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US 9,351,526 B1Granted
Belt with integrated adjustment slots and belt fabrication method
AssigneeSlidebelts Inc.
InventorBrigham Thomas Taylor
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Abstract
A belt includes an inside belt surface, a belt coating layer provided on the inside belt surface and a plurality of belt teeth in the belt coating layer. A belt adjustment system and a belt fabrication method are also disclosed.
Claims15
A belt, comprising:
- an inside belt surface;
- a belt coating layer provided on the inside belt surface;
- a generally elongated, rectangular belt groove in the inside belt surface;
- and
- a plurality of belt teeth in the belt coating layer, wherein individual belt teeth of the plurality of belt teeth span the belt groove.
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A belt, comprising:
- an inside belt surface;
- a belt coating layer provided on the inside belt surface;
- and
- a plurality of belt teeth in the belt coating layer, wherein each of the plurality of belt teeth comprises a tab stop surface generally perpendicular to a plane of the inside belt surface.
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A belt, comprising:
- an inside belt surface;
- a belt coating layer provided on the inside belt surface;
- and
- a plurality of belt teeth in the belt coating layer;
- wherein the inside belt surface comprises a webbing strap material and the belt coating layer comprises a moldable material.
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A belt adjustment system, comprising:
- a belt including:
- an inside belt surface;
- a belt coating layer provided on the inside belt surface;
- and
- a plurality of belt teeth in the belt coating layer;
- a belt clamp carried by the belt;
- a buckle carried by the belt clamp, the buckle accommodating the belt;
- a lever pivotally carried by the buckle;
- a tooth-engaging tab carried by the lever, the tooth-engaging tab positional between a tooth-engaging position wherein the tooth-engaging tab engages one of the plurality of belt teeth and a tooth-disengaging position wherein the tooth engaging tab disengages one of the plurality of belt teeth responsive to pivoting of the lever on the buckle;
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- a tab biasing mechanism normally biasing the tooth-engaging tab in the tooth-engaging position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.