User strap for tarp

• US 10,638,673 B2
• Filed: 05/07/2018
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Practical Productions, LLC
• Original Assignee: Lawns Etc., LLC
• Inventors: Farrer, Benjamin, Farrer, Aaron
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Paul T
• Application Number:
  US15/972,336
• Publication Number:
  US 20180249645A1
• Time in Patent Office: 729 Days
• Field of Search: 294142, 294150, 294152, 294154, 294155, 294156, 294159, 294165, 294137
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 20/30 Apparatus for treating the lawn or grass surface machines for aerating lawns A01B45/02
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 20/43 for sweeping, collecting or disintegrating lawn debris
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2505/18 Outdoor fabrics, e.g. tents, tarpaulins D10B2507/00 takes precedence

Abstract

A manufactured device comprised of a high strength, padded strap with carabiner clips attached onto both ends intended to make a tarp easier to drag under load when attached. The device may be strapped around the body like a chest strap or belt, or drug by other equipment. The device includes a pad to be placed upon the body for comfort whilst using. The device is not meant to be pulled by hand backwards, nor does it consist of anything being tied or secured upon the body. It attaches via the carabiners to the eyelets which are universal and of a standard size on every tarp. Methods for moving debris using the device and a tarp are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A system intended to make a tarp easier to drag under load when attached, the system comprising:

a device and at least one carabiner clip attached to the metal eyelets of the tarp located on a side of a tarp furthest from the user,

the device consisting of;

a high strength strap with two additional carabiner clips on both ends of the strap, the ends of the strap sewn closed around each carabiner clip, each carabiner clip configured to bind to metal eyelets standard on most tarps, and

a pad attached to the strap, the strap configured to be located individually about the waist, chest or shoulder of a user,

wherein the device allows the user to drag the tarp without use of the user'"'"'s hands.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein the strap is supported by the seat back of a lawnmower, tractor or other powered device.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the device frees the hands and fingers of the user.

5. The device of claim 1 wherein the strap is made from cotton, polyester, polypropylene or nylon.

6. The device of claim 1 wherein the strap has a tensile strength exceeding about 1,000 lbs/in.

7. The device of claim 6 wherein the tensile strength exceeds about 1,500 lbs/in.

8. The device of claim 7 wherein the tensile strength is within the range of about 1,500 lbs/in to about 4,300 lbs/in.

9. The device of claim 1 wherein the strap width is about 1 to about 2 inches.

10. The device of claim 1 wherein the strap thickness is within the range of about 0.035 inches to about 0.074 inches.

11. The device of claim 10 wherein the strap thickness is about 0.044 inches or about 0.053 inches.

12. The device of claim 1 wherein the strap thickness is about ten feet in length.

14. The device of claim 1 wherein the pad is a single pad.

16. The device of claim 1 wherein the pad is removably attached to the strap.

2. Two devices intended to make a tarp easier to drag under load when attached, each device consisting of:

a high strength strap with carabiner clips on both ends of the strap, the ends of the strap sewn closed around each carabiner clip, each carabiner clip configured to bind to metal eyelets standard on most tarps, and

a pad attached to the strap, the stray configured to be located individually about the waist, chest or shoulder of a user,

wherein each device allows the user to drag the tarp without use of the user'"'"'s hands,

wherein the second device in combination with the first device to substantially lift the tarp off of the ground.

13. The device of claim 2 wherein the strap thickness is about ten feet in length.

15. The device of claim 2 wherein the pad is a single pad.

17. The device of claim 2 wherein the pad is removably attached to the strap.