Two piece swivel assembly for handcuff
AssigneeArmament Systems and Procedures, Inc.
InventorsKevin Parsons, Lester Stener
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Abstract
The handcuff assembly includes a bow pivotally connected to a cheek plate frame assembly which includes a unitized frame that is die stamped from a metal plate and which is overmolded with a polymer overmold. The unitized frame has interlocking tabs on folded side plates of a base frame. A swivel cup is fixed in the base frame of the cheek plate assembly prior to polymer overmolding. A swivel with a welded chain link mounted thereon includes a swivel pin which is received in the swivel cup.
Claims12
In a handcuff assembly for use in a pair of handcuffs wherein each handcuff assembly comprises a bow pivotally connected to and between cheek plates of a cheek plate assembly that also includes a base frame having an open top, opposite side walls, opposite end walls and a bottom wall and containing a lock mechanism, and two base frames connected by chain links, the improvement residing in the cheek plate assembly of each handcuff being fabricated from a single, one-piece die stamped metal plate and a two-part swivel comprising a swivel cup fixed to said bottom wall of said base frame and a swivel comprising an eyelet portion attached to a chain link and a swivel pin portion received in and fixed for rotation in said swivel cup and wherein said bottom wall of said base frame of said single, one-piece die stamped metal plate of the handcuff has an opening which receives a mounting pin extending from said swivel cup through the opening and which fixedly attaches the swivel cup to said bottom wall of said base frame.
In a handcuff assembly comprising a bow pivotally connected to and between cheek plates of a cheek plate assembly that also includes a base frame containing a lock mechanism, the improvement residing in said base frame being folded from a die stamped metal plate which has an opening and a swivel cup having a mounting pin being received in said opening and swaged to fix said swivel cup to said metal plate prior to the formation of said base frame.
A cheek plate assembly with swivel assembly for use in a pair of handcuffs comprising a unitized metal frame formed from a die stamped metal plate and having a bottom forming portion of a base frame with a hole therein, a cylindrical structure having a cylindrical opening for receiving a swivel, said cylindrical structure being fixed in said hole to said bottom forming portion of said base frame and said metal frame being folded about said bottom forming portion to form parallel spaced cheek plates of a cheek plate assembly including said base frame with said bottom forming portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.