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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7346966 | Fitting for a harness A fitting for a harness, such as a trapeze harness for a sailboat is disclosed. The fitting comprises: a first part secured to or securable to a harness, a second part connectable to a tether, and a mechanism to releasably inter-connect the first and second parts. T... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7334301 | Buckle A buckle includes a base made by pressing and formed with two walls, a cross member between the walls and a jaw between the walls. A jaw is made by rolling and formed with a cam, two non-circular blocks extending from the cam and two shafts extending from the non-ci... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7313848 | Canopy release buckle with dual action release lever A dual action canopy release for releasably holding a parachute harness securement strap in a buckle. The canopy release may be activated by a forward movement of a lever arm or a rearward movement of the lever arm. The lever arm cooperates with an actuating lever h... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7203972 | Strap adjustment assembly A pair of strap adjustment assemblies for a bicycle helmet is provided. A first pair of straps is connected to one side of the helmet and a second pair of straps is connected to the other side of the helmet. A first strap adjustment assembly includes a release lever... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7181808 | Buckle or clasp A fastener is adapted to retain one or more holes of a belt or strap beneath a belt frame without passing through the frame. The fastener comprises primarily a frame and a back plate, coupled together for relative rotational movement about an axis parallel to the ax... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7043939 | Band-like ring An adjustable band ring includes a band formed by threading a thread through a thread hole provided on each of individual jewel or precious metal beads, a chain-like band formed by joining individual sub-chains made of precious metals, or a ring band formed by joini... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7010836 | Web adjuster device A web adjuster for use with a web. A clamping member and a bearing member are mounted to a web adjuster frame and movable relative to the frame about a common axis. The web extends at least partially around the bearing member. Applying tension to the web moves the c... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7004547 | Safety belt positioning device A safety belt positioning device includes a top cover and a bottom cover pin jointed together, wherein a clasp is configured interior of a clasp-eye of the top cover, and the positioning device is fixedly secured directly on a location of the safety belt by means of... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7000438 | Restraint system and lockable fastener A restraint system includes a wrist restraint system and an ankle restraint system that allow the limbs of a detainee to be restrained. The lockable wrist restraint system includes a waist belt and wrist restraints that are rotatably mounted to the waist belt. The w... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6978904 | Garment supporting stand A compound adjustable garment supporting apparatus (100) is disclosed having first garment supporting assembly (102, 103, 104, 105) and second garment supporting assembly (121, 122, 123), each positioned at a different level above the floor. The... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6978519 | Device for adjusting and locking a strap The present invention relates to a device for adjusting and locking a strap. The device includes a base portion, the base portion including a base having a first and a second side and a front and a back. A first sidewall extends away from the first side of the base,... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6938925 | Apparatus for use on a safety belt system for restraining the movement of an occupant or child seat An apparatus for reversibly locking a lap belt portion of a belt webbing in a three-point, continuous loop seat belt system which includes a tongue assembly having the belt webbing routed therethrough, includes a cinch body adapted to mount to the tongue assembly, a... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6932301 | Buckle for kites and the like Described is a device that releaseably couples a person to kites and other like sports equipment. The device for coupling to kites and other like sports equipment comprises a releasable hook mechanism attached to a spreader bar, said releasable hook mechanism compri... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6904648 | Strap assembly for lingerie and brassieres A slide and slide assembly for lingerie and brassieres have the end of a strap bonded to the central bar of the slide at the same side as that at which the strap is threaded around the central bar of the slide to limit slippage of the slide relative to the strap. | 06/14/2005 |
| 6898826 | Co-molded ladder strap A ladder strap (150) is made by joining—for example, by co-molding—a first, relatively supple material, defining a lower strap portion (155) with a second, relatively hard material defining an upper strap portion (165). The teeth (167... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6868587 | Strap tensioner An improved strap tensioner that allows a user to manually shorten the strap by applying greater tension on the strap and easily lengthening the strap after being tightened. The tensioner includes a tension lever, an intermediate member, and a brake lever all pivota... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6842952 | Child seat safety strap system A strap system can be retrofit onto the backseat of a motor vehicle to securely mount a child safety seat in the backseat of the motor vehicle. The strap system includes a shoulder strap that is mounted on the back support portion of the backseat and a connector ele... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6789296 | Buckle assembly A buckle assembly includes a fixing seat adapted to securely connected an object and having a hoop, a controlling bracket having a roller rotatably mounted therein, a fixing rod securely sandwiched between two side walls and adjacent to the baffle to correspond to t... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6735826 | Buckle Provided is a buckle which comprises a buckle main body 11 and an engagement member 31. The buckle main body 11 comprises a base part 12, at least two insertion holes 18 and 19 provided on the base part 12 with a spac... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6719341 | Apparatus for continuously adjusting the length of a slinging means designed to carry a load An apparatus for continuously adjusting the length of a lifting sling designed to carry a load comprises a U-shaped clamp having a central region, and first and second side legs projecting from the ends of the central region, a swivel axis member supported by bearin... