Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Strap tighteners – Accordion straps
Patent
1998-10-15
1999-08-31
Sakran, Victor N.
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Strap tighteners
Accordion straps
24 68R, 24 68B, A44B 2100, B25B 2500
Patent
active
059437421
ABSTRACT:
A strap tightening/loosening device includes two side plates with a connecting plate connected therebetween, an inverted U-shaped handle mounted to the side plates with a shaft extending through the handle and the side plates, two ratchets fixedly mounted to the shaft. Each of the two side plates has two slots and an elongated slot, two members slidably and respectively received in the two slots so that one of the members is engaged with the ratchets. A first rod is connected between the two side plates and has a limit member mounted thereto which has two hooks and two tail members extending therefrom. Two slidable plates are connected to the two side plates with a second rod extending through the elongated slots and the slidable plates. The two hooks are disengagably engaged with the second rod. The first rod together with the two hooks are pivoted by an impact of one of the members which is pushed by the cam device defined in each of the distal ends of the handle.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4199182 (1980-04-01), Sunesson
patent: 4570305 (1986-02-01), Smetz et al.
patent: 5560086 (1996-10-01), Huang
patent: 5778496 (1998-07-01), Huang
Baxley Charles E.
Sakran Victor N.
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