Abstract: Sling sliders have a body defining an elongated sling strap passage configured to receive an elongated sling strap, the elongated sling strap passage defined at least in part by an elongated bar having opposed ends, the elongated bar defining an elongated cord passage extending between the opposed ends of the elongated bar, a cord received in the elongated cord passage, and the cord having a received portion within the elongated cord passage and a handle portion extending outside the elongated cord passage such that the handle portion operates to exert a motive force on the body. The sling slider may be a triglide. The body may have three parallel bars, and the elongated bar defining the elongated cord passage may be positioned between a second bar and a third bar. The body may define a pair of elongated sling strap passages on opposite sides of the elongated bar.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a strap system for securing a payload. The strap system includes a first fastener having a connecting crosspiece, a reversing crosspiece, and a hanger capable of attaching to the payload. The strap system also includes a strap attached to the connecting crosspiece of the first fastener and capable of passing around the reversing crosspiece and tightening the strap around the payload.

Abstract: Sling sliders have a body defining an elongated sling strap passage configured to receive an elongated sling strap, the elongated sling strap passage defined at least in part by an elongated bar having opposed ends, the elongated bar defining an elongated cord passage extending between the opposed ends of the elongated bar, a cord received in the elongated cord passage, and the cord having a received portion within the elongated cord passage and a handle portion extending outside the elongated cord passage such that the handle portion operates to exert a motive force on the body. The sling slider may be a triglide. The body may have three parallel bars, and the elongated bar defining the elongated cord passage may be positioned between a second bar and a third bar. The body may define a pair of elongated sling strap passages on opposite sides of the elongated bar.

Abstract: Sling sliders have a body defining an elongated sling strap passage configured to receive an elongated sling strap, the elongated sling strap passage defined at least in part by an elongated bar having opposed ends, the elongated bar defining an elongated cord passage extending between the opposed ends of the elongated bar, a cord received in the elongated cord passage, and the cord having a received portion within the elongated cord passage and a handle portion extending outside the elongated cord passage such that the handle portion operates to exert a motive force on the body. The sling slider may be a triglide. The body may have three parallel bars, and the elongated bar defining the elongated cord passage may be positioned between a second bar and a third bar. The body may define a pair of elongated sling strap passages on opposite sides of the elongated bar.

Abstract: A tensioning device includes a first slot located on a first end of the tensioning device, the first slot being closed on all four sides. The tensioning device further includes a second slot and a third slot, the third slot located on a second end of the tensioning device, the second end opposite the first end, the second slot located between the first and third slot, the second and the third slot being having an open side on one of four sides and closed on three of four sides. The tensioning device further includes a lever arm, the lever arm located on the second end of the tensioning device.

Abstract: An improved seatbelt adjuster for holding the lap seatbelt to the shoulder belt of an automobile seatbelt. The seatbelt adjuster prevents the shoulder belt from rubbing against the neck of a wearer. The adjuster is made of a single unitary piece and therefore cannot be separated. A frame member formed of resilient material has a front portion, rear portion, top edge, bottom edge and space between the front and back portions for containing the lap seatbelt. A parallel pair of dual gussets and rails is molded into the back portion to increase the stiffness of the flap member particularly to prevent it spreading open in hot weather. A snap clip has been added to the flap to avoid inadvertent release in hot weather. A horn gate has been added to the slot to prevent snagging on clothing.

Abstract: One design embodiment of a holder for a container comprising: one or more bands each capable of retaining a container inside the band(s), with straps attached to and extending away from the exterior of the band(s); with fasteners on the ends of each strap such that container within the band or bands are held in a stable position relative to a harness to be worn by a user. The design embodiment allows easy attachment, use and deployment of containers in a variety of environmental conditions and situational uses, including but not limited to the carrying of gas supplies for underwater divers.

