Closure fasteners – Clamps – Portable
Patent
1992-12-31
1994-03-29
Moore, Richard E.
Closure fasteners
Clamps
Portable
292262, E05C 1918
Patent
active
052978281
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle trunk lid securing apparatus includes an elongated flexible inelastic strap and first and second connectors connected to the strap. The first connector includes a base ring through which is looped a portion of the strap and a releasable snap hook being rotatably mounted to the base ring and adapted to releasably attach to a hook of a trunk lid locking mechanism. The second connector includes an elongated handle portion and a rigid wire loop insert portion attached to an end of the handle portion and being operable to attach to a latch of the trunk lid locking mechanism by gripping the handle portion and pulling on the strap toward the latch. The apparatus also includes a cam-type buckle mechanism operable for adjusting the effective length of the strap to establish a set distance between the first and second connectors which matches the distance between the hook and latch of the trunk lid locking mechanism. The cam buckle mechanism has a body receiving a pair of sections of the strap therethrough and a cam lever actuatable relative to the body between an open unclamping condition and a closed clamping condition to respectively release the strap sections for movement relative to one another and restrain the strap sections from undergoing movement relative to one another.
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Flanagan John R.
Moore Richard E.
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