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US 5,289,613 AGranted
Cord end cover
OwnerMichael L. Kohlinventor
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Abstract
An end cover for a cord comprises a clinch, a pull member, and a cap. The clinch grips a side portion of an end portion of the cord. The pull member has a handle so that the handle is able to be pulled to pull the cord into the cap, with the clinch engaging the side portion, whereby the end cover is retained on the end portion.
Claims20
An end cover assembly to cover an end of a cord, said assembly having a pull axis, and comprising:
- a) a clinch means comprising a central body portion having through slot means and arm means connected to said central body portion for inward gripping movement toward said pull axis;
- b) a sleeve means having a front and rear end, and defining an interior chamber arranged to receive therein said central body portion and engage said arm means to urge said arm means in said gripping movement toward said pull axis;
- c) a pull member having a forward manually engageable pull portion and a rear foot portion;
- d) said slot means of the body portion of the clinch means being configured relative to said pull portion and said foot portion so that when said pull portion is passed through said slot means, said foot portion is in abutting engagement with said clinch means,
- whereby said pull member can be moved into pulling engagement with said clinch means and moved forwardly through said sleeve means to urge said arm means in gripping movement toward the pull axis, with said assembly then covering said end portion of said cord.
2 more elements
An end cover assembly to cover an end of a cord, said assembly having a pull axis, and comprising:
- a) a clinch means comprising a central body portion and arm means connected thereto for inward gripping movement toward said pull axis;
- b) a sleeve means having a front and rear end, and defining an interior chamber arranged to receive therein said central body portion and engage said arm means to urge said arm means in said gripping movement toward said pull axis;
- c) a pull member having a rear connecting means for pulling said clinch means into said sleeve means, and a forward manually engageable pull portion comprising a loop means with an outwardly accessible rearwardly facing manually engageable surface permitting said loop means to be manually engaged after said loop means has been moved forwardly through said sleeve means with the clinch means attached thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.