Abstract: A belt buckle is provided with a waist belt outlet slot (1) for connecting with a waist belt beginning (6) and at least one inlet retainer (5) engaging in openings of the belt at the opposite waist belt inlet slot (2). As a result of the design of the central section of the belt buckle as an essentially flat element (3), which permits deflection toward the waist belt, which reaches in the section of the, or of each inlet retainer (5) at least their height, can, in spite of a simple design, prevent an opening that is against the will of the carrier.

Abstract: The buckle includes a first and a second clamp member positioned substantially parallel to one another. End members are provided at the opposite ends of the first clamp member. The buckle includes a set of pliable wall directly interconnecting one of the end members to the second clamp member. The pliable walls are subjected to a permanent plastic deformation when the second clamp member is moved closer to the first clamp member.

Abstract: An adjustable length rope clip for tethering an animal or other object on a lead rope providing a predetermined length of rope to be released when pressure is applied. The rope clip for attachment to a lead rope, the clip having a arm element for positioning a lead rope, or the like on the clip, providing means for retaining a predetermined length of rope, permitting the rope to be easily manually adjusted in length about the rope clip and permitting the a predetermined length of rope to be selectively released in a controlled manner upon application of pressure by the animal. The clip system providing means for re-positioning an attached animal, or the like, without the addition of other devices and without un-tethering the animal, even momentarily.

Abstract: A strap fastening assembly comprises a strap and at least one fastener for fastening the strap to tie an article. The fastener comprises a fastening portion and an adjustable portion. The fastening portion is configured to secure a section of the strap thereon in case the strap is loosened by pulling the strap in one direction. The adjustable portion is configured to connect, adjust and tighten another section of the strap to tie the article.

Abstract: A buckle for capturing and releasably retaining an end tab of a flexible strap wherein the flexible strap has a substantially uniform width and thickness and an end tab of increased thickness. The buckle includes a base, and parallel side walls, which extend upwardly from and cooperate with the base to define an open-ended receiving channel having an entry end and an exit end. Flanges are spaced vertically from the base and extend inwardly in cantilever fashion from the side walls to define an opening-ended slot communicating with and extending along the length of the receiving channel. The slot is configured and dimensioned to accommodate longitudinal pinching and lateral insertion of the strap into the receiving channel. The flanges have undersides configured to accommodate receipt of the end tab in the receiving channel via the entry end, and to releasably retain and prevent withdrawal of the end tab from the receiving channel via the exit end.

Abstract: The vein stabilizer is a small device that: 1) isolates the vein, so it cannot roll from side to side when penetrated; and 2) causes the vein to bulge toward the surface of the skin making it more apparent. The vein stabilizer includes a sterile, two-piece disposable plastic device that isolates the vein in between two plastic tabs which are similar in shape and size. One tab is fixed on the skin on one side close to the vein. The other piece is mobile and slides on an elastic band. The tabs are adjusted to the preference of the IV initiator or the situation on the other side of the vein (big vein, small vein, tortuous vein, collapsed vein, sclerous (hardened) vein, obese patient, etc.).

Abstract: An adjuster for a cord includes a first end and a second end and the adjuster can be translated between a first and a second position. The first end can be attached to a looped member such as a belt and the looped member can be attached to a support surface. The adjuster includes a tortuous path configured to accept the cord. When the cord is inserted, the tortuous path divides the cord into a first portion and a second portion. When tension is applied to the second portion of the cord, the resultant friction forces exceed the tension force such that the position of the cord in the adjuster is maintained while the adjuster is in the first position. A force exerted on the second end of the adjuster can translate the adjuster to the second position where the friction force exerted by the tortuous path is substantially reduced such that the cord can be repositioned be exerting tension on either the first or the second portion of the cord.

Abstract: A seat belt locking clip, in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention, prevents relative movement of the lap and shoulder portions of a typical automotive seat belt system with respect to the buckle, thereby maintaining seat belt tension. Of one piece construction, the clip consists of a main body having a centrally located handle for positioning and applying rotary force during installation, and a plurality of finger extensions on opposing sides to reach under and retain the belt portions. The clip can also include raised projections on the finger extensions.

