Cord end stopper
AssigneeYKK Corporation
InventorsTomohisa Ishida, Masao Nozawa
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Abstract
A cord end stopper comprising a male member having an engaging member and a female member having an engaging portion for interlocking engagement with the engaging member, the male member and the female member, when joined, defining therebetween a groove for accommodating a cord, the male members and the female member each having a plurality of cord locking means provided in its inner surfaces within the groove across the cord and disposed in staggered relation to the other's locking means, so as to provide, within the groove a zigzag or sinuous path for accommodating the cord therein.
Claims11
A cord end stopper comprising a male member having an engaging member and a female member having an engaging portion for interlocking engagement with the engaging member for joining the male and female members, the male member and the female member having respective grooves, so that, when joined, the male member and the female member define therebetween grooves for accommodating a cord, the male member and the female member each having a plurality of cord locking means provided in its inner surfaces within the respective groove across the cord and disposed in staggered relation to the other member's locking means, so as to provide, within the grooves a sinuous path for retaining the cord therein, the male and female cord locking means overlapping each other by a distance slightly greater than a diameter of the cord.
A cord end stopper comprising a male member having an engaging member and a female member having an engaging portion for interlocking engagement with the engaging member for joining the male and female member, the male member and the female member having respective grooves, so that, when joined, the male member and the female member define therebetween grooves for accommodating a cord, the female member having a shallow groove formed in an outer surface of the female member, so as to pass close to the engaging portion, to allow the engaging member to break or resiliently deform and to thus come out of interlocking engagement with the engaging portion, when forces larger than a certain limit are exerted upon the cord.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.