Locking, removable belt clip
AssigneeWegner Design and Development, LLC
InventorsRobert G. Terzuola, Timothy B. Wegner
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Abstract
A belt clip for supporting an object on a user's belt includes an inward portion for insertion between the user's belt and body, having a first hinge portion on one edge thereof and including a pair of spaced-apart, flexible wings located at the other edge thereof, wherein each wing has a first locking structure thereon; an outward portion for attaching an object thereto, having a second hinge portion thereon and having a second locking structure thereon; and a hinge pin for joining said first hinge portion and said second hinge portion together in a moveable condition.
Claims10
A belt clip for supporting an object on a user's belt, comprising:
- an inward portion for insertion between the user's belt and body, having a first hinge portion on one edge thereof and including a pair of spaced-apart, flexible wings located at the other edge thereof, wherein each wing has a first locking structure thereon;
- an outward portion for attaching an object thereto, having a second hinge portion thereon and having a second locking structure thereon;
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- a hinge pin for joining said first hinge portion and said second hinge portion together in a moveable condition;
- wherein said first hinge portion includes first hinge structures located on said inward portion and wherein said second hinge portion includes second hinge structures extending laterally outwardly relative to said outward portion, and wherein said first hinge structures are interleaved with said second hinge structures.
A belt clip for supporting an object on a user's belt, comprising:
- an inward portion for insertion between the user's belt and body, having a first hinge portion on one edge thereof and including a pair of spaced-apart, flexible wings located at the other edge thereof, wherein each wing has a first locking structure thereon;
- an outward portion for attaching an object thereto, having a second hinge portion thereon and having a second locking structure thereon;
- wherein said first locking structure includes a barbed flange located adjacent a free end of each wing, wherein said flange projects laterally outwards from said inward portion, and wherein said second locking structure includes a pair of spaced-apart barbed flanges constructed and arranged to mate with and capture the flanges of said first locking structure;
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- a hinge pin for joining said first hinge portion and said second hinge portion together in a moveable condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.