Adjustment device for a portable element comprising wire-shaped elements

• US 9,456,666 B2
• Filed: 01/21/2014
• Issued: 10/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zedel
• Original Assignee: Zedel
• Inventors: Girault, Eric, Martin, Grgory
• Primary Examiner(s): Sandy, Robert J
• Assistant Examiner(s): MERCADO, LOUIS A
• Application Number:
  US14/159,889
• Publication Number:
  US 20140201953A1
• Time in Patent Office: 987 Days
• Field of Search: 241/7, 241/8
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 9/027 Straps; Buckles; Attachment of headbands
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 33/002 Swimming goggles
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/084 Head fittings
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/0008 Clothing or clothing accessories, e.g. scarfs, gloves or belts
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 3/003 Arrangements for fitting and securing to the head in the position of use
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/392 Wire

Abstract

The adjustment device for a portable element includes: a first and second pair of first and second wire-shaped elements; a first adjustment unit mounted mobile on the first pair of wire-shaped elements and configured to: define two deviation paths of the first pair of wire-shaped elements and to separate the first and second wire-shaped elements of the first pair by a first distance X1, and define a first mechanical coupling means with the second pair of wire-shaped elements; and a second adjustment unit mounted mobile on the second pair of wire-shaped elements and configured to: define two deviation paths of the second pair of wire-shaped elements and to separate the first and second wire-shaped elements of the second pair by a second distance X2, and define a first mechanical coupling means with the first pair of wire-shaped elements.

Claims

1. An adjustment device for a portable element comprising:

a first pair of wire-shaped elements with a first and a second wire-shaped element;

a second pair of wire-shaped elements with a first and a second wire-shaped element;

a first adjustment unit mounted mobile on the first pair of wire-shaped elements and configured to;

define two deviation paths of the first pair of wire-shaped elements and to separate the first and second wire-shaped elements of the first pair by a first distance X1,

define a first mechanical coupler with the second pair of wire-shaped elements; and

a second adjustment unit mounted mobile on the first pair of wire-shaped elements and configured to;

define two deviation paths of the second pair of wire-shaped elements and to separate the first and second wire-shaped elements of the second pair by a second distance X2,

define a first mechanical coupler with the first pair of wire-shaped elements,

the first wire-shaped element of the first pair of wire-shaped elements passes through the first adjustment unit from a first side of the first adjustment unit to an opposite second side of the first adjustment unit,

the second wire-shaped element of the second pair of wire-shaped elements passes through the first adjustment unit from the first side of the first adjustment unit to the opposite second side of the first adjustment unit, wherein at least one of the first pair and the second pair of the wire-shaped elements forms a continuous loop, and

the first distance X1 is measured on the first side of the first adjustment unit.

2. The adjustment device for the portable element according to claim 1, wherein:

the first and second pairs of wire-shaped elements each form a single wire-shaped element, and

the mechanical coupler of each adjustment unit form a return means for one of the wire-shaped elements, wherein each single wire-shaped element has two ends mechanically coupled to a connector.

3. The adjustment device for the portable element according to claim 1, wherein the first pair and the second pair of the wire-shaped elements are of a same length.

4. The adjustment device for the portable element according to claim 1, wherein the portable element comprises a headlamp.

5. An adjustment device for a portable element comprising:

a first pair of wire-shaped elements with a first and a second wire-shaped element;

a second pair of wire-shaped elements with a first and a second wire-shaped element;

a first adjustment unit mounted mobile on the first pair of wire-shaped elements and configured to;

define two deviation paths of the first pair of wire-shaped elements and to separate the first and second wire-shaped elements of the first pair by a first distance X1,

define a first mechanical coupler with the second pair of wire-shaped elements; and

a second adjustment unit mounted mobile on the first pair of wire-shaped elements and configured to;

define two deviation paths of the second pair of wire-shaped elements and to separate the first and second wire-shaped elements of the second pair by a second distance X2,

define a first mechanical coupler with the first pair of wire-shaped elements,

wherein at least one of the first pair and the second pair of the wire-shaped elements forms a continuous loop.

6. The adjustment device for the portable element according to claim 5, wherein the portable element is configured to:

define a second mechanical coupler with the first pair of wire-shaped elements and to separate the first and second wire-shaped elements of the first pair by a third distance X3, wherein the distance X3 is measured on another side of the first adjustment unit, and

define a second mechanical coupler with the second pair of wire-shaped elements and to separate the first and second wire-shaped elements of the second pair by a fourth distance X4, wherein the distance X4 is measured on another side of the second adjustment unit.

7. The adjustment device for the portable element according to claim 5, wherein:

the first and second pairs of wire-shaped elements each form a single wire-shaped element, and

the mechanical coupler of each adjustment unit form a return means for one of the wire-shaped elements, wherein each single wire-shaped element has two ends mechanically coupled to a connector.

8. The adjustment device for the portable element according to claim 5, wherein the first pair and the second pair of the wire-shaped elements are of a same length.

9. The adjustment device for the portable element according to claim 8, wherein the portable element comprises a headlamp.

10. An adjustment device for a portable element comprising:

a first pair of wire-shaped elements with a first and a second wire-shaped element;

a second pair of wire-shaped elements with a first and a second wire-shaped element;

a first adjustment unit mounted mobile on the first pair of wire-shaped elements and configured to;

define two deviation paths of the first pair of wire-shaped elements and to separate the first and second wire-shaped elements of the first pair by a first distance X1,

define a first mechanical coupler with the second pair of wire-shaped elements; and

a second adjustment unit mounted mobile on the first pair of wire-shaped elements and configured to;

define two deviation paths of the second pair of wire-shaped elements and to separate the first and second wire-shaped elements of the second pair by a second distance X2,

define a first mechanical coupler with the first pair of wire-shaped elements,

the first wire-shaped element of the first pair of wire-shaped elements passes through the first adjustment unit from a first side of the first adjustment unit to a second side of the first adjustment unit,

the second wire-shaped element of the second pair of wire-shaped elements passes through the first adjustment unit from the first side of the first adjustment unit to the second side of the first adjustment unit, wherein at least one of the first pair and the second pair of the wire-shaped elements forms a continuous loop, and

the first distance X1 is measured on the first side of the first adjustment unit.

11. The adjustment device for the portable element according to claim 10, wherein:

the first and second pairs of wire-shaped elements each form a single wire-shaped element, and

the mechanical coupler of each adjustment unit form a return means for one of the wire-shaped elements, wherein each single wire-shaped element has two ends mechanically coupled to a connector.

12. The adjustment device for the portable element according to claim 10, wherein the first pair and the second pair of the wire-shaped elements are of a same length.

13. The adjustment device for the portable element according to claim 10, wherein the portable element comprises a headlamp.