Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Strap tighteners – Midline
Reexamination Certificate
2008-06-17
2008-06-17
Brittain, James R (Department: 3677)
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Strap tighteners
Midline
Reexamination Certificate
active
07386920
ABSTRACT:
A tightening device for adjusting the degree of tautness of a strapping member. The device comprises: a base; a first member attached to and extending at a first angle from a first side of the base; a second member attached to and extending at a second angle from a second side of the base, the members being in an opposed spaced apart relationship and cooperating with the base to define an interior; a first slot formed in a distal end of the first member with respect to the base, the first slot configured to receive the strapping member therethrough; a second slot formed in a distal end of the second member with respect to the base, the second slot configured to receive the strapping member therethrough in coordination with the opposing slot; and a tightening element configured for coupling the strapping member to the device, the tightening element for collecting and retaining a selected length of the strapping member within the interior; wherein adjustment of the tightening element modifies the length of the strapping member extending between the slots and thereby collected in the interior.
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Brittain James R
Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
Tisdall Grant
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