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US 8,782,868 B2Granted
Removable extension for a retaining ring
OwnerChad Singleton Whiteinventor
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Abstract
A retaining ring includes: a resilient material forming a loop comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the loop has a notch through a portion of a thickness of the material; a removable extension at the second end extending from the notch, wherein the removable extension is configured to break away from the first end at the notch with an applied force to the removable extension.
Claims20
A retaining ring comprising:
- a resilient material forming a loop comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the loop comprises a notch through a portion of a thickness of the material;
- a removable extension at the first end, the removable extension beginning at the loop and extending in a direction away from the loop, wherein the notch is at a base of the removable extension where the removable extension begins to extend away from the loop, wherein the removable extension is configured to be broken off of the retaining ring at the notch with an applied force to the removable extension.
A retaining ring comprising:
- a metal loop comprising a tight junction for passing materials, wherein an end of the loop comprises a notch through a portion of a thickness of the metal;
- a removable extension at the end of the loop, the removable extension beginning at the loop and extending in a direction away from the loop, wherein the notch is at a base of the removable extension where the removable extension begins to extend away from the loop, wherein the removable extension is configured to break off of the retaining ring at the notch with an applied force to the removable extension, wherein the loop is configured to retain items placed on the loop after removal of the removable extension.
A method for inserting items onto or removing items from a retaining ring, comprising:
- providing a retaining ring, wherein the retaining ring comprises:
- a resilient material forming a loop comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the loop comprises a notch through a portion of a thickness of the material;
- and
- a removable extension at the first end, the removable extension extending in a direction away from the loop, wherein the notch is at a base of the removable extension where the removable extension begins to extend away from the loop;
- passing materials through the loop via the removable extension at the first end;
- and
- breaking the removable extension off of the retaining ring at the notch with an applied force to the removable extension.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.