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US 5,026,088 AGranted
Snowboard safety strap
AssigneeSqueeze Lock, Inc.
InventorRobert B. Stuart
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Abstract
The safety strap of the invention includes a fastener which is secured to a snowboard, and a length of cable, having a loop at each end thereof. One of the loops is secured to the fastener while the other end has an attachment device secured to it. A leg strap is worn by a snowboard user. The strap is secured about the user's leg and has a connection thereon for receiving the attachment device at the other end of the cable.
Claims4
A snowboard safety strap for use on a snowboard having a binding fixed thereon, comprising:
- a fastener secured to the snowboard at a predetermined location between an upper surface of the snowboard and a lower surface of the binding which includes a tab, said tab having a first portion which contacts the upper surface of the snowboard and which has plural bores therethrough for securing said first portion to the snowboard, and a second portion, and a D-ring connector secured to said second portion for allowing connection of said cable to said tab;
- a length of substantially non-elastic cable having a loop at each end thereof, the loop at one end of said cable being secured to said D-ring connector, and an attachment device attached to the loop at the other end thereof;
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- an elongate, adjustable-length web which extends about the user's leg, said web having loop-and-hook fasteners thereon to secure the ends of the web to one another about the user's leg, said web having a connection thereon, including a flap formed from a doubled portion of said web intermediate the ends thereof and having a D-ring fixed between the doubled portion for receiving said cable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.