IP Library Granted Patent US 10,801,581
Granted Patent B2
US 10,801,581 · App. 16/524,630 · Granted Oct 13, 2020

Cord coupling system

Inventor: Frank Flynt Ranum (Marietta, GA)
F16G11/14F16G11/106
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,801,581
App. No.
16/524,630
Granted
Oct 13, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cord coupling system is provided. The cord coupling system includes a housing with a first half, a second half, a top surface, an opposed bottom surface, a front surface, and a rear surface. The housing includes a set of channels. The set of channels have a pair of rotatable jaws partially disposed therein and a pair of gates are adjacent to the pair of rotatable jaws. The pair of rotatable jaws and the pair of gates rotate between a first position and a second position.

Claims (41)

1. A cord coupling system comprising:

a housing comprising a front surface and a rear surface;

a set of channels disposed on the housing;

a pair of rotatable jaws partially disposed within the set of channels, wherein the pair of rotatable jaws rotate between a first jaw position and a second jaw position;

a set of teeth disposed on each rotatable jaw and within each channel; and

a pair of gates adjacent to the pair of rotatable jaws, wherein the pair of gates rotate between a first gate position and a second gate position.

2. The cord coupling system of claim 1 , wherein the set of teeth are oval-shaped.

3. The cord coupling system of claim 1 , wherein the set of channels comprises:

a first channel comprising a first channel front end and a first channel rear end; and

a second channel comprising a second channel front end and a second channel rear end.

4. The cord coupling system of claim 3 , wherein the set of teeth of the first channel angle toward the first channel rear end and the set of teeth of the second channel angle toward the second channel front end.

5. The cord coupling system of claim 3 , wherein the set of channels comprises at least one post disposed towards the front end and towards the rear end of each channel.

6. The cord coupling system of claim 1 , wherein the housing further comprises a set of grooves, wherein each groove receives the gate in the first gate position.

7. The cord coupling system of claim 1 , wherein the pair of rotatable jaws comprises:

a first jaw configured to rotate towards the front surface into the second jaw position; and

a second jaw configured to rotate towards the rear surface into the second jaw position.

8. The cord coupling system of claim 1 , wherein the pair of rotatable jaws and the pair of gates comprise a tab configured to pivot each between the first gate position and the second gate position.

9. The cord coupling system of claim 1 , wherein the set of channels extend from the front surface to the rear surface.

10. The cord coupling system of claim 1 , further comprising at least one anchor disposed on the housing.

11. The cord coupling system of claim 1 , wherein the pair of rotatable jaws and the pair of gates comprises a hook disposed on each rotatable jaw and each gate.

12. The cord coupling system of claim 11 , further comprising a spring secured between the housing and each hook.

13. The cord coupling system of claim 1 , further comprising a partition disposed between the set of channels.

14. A cord coupling system, comprising:

a housing comprising a first half, a second half, a top surface, an opposed bottom surface, a front surface, and a rear surface;

a first channel disposed on the first half of the housing;

a second channel disposed on the second half of the housing;

a first jaw set within the first channel, the first jaw configured to rotate towards the front surface into a second jaw position;

a second jaw set within the second channel, the second jaw configured to rotate towards the rear surface into the second jaw position; and

a pair of gates adjacent to the first jaw and the second jaw, wherein the first jaw, the second jaw, and the pair of gates separately rotate between a first gate position and a second gate position.

15. The cord coupling system of claim 14 , wherein the channels comprise at least one post disposed towards the front surface and towards the second end of each channel.

16. The cord coupling system of claim 14 , wherein the first channel and the second channel extend from the front surface to the rear surface.

17. The cord coupling system of claim 14 , further comprising at least one anchor.

18. A cord coupling system comprising:

a housing comprising a first half, a second half, a top surface, an opposed bottom surface, a front surface, and a rear surface;

a set of channels disposed on the housing;

a pair of rotatable jaws adjacent to the set of channels;

a pair of gates adjacent to the pair of rotatable jaws, wherein the pair of rotatable jaws and the pair of gates separately rotate between a first gate position and a second gate position;

a plurality of springs coupled between the housing and the rotatable jaws and gates; and

a set of teeth disposed on the pair of rotatable jaws and within the set of channels.

19. The cord coupling system of claim 18 , wherein the set of channels comprises at least one post configured to secure a cord within the channel.

20. The cord coupling system of claim 18 , wherein the set of channels extend from the front surface to the rear surface of the housing.

Continuity (2)
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