Cord lanyard
AssigneeSeron Manufacturing Company
InventorSuren V. Seron
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Abstract
A unitary lanyard fixture made of a resilient plastic having a base section, hollow slider section and breakable connection therebetween. A hook for mounting an element to the lanyard fixture are also on the base section. The flexible lanyard cord is secured to an internal recess of the base section and also extends through the hollow slider section. Piercing prongs extend from this recess to lock the cord in the base section. A locking indentation and clamping hook holds the base section in a closed position. The hollow slider section is slidable on the lanyard cord and is connected by a frangible bridge to the base section.
Claims13
A lanyard comprising:
- (a) a base section having cord securing means;
- (b) a slider section having an elongated recess;
- (c) means releasably connecting said base and slider sections;
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- (d) a cord disposed in a loop and extending through the elongated recess of the slider section and into said cord securing means so that the cord is secured to the base section by the cord securing means.
A lanyard fixture for securement to a lanyard strand of flexible material, comprising:
- a base including mounting means for connection to an element to be secured to the lanyard fixture and having an internal recess open on two sides and first strand piercing prongs within said recess and directed toward one of said two sides, and a first lock formation on said base;
- a locking cap hingedly mounted on said base and having second strand piercing prongs and adapted to close said one side of said recess with said second strand piercing prongs entering said recess, said cap further including a second lock formation cooperable with said first lock formation to secure said cap in a position closing said recess one side;
- a slider defining sleeve adjacent the other of said two sides and having a thru opening extending to said other side so that a lanyard strand may be passed through said opening into said recess to be impaled on the prongs therein;
- and, a flangible connection releasably securing said sleeve to said base.
A unitary lanyard fixture for securing a strand of cord to a lanyard comprising:
- a base section having a bottom portion made of a resilient plastic including, mounting means for connection to an element to be secured to the lanyard fixture ind haying internal recess open on two sides and first strand piercing prongs within said recess,
- a cap portion having second strand piercing prongs extending therefrom, said cap portion being adapted to fold into a closed position wherein one of said open sides is closed and wherein said cap portion folds to align with said base section such that said first and second strand piercing prongs project towards each other and enmesh,
- a hinge portion disposed between and integral to said base and said cap portion, such that said cap portion folds along said hinge portion to be in said closed position,
- a locking indentation on one of said base section and said cap portion, and
- a clamping hook cooperable with said locking indentation to secure said said closed position and mounted on the other of said base section and said cap portion;
- a hollow slider section adjacent the other of said sides having a through opening extending to said other side so that a lanyard strand may be passed through said opening into said recess to be impaled on the prongs therein;
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- a frangible bridge section made of at least one tie of said plastic releasably securing said slider section to said base section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.