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US 7,546,665 B2Granted
Cinch for tether
AssigneeDoyle's Deer Gear
InventorsDoyle R. Myers, Trevor S. Brown, Eric Christopher Kerkhof
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Abstract
A cinch for a tether used to elevate equipment in the field. An element having a tapered section connects with either a rope or strap. The element is removably received in a receptacle through which the tether has been passed. The receptacle has a side notch to facilitate looping the tether around the equipment. The cinch can be manipulated in the dark.
Claims12
A cinch for a tether used to engage an object, said cinch comprising:
- a receptacle having a passage forming a path for receiving the tether in a loop, and
- an element connectable to one end of the tether with said element having a central passage to receive the tether within the central passage, said receptacle having a recess intersecting said path, said receptacle having a side with a slot extending through said side and opening into said passage, said element being received in said recess and removable from said receptacle with the tether moving through said slot to open the loop of the tether thereby permitting it to extend through an enclosed opening on the object or around the object with the tether being movable back through said slot to close said loop;
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- wherein said element is tapered and said recess is correspondingly tapered to receive said element;
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- wherein said element and said recess are frustroconical.
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A cinch for a tether used to engage an object, said cinch comprising:
- a receptacle having a passage forming a path for receiving the tether in a loop, and
- an element connectable to one end of the tether, said receptacle having a recess intersecting said path, said receptacle having a side with a slot extending through said side and opening into said passage, said element being received in said recess and removable from said receptacle with the tether moving though said slot to open the loop of the tether thereby permitting it to extend through an enclosed opening on the object or around the object with the tether being movable back though said slot to close said loop;
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- wherein said element is tapered and said recess is correspondingly tapered to receive said element;
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- wherein said element has a flange extending outward from the upper portion of said recess when said element is in place in said recess;
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- wherein said flange has serrations about its circumference.
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A cinch for a tether used to engage an object, said cinch comprising:
- a receptacle having a passage forming a path for receiving the tether in a loop, and
- an element connectable to one end of the tether with said element having a central passage to receive the tether within the central passage, said receptacle having a recess intersecting said path, said receptacle having a side with a slot extending though said side and opening into said passage, said element being received in said recess and removable from said receptacle with the tether moving through said slot to open the loop of the tether thereby permitting it to extend through an enclosed opening on the object or around the object with the tether being movable back through said slot to close said loop;
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- wherein at least a portion of said path for receiving the tether is elongated in cross-section;
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- wherein a cross-sectional shape of at least a portion of said path is semi-circular;
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- wherein said path has a notch in the center of said semi-circular shape for permitting said tether to be in a rope like shape or a strap.
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A cinch for a tether used to engage an object, said cinch comprising:
- a receptacle having a passage forming a path for receiving the tether in a loop, and
- an element connectable to one end of the tether, said receptacle having a recess intersecting said path, said receptacle having a side with a slot extending through said side and opening into said passage, said element being received in said recess and removable from said receptacle with the tether moving through said slot to open the loop of the tether thereby permitting it to extend through an enclosed opening on the object or around the object with the tether being movable back through said slot to close said loop;
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- wherein the path for receiving the tether in said receptacle comprises two adjacent passages each having a semi-circular cross-sectional shape and curved in a manner so that the center of the adjacent passages are closest to one another;
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- wherein said passages have a notch in the center for guiding a rope like tether through said passages.
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A cinch for a tether used to engage an object, said cinch comprising:
- a receptacle having a passage forming a path for receiving the tether in a loop, and
- an element connectable to one end of the tether, said receptacle having a recess intersecting said path, said receptacle having a side with a slot extending through said side and opening into said passage, said element being received in said recess and removable from said receptacle with the tether moving through said slot to open the loop of the tether thereby permitting it to extend through an enclosed opening on the object or around the object with the tether being movable back through said slot to close said loop;
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- wherein said element has a central passage and a bridge dividing said passage into adjacent openings, whereby said bridge is used to tie the tether.
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A cinch for a tether used to engage an object, said cinch comprising:
- a receptacle having a path for receiving the tether in a loop, and
- an element connectable to one end of the tether, said receptacle having a recess intersecting said path, said element being received in said recess and removable from said receptacle to open the loop of the tether thereby permitting it to extend through an enclosed opening on the object or around the object;
- and wherein:
- said element has a central passage and a bridge dividing said passage into adjacent openings, whereby said bridge is used to tie the tether,
- said openings have a crescent cross-sectional configuration,
- the ends of said adjacent openings are closest to one another,
- said bridge has a central circular recess for guiding a rope like tether, said crescent shaped openings being used to guide a strap like tether;
- and,
- further comprising a rope like tether tied around said central circular recess and extending through said path.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.