Abstract: Applicable to tapes like those employed in backpacks, handbags, cyclists' helmets and similar goods, it is constituted by means of a piece (1) injected in plastic in which are defined two bodies (2-3) connected by means of a hinge (4), these bodies coming with respective slots (8-8′) for the passage of the tape to which the termination has to be coupled, and one of said bodies (3) having side claws (6) which, through elastic, deformation of said body, can couple into complementary recesses (7) in the other body (2), in order to stabilise the clamp formed by the termination in the closed position upon the tape.

Abstract: A child restraining apparatus for mounting in a passenger seat of a vehicle is provided. In one embodiment, the child restraining apparatus has an improved vehicle seat belt pathway to accommodate vehicles having particularly forward or high seat belt anchor positions. The child restraining apparatus can also include easily identifiable seat belt pathways corresponding to the seat's forward seat-facing and rear seat-facing orientations and an adjustable harness with easily identifiable harness placements corresponding to the seat's forward facing and rearward facing orientations. In the forward facing orientation, the improved vehicle seat belt pathway generally provides an entry point for a vehicle seat that is disposed forward of, and above, the seating surface of the child car seat.

Abstract: A strapping system using a novel buckle wherein one end portion of the buckle is attached to one end of a flat non-metallic strap, and the other end of the strap is threaded though the buckle in such a manner that the strap is held securely in place, and wherein the buckle is of a unitary structure comprising the attaching end portion and the threaded end portion in which are located two outer parallel legs and a center leg with two slots respectively therebetween, and with the walls of the slot closest to the attaching end being generally parallel to each other and positioned at an angle of between 45.degree. and up to less than 90.degree. as measured from the top or bottom surface of the buckle depending on the orientation of the walls of the slot.

Abstract: A movable rear strap stabilizer clip for use with a helmet's strapping system. The stabilizer clip provides a bridge between the rear straps at a location distal from the back portion of the helmet. The stabilizer clip provides an additional support point in the helmet's strapping system for greater conformability with the user's head.

Abstract: A clasp having an open side, a transverse bight bar above the base and having a distal end toward the open side of the base, an operable cover having an open position and a closed position, the base, the bight bar and the cover in said closed position defining an enclosed U-shaped strap receiving channel, and the base, the bight bar and the cover in its closed position adapted for clampingly engaging a looped strap portion received within the U-shaped strap receiving channel.

Abstract: A buckle has a pair of side flange portions interconnected in spaced relation by a plurality of transverse bars. A first anchoring bar and a second anchoring bar are held in spaced partially superimposed relation to each other to define therebetween a substantially "Z"-like path for wrapping therearound a web-like material or a belt. The belt is thereby firmly secured in place relative to the buckle after its length has been adjusted.

Abstract: A restraint kit includes a dispensing housing having a clip dispenser therewithin, wherein the dispensing housing is arranged for the selective dispensing of restraint web segments therefrom cooperative with one of a plurality of clip members dispensed from the clip dispenser housing. Web segments cooperative with clip members are secured to an associated back board for the restraint of an individual thereon during a medical emergency situation.

Abstract: A device for releasably securing the free end of a belt to the body of the belt in the form of a unitary resilient spring clip adapted for fitting over the free end portion of the belt and a desired adjacent portion of the body of the belt and forcing such portions tightly together for releasably holding the free end portion of the belt from dangling, a flexible chain being secured at one end to the clip and having a second end engageable through a hole in the body of the belt for preventing loss of the clip if it falls off the belt, the chain having a small bar on its free end insertable endwise through the hole in the belt.

Abstract: A closable band includes a strap and a clasp. The strap is made of a material having a substantial coefficient of static friction when its ends overlap and contact each other. The clasp is formed with a base portion and an upper portion which are connected by a hinge. A latch secures the free edges of the base portion and the upper portion together. When the band is assembled by overlapping the ends of the strap and securing the clasp around the overlapped ends of the strap, the base portion and the upper portion provide a clamping force on the overlapped ends.

