Device for immobilizing the ends shoe laces
OwnerMarkus Dubberkeinventor
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Abstract
A device (1) for securing end portions (4) of ribbon (3), including a base (6), having at least two openings (17), a cap (5), including at least two openings (11), wherein cap (5) and base (6) are rotatable relative to one another wherein openings (17) cooperate with two openings (11) such that opposite ends (4) of ribbon (3) are guided through respective pairs of cooperating openings (11, 17), and ends (4) can be wound up, characterized in that in the spacing between first flat structure (12) and second flat structure (7) a separate hub element (23) includes teeth (14) staggered to be positioned on the gaps relative to one another, wherein teeth (14) form a v-shaped groove (25), which is interrupted by alternatingly staggered gaps and tapers toward the interior of the hub element (23).
Claims33
A device (1) for securing end portions (4) of at least one ribbon (3), comprising a base element (6, 6′), comprising at least two openings (17) spaced from its rotational axis in a first flat structure (12, 12′), as well as a cap element (5, 5′), comprising at least two openings (11) in a second flat structure (7), which is positioned at a spacing from the first flat structure (12, 12′), wherein the cap element (5, 5′) and the base element (6, 6′) are connected to one another so that the cap element (5, 5′) is rotatable relative to the base element (6, 6′) and in at least one position of the cap element (5, 5′) relative to the base element (6, 6′) two openings (17) of the base element (6, 6′) cooperated with two further openings (11) of the cap element (5, 5′) such that an end portion (4) of one ribbon (3) is guided through a pair of cooperating openings (11, 17) and another end portion (4) of the same ribbon (3) can be guided through another pair of cooperating openings (11, 17), and the end portions (4) can be wound up by rotation of the cap element (5, 5′) relative to the base element (6, 6′), characterized in that in the spacing between the first flat structure (12, 12′) and the second flat structure (7) a separate hub element (23, 23′) that is axial-symmetrical and non-rotatable and comprises teeth (14, 14′) positioned staggered relative to one another, wherein the teeth (14, 14′) form a v-shaped groove (25, 25′), which is interrupted by alternatingly staggered gaps and tapers toward the interior of the hub element (23, 23′), for receiving ribbon windings, and that the first flat structure (12, 12′) comprises at least two openings (17) spaced from the hub element (23, 23′), and the end portions (4) can be wound onto the hub element (23, 23′) by a rotation of the cap element (5, 5′) relative to the base element (6, 6′) and the hub element (23, 23′).
The device (1) according to claim the characterized in that the rim portion (39′) of the base element (6, 6′) has a sealing ring (42) on its outer side, wherein the sealing ring is in contact with the rim portion (9) of the cap element and, in this way, a sealed unit comprised of cap element (5′) and base element (6′) is provided.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.