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US 5,347,685 AGranted
Apparatus for interconnecting a handle and a lanyard
OwnerGlenn H. Mackalinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for interconnecting with a lanyard a handle of the type used in rapid inflation applications includes apparatus for impaling a first end of a lanyard with multiple spikes to secure the first end to a handle. The lanyard handle is made with a channel having spike-receiving cavities along its extent, and the spikes on a spike-carrying strip impale the first end of the lanyard when the strip is press fit into the channel.
Claims3
An apparatus for attaching a lanyard to a lanyard handle, comprising:
- a lanyard handle having a flat main body;
- an elongate channel of predetermined width formed in said flat main body along a longitudinal axis of symmetry of said handle;
- a plurality of spike-receiving cavities formed along the extent of said channel, in the bottom thereof;
- an elongate spike-carrying strip having a length and width substantially equal to the length and width of said elongate channel;
- a plurality of spikes depending from said spike-carrying strip, said spikes being positioned along said strip in cooperative relation to said spike-receiving cavities;
- said spikes impaling a lanyard disposed in overlying relation to said channel when said spikes are inserted into said spike-receiving cavities.
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