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US 9,844,237 B2Granted
Reversible bowtie assembly
AssigneeBrooks Brothers Group, Inc.
InventorsRichard Cristodero, Adriana Lucin, Asher Von Stein
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Abstract
A bowtie module is described having first and second modules, each having a first and second side and a first and second end. A connector element is disposed on a first side of the first module and another connector element is disposed on the second side of the first module. The second module includes a hole defined therethrough for receiving one of the connector elements, thereby connecting the first module to the second module.
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A bowtie assembly, comprising:
- a first module including a first end portion and a second end portion, a width of the first end portion being greater than a width of the second end portion;
- a second module including a first end portion and a second end portion, a width of the first end portion of the second module being greater than a width of the second end portion of the second module;
- a first male connector disposed at the second end portion of the first module;
- a second male connector disposed at the second end portion of the first module, the second male connecter being disposed on an opposite surface of the second end portion of the first module from the first male connector;
- a first female connector disposed at the second end portion of the second module, the first female connector is operable to couple with at least one of the first and second male connectors such that the first and second modules are configured to combine to provide a bowtie, wherein
- for each of the first and second modules:
- the first end portion includes a wide portion spaced away from an end of the first end portion,
- the first end portion includes a narrow portion disposed between the wide portion and the end of the first portion,
- a widest width of the wide portion is greater than a width of the narrow portion, and
- a width of the end of the first end portion is greater than the width of the narrow portion.
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A bowtie assembly, comprising:
- a first module including a first end portion and a second end portion;
- a second module distinct from the first module, the second module including a first end portion and a second end portion, a width of the first end portion of the second module being greater than a width of the second end portion of the second module;
- a first male connector disposed at the second end portion of the first module;
- a first female connector disposed at the second end portion of the first module;
- a second male connector disposed at the second end portion of the second module;
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- a second female connector disposed at the second end portion of the second module, wherein
- the first male connector is operable to couple with the second female connector such that the first and second modules are configured to combine to provide a bowtie, and
- for each of the first and second modules:
- the first end portion includes a wide portion spaced away from an end of the first end portion,
- the first end portion includes a narrow portion disposed between the wide portion and the end of the first portion,
- a widest width of the wide portion is greater than a width of the narrow portion, and
- a width of the end of the first end portion is greater than the width of the narrow portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.