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US 9,810,505 B2Granted
Systems, apparatus and methods that allow the forces from elastic elements to create inward forces on a base object such as a speargun stock, and also reduce rearward forces
OwnerGaro Jack Hachigianinventor
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Abstract
The current invention relates to systems, apparatus, and methods that allow the forces from elastic elements to create inward, rather than outward, forces, on a base object such as a speargun base or stock. The invention discloses systems, apparatus, and methods for attaching elastic elements (also called bands or power bands) onto the stock in a manner that reduces or eliminates undesirable outward and rearward forces on that stock. While applicable in many contexts, the invention is particularly useful as a way to attach elastic bands to a speargun.
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An apparatus comprising:
- (a) a stock with a hole in it;
- (b) a first pulling element with a flexible attacher attached at or near a first end of the pulling element;
- (c) a first bracket;
- wherein (a) (b) and (c) are arranged so that the first pulling element is on a first side of the stock, the flexible attacher passes through the hole to a second, opposite side of the stock and around the first bracket on the second side;
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- (d) a second pulling element with a second flexible attacher at or near a first end of the pulling element and (e) a second bracket where (d) and (e) are arranged so that (d) is on the second, opposite side of the stock and the second flexible attacher passes through the hole to the first side of the stock and around the second bracket;
- wherein the first bracket and the second bracket are part of a same structure.
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An apparatus comprising:
- (a) a stock with a hole in it;
- (b) a first pulling element with a flexible attacher attached at or near a first end of the pulling element;
- (c) a first bracket;
- wherein (a) (b) and (c) are arranged so that the first pulling element is on a first side of the stock, the flexible attacher passes through the hole to a second, opposite side of the stock and around the first bracket on the second side;
- and
- (d) a second pulling element with a second flexible attacher at or near a first end of the pulling element and (e) a second bracket where (d) and (e) are arranged so that (d) is on the second, opposite side of the stock and the second flexible attacher passes through the hole to the first side of the stock and around the second bracket;
- wherein the first bracket and the second bracket are not part of a same structure.
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An apparatus comprising:
- (a) a stock with a hole in it;
- (b) a first element with a flexible attacher attached at or near a first end of the element;
- (c) a first bracket;
- (d) a second element with a flexible attacher attached at or near a first end of the element;
- and
- (e) a second bracket;
- wherein (a) (b) (c) and (d) are arranged so that the first element originates from a first side of the stock and the second element originates from a second side of the stock and each flexible attacher passes through the hole to the opposite side of the stock and around the bracket on the opposite side, so that when tension is placed on each element, each element via the flexible attacher exerts force on the opposite bracket inward toward the stock.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.