retained in the pocket thereof yet by quickly manually releasing the releasable connector, the implement can be quickly removed from (or reconnected to) the second clip.
A retention system comprising a lanyard having opposite relatively spaced first and second ends, first clip means at said lanyard first end for securing an implement thereto, second clip means at said second lanyard end for securing said lanyard to a garment whereby the lanyard retains the implement connected to the garment, releasable connecting means disposed between said second clip means and said second lanyard end for releasing said lanyard from said second clip means without affecting the secured connection between said second clip means and garment said first clip means includes relatively releasable fastener means for relatively releasably fastening an implement to said lanyard, and said second clip means includes relatively permanently fastened fastener means for relatively permanently fastening said second clip means to a garment.
A retention system comprising a lanyard having opposite relatively spaced first and second ends, a first clip at said lanyard first end for securing an implement thereto, a second clip at said second lanyard end for securing said lanyard to a garment whereby the lanyard retains the implement connected to the garment, releasable connecting means disposed between said second clip and said second lanyard end for releasing said lanyard from said second clip without affecting the secured connection between said second clip and garment, said first clip includes relatively releasable fastener means for relatively releasably fastening an implement to said lanyard, said second clip includes relatively permanently fastened fastener means for relatively permanently fastening said second clip to a garment, said second clip including a generally elongated resilient clip body having opposite spaced first and second end portions, said first and second end portions being adapted to be brought into contiguous relationship whereby a garment can be sandwiched therebetween, a first pair of fastener receiving openings, said first pair of fastener-receiving openings being located one each in said respective first and second end portions and being generally aligned when said first and second end portions are in contiguous relationship to each other, and fastener means for spanning said pair of fastener-receiving openings and passing through an associated garment while sandwiched between said clip body first and second end portions.
A retention system comprising a lanyard having opposite relatively spaced first and second ends, a first clip at said lanyard first end for securing an implement thereto, a second clip at said second lanyard end for securing said lanyard to a garment whereby the lanyard retains the implement connected to the garment, releasable connecting means disposed between said second clip and said second lanyard end for releasing said lanyard from said second clip without affecting the secured connection between said second clip and garment, said first clip includes relatively releasable fastener means for relatively releasably fastening an implement to said lanyard, said second clip includes relatively permanently fastened fastener means for relatively permanently fastening said second clip to a garment, said second clip including a generally elongated resilient clip body having opposite spaced first and second end portions, said first and second end portions being adapted to be brought into contiguous relationship whereby a garment can be sandwiched therebetween, a first pair of fastener receiving openings, said first pair of fastener-receiving openings being located one each in said respective first and second end portions and being generally aligned when said first and second end portions are in contiguous relationship to each other, fastener means for spanning said pair of fastener-receiving openings and passing through an associated garment while sandwiched between said clip body first and second end portions, means for maintaining said pair of fastener-receiving openings in alignment with each other when said clip body is in the form of a loop with said first and second end portions in contiguous relationship, said alignment maintaining means include a tongue and groove carried one by each of said first and second end portions, and said tongue and groove are engaged with each other when said first and second end portions are in contiguous relationship to each other.
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