LANYARD SLIDER WITH IMPLEMENT HOLDERS

• US 20160073745A1
• Filed: 11/07/2014
• Published: 03/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pure Safety Group, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Ty-Flot Incorporated (Pure Safety Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Moreau, Andre W., Moreau, Darrell A.
• Granted Patent: US 9,791,102 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A44C 11/005 with friction boxes adjustments
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/04 for supporting on, or holding steady relative to, a person, e.g. by chains , e.g. rifle butt or pistol grip supports, supports attached to the chest or head apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them G03B

Abstract

A lanyard slider includes a plate-like slider body having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side portion, and a second side portion. The plate-like slider body defines at least one cord opening extending longitudinally therethrough along a cord opening axis extending between the bottom surface and the top surface, where the cord opening is sized to receive a lanyard cord. The lanyard slider also has at least one implement holder that is contiguous with and extends from the slider body. Each implement holder has a first holder sidewall and a second holder sidewall extending in opposed and spaced apart relation, where the first holder sidewall and the second holder sidewall define therebetween an implement passageway extending along a holder passageway axis and having an elongated cross-sectional shape.

Claims

1. A lanyard slider comprising:

a plate-like slider body having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side portion, and a second side portion, the plate-like slider body defining at least one cord opening extending longitudinally therethrough along a cord opening axis extending between and parallel to the bottom surface and the top surface, each of the at least one cord opening being sized to receive a lanyard cord therethrough; and

at least one implement holder contiguous with and extending from the slider body, each implement holder having a first holder sidewall and a second holder sidewall extending in opposed and spaced apart relation wherein the first holder sidewall and the second holder sidewall define therebetween an elongated implement passageway.

2. The lanyard slider of claim 1, wherein the at least one cord opening is sized to accommodate a first lanyard cord portion and a second lanyard cord portion extending side-by-side through the at least one cord opening.

3. The lanyard slider of claim 2, wherein the at least one cord opening has a cross-sectional shape selected from the group consisting of a rectangle, a rectangle with rounded ends, an oval, an ellipse, and a circle.

4. The lanyard slider of claim 1, wherein each elongated implement passageway is substantially parallel to the at least one cord opening.

5. The lanyard slider of claim 1, wherein the elongated implement passageway has a cross-sectional shape selected from the group consisting of a rectangle, a rectangle with rounded ends, an oval, and a teardrop shape.

6. The lanyard slider of claim 1, wherein the holder passageway defines a longitudinal gap between and separating a distal end portion of the first holder sidewall and a distal end portion of the second holder sidewall.

7. The lanyard slider of claim 6, wherein the first holder sidewall and the second holder sidewall each generally extend transversely away from the top surface of the plate-like slider body.

8. The lanyard slider of claim 6, wherein the lanyard slider has at least two implement holders, wherein a first implement holder extends laterally away from the first side portion of the plate-like slider body and a second implement holder extends laterally away from the second side portion of the plate-like slider body wherein the first implement holder and the second implement holder are substantially coplanar with the plate-like slider body.

9. The lanyard slider of claim 1, wherein the slider body and the at least one implement holder define a monolithic, unitary member.

10. The lanyard slider of claim 9, wherein the monolithic, unitary member is made of a resilient material.

11. The lanyard slider of claim 1 wherein the slider body is made of a first material and each of the at least one implement holders is made of a second material different from the first material, each of the at least one implement holders being permanently affixed to the slider body.

12. The lanyard slider of claim 1, further comprising:

a cap tether connected to the lanyard slider; and

a cap connected to the cap tether, wherein the cap has a cap body that defines a blind cylindrical bore extending into the cap body.

13. The lanyard slider of claim 13, wherein the cap tether, the cap, the slider body, and the at least one implement holder define a monolithic, unitary member.

14. A closed-loop lanyard comprising:

a plate-like slider body having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side portion, and a second side portion, the plate-like slider body defining at least one cord opening extending longitudinally therethrough along a cord opening axis extending between and parallel to the bottom surface and the top surface, each of the at least one cord opening being sized to receive a lanyard cord therethrough;

at least one implement holder contiguous with and extending from the slider body, each implement holder having a first holder sidewall and a second holder sidewall extending in opposed and spaced apart relation wherein the first holder sidewall and the second holder sidewall define therebetween an elongated implement passageway; and

a lanyard cord extending through the at least one cord opening and defining a closed loop.

15. The lanyard slider of claim 14, wherein the slider body and the at least one implement holder define a monolithic, unitary member.

16. The lanyard slider of claim 14, wherein the first holder sidewall and the second holder sidewall each generally extend transversely away from the top surface of the plate-like slider body.

18. The combination of claim 16, wherein the lanyard cord defines a permanently closed loop.

19. The lanyard slider of claim 16, wherein the slider body and the at least one implement holder define a monolithic, unitary member.

20. The lanyard slider of claim 16, further comprising:

a cap tether connected to the lanyard slider; and

a cap connected to the cap tether, wherein the cap has a cap body that defines a blind cylindrical bore extending into the cap body.

17. A lanyard and lanyard slider combination comprising:

a lanyard cord;

a plate-like slider body having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side portion, and a second side portion, the plate-like slider body defining at least one cord opening extending longitudinally therethrough along a cord opening axis extending between and parallel to the bottom surface and the top surface, each of the at least one cord opening being sized to receive the lanyard cord therethrough; and

at least one implement holder contiguous with and extending from the slider body, each implement holder having a first holder sidewall and a second holder sidewall extending in opposed and spaced apart relation wherein the first holder sidewall and the second holder sidewall define therebetween an elongated implement passageway.