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US 5,504,977 AGranted
Device for releasably holding cords
AssigneeNewell Operating Company
InventorsMark H. Weppner, J. Patrick Nugent, Alfred R. VanLandingham, Jr.
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AssigneeNewell Operating Company
InventorsMark H. Weppner, J. Patrick Nugent, Alfred R. VanLandingham, Jr.
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A device for releasably holding at least two cords includes an aperture for receiving a first cord and an elongated slot for releasably receiving a second cord. The device further includes an engagement surface below the aperture for contacting and retaining an enlarged region of the first cord. An inclined biasing surface at least partially below the slot contacts an enlarged region of the second cord and urges the second cord into a stable position. The second cord may be released from the device via the slot by sliding the enlarged region of the second cord along the biasing surface in response to a force tending to separate the cords. The aperture and the slot are preferably formed in inclined upper walls meeting in an apex region and the biasing surface is preferably spaced from the upper wall of the device in which the elongated slot is formed. The device may be made, such as by injection molding, as a single piece or as two mating halves.
A device for releasably holding at least two cords, each cord having an enlarged region for engagement in the device the device comprising:
A device for releasably holding at least two cords comprising first and second shell members configured to mate generally in a mating region, each shell member having an outer wall terminating at the mating region, the outer wall of the first shell member having recesses in the mating region generally facing the second shell member, the recesses at least partially defining an aperture for receiving a first cord, a slot for releasably receiving a second cord and a biasing surface for urging the second cord into a stable position and permitting the second cord to escape from the device in response to a force tending to separate the first and second cords.
A device for releasably holding at least two cords comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.