Slip resistant cordage
OwnerDamon K. Kaliinventor
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Abstract
Slip resistant cordage is presented including: a length of cordage; a knot keeper configured for providing a more secure knot tied in the length of cordage, the knot keeper including: a number of branches radiating from a portion of the length of cordage, and a number of branch keepers, where each of the number of branch keepers is disposed along each of the number of branches for use in retaining the number of branches with the length of cordage. In some embodiments, slip resistant cordage is presented where the number of branches includes: a flat tip, a rounded tip, a pointed tip, a hooked tip, a barbed tip, a bull-nose tip, a bull-nose barb tip, a rectangular tip, and a rectangular barb tip.
Claims18
A slip resistant cordage comprising:
- a length of cordage;
- and
- a knot keeper configured for providing a more secure knot tied in the length of cordage, the knot keeper comprising:
- a plurality of branches radiating from at least a portion of the length of cordage, and
- a plurality of branch keepers, wherein leach of the plurality of branch keepers is disposed along each of the plurality of branches for use in retaining the plurality of branches with the length of cordage and wherein the plurality of branch keepers is selected from the group consisting of:
- a knot, an overhand knot, a figure eight knot, a substantially planar and flexible disk, a substantially ovate sphere, and a substantially rectangular cube.
A slip resistant shoelace comprising:
- a length of hollow braid cordage;
- and
- a knot keeper configured for providing a more secure knot tied in the length of hollow braid cordage, the knot keeper comprising:
- a plurality of branches radiating from at least a portion of the length of hollow braid cordage, wherein the portion of hollow braid cordage corresponds approximately with a location of a shoelace knot, and
- a plurality of branch keepers, wherein each of the plurality of branch keepers is disposed along each of the plurality of branches for use in retaining the plurality of branches with the length of hollow braid cordage.
A slip resistant shoelace comprising:
- a length of hollow braid cordage;
- and
- a knot keeper configured for providing a more secure knot tied in the length of hollow braid cordage, the knot keeper comprising:
- a plurality of branches radiating from at least a portion of the length of hollow braid cordage, wherein the portion of hollow braid cordage corresponds approximately with a location of a shoelace knot, wherein the plurality of branches extends from the length of cordage in a range of approximately 0.1R to 2R, wherein R=a radius of the length of hollow braid cordage, and wherein the plurality of branches is spaced to achieve a density in a range of approximately 1 to 20 branches per inch and
- a plurality of branch keepers, wherein each of the plurality of branch keepers is disposed along each of the plurality of branches for use in retaining the plurality of branches with the length of hollow braid cordage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.