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US 7,119,279 B2Granted
Protective sleeve
AssigneeZipSleeve, LLC
InventorsRobert Niehaus, John E. Nemazi, Michael D. Turner
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Abstract
The present invention includes a protective sleeve assembly for cords having a longitudinal flexible sleeve for retaining the cords therein. The invention discloses various embodiments for obtaining a desired sleeve length. One such sleeve embodiment includes a pair of lengthwise fasteners affixed coterminously along its seam so that the sleeve and fasteners may be separated into a pair of sleeves. A method for protecting cords is provided as well.
Claims19
A protective sleeve assembly for cords, the sleeve assembly comprising:
- a longitudinal flexible sleeve having a pair of distal ends and a lengthwise seam, the longitudinal sleeve having an internal region sized to receive a plurality of cords disposed therein;
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- at least a pair of lengthwise fasteners affixed along the seam for providing access to the sleeve internal region, each lengthwise fastener having an end oriented coterminously adjacent to an end of the other lengthwise fastener;
- wherein the sleeve may be selectively separated into a pair of sleeves at a region of the sleeve generally aligned with coterminous ends of a pair of the lengthwise fasteners to provide a desired protective sleeve length;
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- wherein the sleeve includes a frangible region aligned with the coterminous ends of the pair of the lengthwise fasteners, permitting the sleeve to be separated by a tearing operation.
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A method for protecting cords comprising:
- providing a sleeve having at least a pair of lengthwise fasteners each affixed coterminously along a lengthwise seam thereof, the sleeve being sized to receive a plurality of cords disposed therein;
- providing a region of the sleeve aligned with coterminous ends of a pair of the lengthwise fasteners that may be separated;
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- separating the sleeve at the region aligned with the coterminous fastener ends to provide a desired protective sleeve length.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.