IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,857,036
Granted Patent B1
US 11,857,036 · App. 17/559,065 · Granted Jan 2, 2024

Hunting bracelet

Inventor: Mark Joseph Casalinova (Murfreesboro, TN)
A44C5/0007A01M31/00A01M31/025A45F2005/008
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,857,036
App. No.
17/559,065
Granted
Jan 2, 2024
Kind
B1
Abstract

Bracelets used for hunting and other purposes may include a band and a clip attached to the band by a clip fastener. The clip fastener may include a glide bracket attached to the band and an L-shaped bracket with a horizontal arm located in a track of the glide bracket and a vertical arm attached to a clip arm of the clip. A pivot arm with a pivot axis may attach the horizontal arm to the vertical arm to allow the clip to pivot toward and away from the band. The clip may hold a tail of turkey feathers or a blind. In addition, stands using the L-shaped bracket and clip are also described.

Claims (17)

1. A method of using a bracelet, the method comprising the steps of:

a) providing a bracelet comprising:

i) a band configured to wrap around the wrist of a human user, the band having a band length, and a band width perpendicular to the band length;

ii) a clip comprising a first clip arm and a second clip arm; and

iii) a clip fastener attaching the clip to the band, the clip fastener comprising a glide plate and an L-shaped bracket, the glide plate comprising a glide plate aperture receiving the band and a glide plate track located lateral to the band, the glide plate configured to slide at least partially around the band length, the L-shaped bracket comprising a horizontal arm located in the glide plate track and a vertical arm extending away from the horizontal arm at an angle of approximately 90 degrees and connected to the clip;

b) placing the wrist of the human in the band so that the band length forms a loop around the human's wrist and the clip extends away from the wrist and the loop.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the clip extends away from the loop perpendicular to the band length.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the glide plate track is oriented parallel to the band width.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the first clip arm further comprises a clip arm track receiving the vertical arm.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the clip fastener further comprises a pivot arm/moment arm pivotably connected to the L-shaped bracket and moveable about a pivot axis oriented perpendicular to the band width.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the first clip arm further comprises a clip arm track receiving the pivot arm.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the first clip arm and the second clip arm each comprises a top and further wherein the clip further comprises a spring biasing the second clip arm top toward the first clip arm top.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the band is in the form of a strap and comprises a first strap end and a second strap end and further wherein the first strap end is releasably attached to the second strap end by a strap fastener.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising placing a fan of turkey tail feathers between the first and second clip arms.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising securing a hunting blind between the first and second clip arms.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the clip fastener removably attaches the clip to the band.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the band length is greater than the band width.