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US4942644A
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Strap hanger
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1985-03-18
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Granted: 1990-07-24
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Expires: 2005-03-18
Abstract
Abstract This device relates to an adjustable hanger strap for use in the bundling and securing of various articles such as coils of wire, rope, hose, one or more pieces of tubing or rod, hand tools and equipment, and more specifically the mooring or temporary power feed lines utilized on a boat. The invention is constructed of a flexible material such as leather or plastic and one end of the strap includes an arrowhead shaped portion which upon looping and forming a noose, may be inserted through one or more locking holes located in the body of the strap and subsequently locked without deforming or bending the arrowhead shaped portion or the edges of the holes. The opposite end of the strap may also include an arrowhead for use as described or it may be adapted for attachment to extraneous devices or objects.
Inventors
- 👤 William W. Rowley
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 11:06
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D63/00; B65D63/10; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T24/00; Y10T24/14; Y10T24/1498; Y10T24/15; Y10T24/153
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
186 words
A flexible hanger strap comprising a strip of bendable material having at least one locking hole positioned centrally between the lateral edges of said strap, said hole comprising a longitudinal slot which flares open at each of its ends forming a pair of triangular enlargements the end edges of which are approximately one-half the width of said strap and normal to said longitudinal slot, both ends of said strap having an arrowhead each of which may be respectively inserted and locked into said hole forming double loops with no undue deformation or bending of the edges of said hole or said arrowheads, said arrowheads each having a width approximately equal to the width of the strap and a notched portion being slightly smaller than the width of the triangular enlargements whereby when said loops are formed and said arrowheads are inserted through said hole and said notched portions are aligned respectively within each of said triangular enlargements the shoulder edges of said notched portions engage behind said triangular enlargements with the surface of said strap at said notched portions engaging the ends of said triangular enlargements.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
186 words
A flexible hanger strap comprising a strip of bendable material having at least one locking hole positioned centrally between the lateral edges of said strap, said hole comprising a longitudinal slot which flares open at each of its ends forming a pair of triangular enlargements the end edges of which are approximately one-half the width of said strap and normal to said longitudinal slot, both ends of said strap having an arrowhead each of which may be respectively inserted and locked into said hole forming double loops with no undue deformation or bending of the edges of said hole or said arrowheads, said arrowheads each having a width approximately equal to the width of the strap and a notched portion being slightly smaller than the width of the triangular enlargements whereby when said loops are formed and said arrowheads are inserted through said hole and said notched portions are aligned respectively within each of said triangular enlargements the shoulder edges of said notched portions engage behind said triangular enlargements with the surface of said strap at said notched portions engaging the ends of said triangular enlargements.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The strap of claim 1 wherein said strip of bendable material comprises a thermoplastic material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
The strap of claim 1 wherein said strip of bendable material comprises a high density polyethylene.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
13 words
The strap of claim 1 wherein said strip of bendable material comprises leather.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The strap of claim 1 wherein at least one of said lateral edges of said strap includes a stranded reinforcing material.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
The strap of claim 1 including more than one locking hole to form loops of different sizes.
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