US 11,751,641 B2
Adjustable closure devices with handle and locking mechanisms
Garrett Ray Hurley, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Garrett Ray Hurley, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/956,529.
Application 17/956,529 is a continuation of application No. 17/615,789, granted, now 11,470,921, previously published as PCT/US2020/036140, filed on Jun. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/937,808, filed on Nov. 20, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/857,320, filed on Jun. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0022161 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. A44B 11/12 (2006.01); A44B 11/02 (2006.01); B65H 75/40 (2006.01); B65H 75/44 (2006.01); A41F 9/02 (2006.01); A43C 11/16 (2006.01)
CPC A44B 11/125 (2013.01) [A41F 9/02 (2013.01); A43C 11/165 (2013.01); A44B 11/02 (2013.01); B65H 75/406 (2013.01); B65H 75/4431 (2013.01); B65H 75/4471 (2013.01); B65H 75/4492 (2013.01); B65H 2403/47 (2013.01); B65H 2515/31 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adjustable closure device comprising:
a strap comprising at least a first end-region, and a central region;
a connector attached to a terminus of the at least first strap end-region wherein the connector comprises a strap pivot bar around which the strap reverses direction;
a chafe on the strap behind the connector, the chafe comprising:
three parallel bars, a first outer bar, a central bar, and a second outer bar, wherein the first outer bar is proximate the first end-region of the strap, the second outer bar is proximate the central-region of the strap, and wherein a first strap pass-through gap is disposed between the central bar and the first outer bar, and a second strap pass-through gap is disposed between the central bar and second outer bar; and wherein the strap end-region comprises a strap path comprising segments arranged, directionally from the central region of the strap toward a strap terminus at the pivot bar of the connector, to (a) pass through the first chafe gap, (b) pass by the central bar of the chafe, (c) through the second chafe gap, (d) around the strap pivot bar of the connector, (e) return toward the chafe and to loop around the central bar of the chafe and terminate thereto, and wherein an adjustable length region of the strap comprises an adjustable span between the central bar of the chafe and the connector attached to it; and
a handle connected to the chafe, wherein the handle is configured to allow a user to pull the chafe to which it is connected along the strap, away from the connector, and
wherein, when the chafe is allowed to move with respect to the strap, the strap can move between first and second configurations, wherein in the first configuration the strap has a large strap circumference and in the second configuration the strap has a small strap circumference.