Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Bale and package ties – hose clamps – Metal bands
Reexamination Certificate
2003-06-05
2010-06-29
Brittain, James R (Department: 3677)
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Bale and package ties, hose clamps
Metal bands
C024S0200CW, C024S0200TT
Reexamination Certificate
active
07743472
ABSTRACT:
A boot-band that (a) does not excessively clamp a boot, (b) can prevent leakage of grease from the boot and the boot-band, and (c) uniformly produces a tight contact force on the boot without deteriorating the contact force on the boot. This boot-band includes a metallic belt-shaped member (2), and its clamping force, which is generated in the direction that shortens the circumference of the metallic belt-shaped member (2), is exercised under a ring-shaped condition in such a way that one end of the metallic belt-shaped member overlaps the other end thereof, and in such a way that both ends are wound around the outer periphery of the boot. A smaller-cross-sectional area (5a) is formed in a part of the belt-shaped member (2); the smaller-cross-sectional area (5a) and the general part (8), whose cross-sectional area is not reduced, are elongated due to plastic deformation caused by the clamping force.
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Brittain James R
Lowe Hauptman & Ham & Berner, LLP
NHK Spring Co. Ltd.
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