Package and article carriers – Carried by animate bearer – Article held by receiver
Reexamination Certificate
1999-12-28
2001-07-24
Vidovich, Gregory M (Department: 3727)
Package and article carriers
Carried by animate bearer
Article held by receiver
C224S660000, C224S250000, C224S197000, C224S904000, C002S312000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06264081
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
This application relates to co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/168,581 which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,015,073 on Jan. 18, 2000. The present invention relates to utility belts for carrying tools and the like and more particularly to a safety utility belt that includes a number of attachment rings that are each provided with a safety cover flap securable over the attachment structure to minimize dangerous snagging of the utility belt when working in confined areas or when in an emergency situation such as while performing firefighting activities; the safety utility belt including a heavy duty webbing back belt, a reflective center belt strip, a buckle assembly, a belt strip end that is coupleable to the buckle assembly to secure the back belt about the waist of a user, a horizontally pivoting tool retaining ring, and a no-snag tool retaining ring safety cover strap securable over the tool retaining ring in a manner to minimize snagging of the tool retaining ring; the no-snag tool retaining ring safety cover strap including a storage hook and pile fastener strip securable to a companionate hook and pile faster section provided on a surface of the back belt when the no-snag tool retaining ring safety cover strap is secured over and through the horizontally pivoting tool retaining ring; the reflective center belt strip being secured to the back belt such that a passageway sized for the passage of a portion of a D-ring is formed between the reflective center belt strip and the back belt.
BACKGROUND ART
While in many jobs, such as firefighting and the like, it is desirable to attach tools of the trade, such as axes, flashlights, hammers, snips, etc, to a utility belt using a number of retaining rings, the retaining rings on the utility belt can sometimes become snagged while in the work environment and lead to injury or death for the worker. It would be a benefit, therefore, to have a utility belt that included a number-of retaining rings for securing desirable tools to the utility belt as need that further included a cover strap for each of the retaining rings so that all unused retaining rings could be covered to prevent snagging of the retaining ring and possible death or injury to a user.
GENERAL SUMMARY DISCUSSION OF INVENTION
It is thus an object of the invention to provide a safety utility belt that includes a number of retaining rings each provided with a safety cover strap securable over the retaining ring to prevent snagging of the retaining ring.
It is a further object of the invention to provide a safety utility belt that includes a back belt, a reflective center belt strip, a buckle assembly, a belt strip end that is coupleable to the buckle assembly to secure the back belt about the waist of a user, a horizontally pivoting tool retaining ring, and a no-snag tool retaining ring safety cover strap securable over and through the tool retaining ring in a manner to minimize snagging of the tool retaining ring; the no-snag tool retaining ring safety cover strap including a storage hook and pile fastener strip securable to a companionate hook and pile faster section provided on a surface of the back belt when the no-snag tool retaining ring safety cover strap is secured over and through the horizontally pivoting tool retaining ring; the reflective center belt strip being secured to the back belt such that a passageway sized for the passage of a portion of a D-ring is formed between the reflective center belt strip and the back belt.
It is a still further object of the invention to provide a safety utility belt that accomplishes some or all of the above objects in combination.
Accordingly, a safety utility belt is provided. The safety utility belt includes a back belt, a reflective center belt strip, a buckle assembly, a belt strip end that is coupleable to the buckle assembly to secure the back belt about the waist of a user, a horizontally pivoting tool retaining ring, and a no-snag tool retaining ring safety cover strap securable over and through the tool retaining ring in a manner to minimize snagging of the tool retaining ring; the no-snag tool retaining ring safety cover strap including a storage hook and pile fastener strip securable to a companionate hook and pile faster section provided on a surface of the back belt when the no-snag tool retaining ring safety cover strap is secured over the horizontally pivoting tool retaining ring; the reflective center belt strip being secured to the back belt such that a passageway sized for the passage of a portion of a D-ring is formed between the reflective center belt strip and the back belt.
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Landingham Timothy
Lis David
Wojciak Jeffrey J.
Breaux Joseph N.
Vidovich Gregory M
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