Abstract: A strap tensioning device includes a spring-loaded clamping element which presses a strap extending through the tensioning device against a holding bar using lever action. The device is composed of a minimum number of parts and is made from a monolithic plate of sprung material with cut-outs positioned so that both the holding bar and the clamping element and their mutual connecting parts are formed in one continuous piece from the plate which also forms the framework of the tensioning device. When the clamping element is pressed out of the plane of the frame, the clamping element rotates about a fulcrum and the pinching effect of the device is released so the strap can be released.

Abstract: A molded strap fastener of a generally rectangular shape includes a first cross bar for retaining therearound a looped end portion of a strap, a retainer portion disposed laterally adjacent to the cross bar and frictionally engageable with the strap end portion, and a second cross bar fixedly connected to the other strap end. The first cross bar includes a pair of diametrically opposite sharp corners and the retainer portion has a sharp corner, these sharp corners serving as stops to retain the strap in position against accidental displacement even under heavy tensioning forces. To provide a greater resistance to strap loosening, the first and second cross bars lie in different levels so that a rotational force is created upon the fastener when the latter is in actual use, said force growing greater the larger the tension and thus urging the retainer portion to firmly grip the strap end at its sharp corner.

Abstract: A belt clasp for holding a loose belt end in place including a first leg and a second leg, where spring pressure holds the belt end in place.

Abstract: A strap fastener or buckle for connecting ends of a strap, belt or the like is adapted to enable adjustment of the effective length of the strap. The strap fastener is formed from a plastic material into an integrally molded structure having a grip head portion at one end and a connecting portion at the opposite end, these portions being connected by a pair of side flanges. A pair of spaced parallel cross bars extend between and are connected to the side flanges. The grip head portion has a sharply cornered bottom edge which serves as a stop for the strap. The cross bar which is disposed adjacent to the grip head portion has a plurality of sharp corners defining stops for the strap, one of the corners being disposed adjacent to the grip head portion and being spaced in plan view from the bottom edges by a distance larger than the thickness of the strap. The strap fastener is thus provided with multi-point stops along the path of the strap so that the strap can be retained firmly in place under heavy tension.

Abstract: A trolling depth adjusting device is disclosed which includes a vane having a forward corner with a first hole and the aftward corner having a second hole. The device further includes a principal line passing from the upward facing surface of the vane, slideably through the forward corner to the underside of the vane and then passing from the underside, slideably through the aftward corner and terminating in a lower end connected to a fishing hook. The device further includes a weight slideably mounting on the principal line and unique adjustable stop mounted on the principal line between the lower end thereof and the second hole in the vane.

Abstract: A pair of identical fastener elements are arranged in superposed, face-to-face relation to cooperatively define a plurality of elongated, peripherally enclosed channels for passage of end portions of strips of material which are thereby joined by the fastening arrangement. Each element has a plurality of arms extending from a connection at one end with a central body portion to a free end, with opposing, spaced edges of the arms and body portions forming slots closed at one end and open at the other. Placing two of the elements in face-to-face, superposed relation with the arms of each element overlying the opposite end of the arms of the other element provides the peripherally enclosed channels. The fastening elements are disclosed in a number of configurations.

Abstract: A belt and method of manufacture wherein belting strips and buckles are fed in timed relation to an assembly station, the buckles including arms which are clinched about respective belt strips at the assembly station.

Abstract: A ski pole grip or handle is provided that includes an elastic strap that can slide through a slot and wherein the strap will stay in place and be released at the proper time. The strap is pliable so that there will be sufficient and proper give and yet the strap can effectively move through its retaining slot when sufficient pressure is applied thereto.

Abstract: A plastic adjuster for adjusting the length of a belt or the like comprises a plate member provided with two slots through which the belt or the like is permitted to pass, a cover plate extended from one end portion of the plate member, a first and second locking elements provided at one end of the plate member and the cover plate respectively and adapted to engage with each other. Thereby the belt is surely clamped at a desired position thereof for adjusting the length.