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Lockable strap separator for use with bicycle helmets and the like

  • US 5,666,700 A
  • Filed: 07/12/1995
  • Issued: 09/16/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/12/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for clamping a pair of straps, comprising:

  • a main body defining a passageway between-an-open entrance and an open exit end of the main body for receiving a pair of straps therethrough, the main body defining an aperture therein; and

    a clamping member which is rotatable within said aperture between a first position in which it is adapted to clamp a pair of straps between a bottom surface or a peripheral side surface of the clamping member and the main body and a second position in which the clamping member is adapted to permit a pair of straps to be moved through said passageway, wherein the clamping memberis a cylindrical member having a cam around it, the cam having a ramped surface extending between at least one peak and at least one valley of the cam, and wherein the main body has an interior surface having a projection which engages the ramped surface of the cam, wherein the projection engages the peak of the cam in said first position and wherein the projection engages the valley of the cam in said second position.

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