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6665913 | End-fitting webbing buckle An end-fitting buckle having a cam cover that allows webbing to be inserted when the cam cover is in an up position. After inserted, a free end of the webbing is pulled to tighten the webbing while the cover is in an intermediate position. The cover may t... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6658705 | Exchangeable self-adjusting device for use in belt Disclosed is an exchangeable self-adjusting device for use in a belt, in which a strap is properly extended due to a slight abdominal motion, and a wearer can easily exchange the buckle to follow the fashion. The device includes a cover 10 being movable l... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6640397 | Quick release harness device A quick release harness system for wind or kite surfers or the like that enables users to manually release themselves from the harness line during a "blow over" event and which can easily reconnect to the harness line when desired. The system includes a q... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6640396 | Tensioning/releasing mechanism for a buckle device of a skate A buckle device for a skate comprises an adjustable receptor fixed to a side of an upper of a boot of a skate, a strap, and a tensioning/releasing mechanism. The tensioning/releasing mechanism comprises a base and a release arm. The base is fixed to anoth... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6578241 | Belt buckle An inward-wind type belt buckle in which the rear end portion of a belt is wound between the front end portion of the belt and the clothes is disclosed. With the belt buckle, since the upper marginal portion of the side wall of the lower channel is not ex... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6571431 | Belt buckle An inward-wind type belt buckle in which the rear end portion of a belt is wound between the front end portion of the belt and the clothes is disclosed. A fixing piece for fixing the front end portion of the belt is fixed to the inner side wall of the bel... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6560825 | Webbing length adjustor A webbing length adjustor adapted to clamp webbing when tension is applied to a tension end of the webbing. The adjustor has a webbing guide, a clamp element pivotally mounted on the webbing guide, a locking cam on the clamp element which in a locked posi... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6550070 | Full face mask with rapidly detachable strap A full face mask with a strap, which is fastened to a mask body (15) by clamping action by means of eyes can be removed from the face of the user of the full face mask in a simple manner. Two holding grips are connected to eyes located adjacent to one ano... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6510592 | Clip for attaching pouches and similar devices The clip includes a base hingeably attached to a lid. The lid includes two detent prongs with detent apertures including ledges formed at the distal ends thereof. These ledges engage complementary inverted ledges on detent protrusions on the base. The lid... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6439610 | Stick handle for ski, trekking and the like with adjustable wrist strap A stick handle for ski, trekking and the like, equipped with an improved device for adjusting the wrist strap. An operating lever is equipped with a cam pawl which allows to obtain an effective blocking of the wrist strap for a variety of thickness of the... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6427291 | Buckle The present invention relates to a buckle of the belt which is equipped with saw-toothed coupling means. The present invention provides a buckle comprising a buckle body from the back of which top and bottom walls of buckle frame forming coupling holes ar... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6381810 | Belt lock A belt lock includes a casing, the casing having a serrated engagement portion and a bearing portion respectively disposed at a bottom wall thereof at a top side, and two parallel upright side walls at two sides of the bottom wall, and a locking unit pivo... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6185794 | Buckle, particularly for the heel strap of open heel swim fins The buckle (F) consists of a base part (F1), attached to one side of the footpocket of the fin (P) and comprising a movable strap-locking tooth (22), counteracting elastic means (24), associated to said tooth (22) and manual strap-releasing means (17) con... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6163941 | Adjustable buckle device An adjustable buckle device used in conjunction with a strap or the like for holding an object firmly in position is provided. The buckle device includes a buckle body fixed to one end of the strap and a ratchet member fixed to the other end of the strap ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6148485 | Structure of a buckle for a belt A buckle for a belt includes a frame having two opposite sides formed with two upwardly extending lugs each having a through hole, two arms each extending outwardly from a respective one of the lugs, and a shoulder bridging another sides of the lugs, and ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6145169 | Locking, removable belt clip A belt clip for supporting an object on a user's belt includes an inward portion for insertion between the user's belt and body, having a first hinge portion on one edge thereof and including a pair of spaced-apart, flexible wings located at the other edg... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6067662 | Adjustable belt fastener with spring biased buckle member A fastener for a belt includes a buckle member adapted to be attached to a first end portion of the belt, wherein the buckle member includes a receiving member having an opening for receiving the belt therethrough, an operating plate provided with a tongu... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6049950 | Method and apparatus for providing an adjustable cord An adjustable BUNGEE cord device for fastening, securing or mounting objects together or to a stationary object. The device comprises at least two sections of conventional BUNGEE cord, each having a means for attaching the cord sections to each other or t... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5920963 | Rope fastener A ropefastener includes a U-shaped base and a press member. The base has a front bottom and a rear bottom separated by a large opening. An inner lateral side of the front and the rear bottom are formed with a swelled up or down smooth edge so as to give n... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5875523 | Belt and buckle arrangement A belt and buckle arrangement which includes a buckle unit having a frame and tongue unit and a mounting strip fastened to one end of the frame and tongue unit, a belt detachably connected to a coupling portion at one end of the mounting strip, a connecti... | 03/02/1999 |
