Angle fit belt clip

• US 5,657,514 A
• Filed: 12/22/1995
• Issued: 08/19/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Acumen Associates Incorporated (Roper Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Acumen Associates Incorporated (Roper Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Fabrizio, Robert A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sakran, Victor N.
• Application Number:
  US08/577,015
• Time in Patent Office: 606 Days
• Field of Search: 24/265 BC, 24/265 C, 24/265 R, 24/265 AL, 24/300, 24/301, 24/302, 24/482, 24/163 K, 24/179, 24/200
• US Class Current: 24/265.0BC
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 11/006 Attachment of buckle to strap for safety buckles A44B11/2553
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 11/04 without movable parts
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6831 Straps, bands or harnesses
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/4093 Looped strap
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/47 Strap-end-attaching devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/4736 Buckle connected

Abstract

An angled belt clip for diverse worn articles such as heart rate monitors, swimsuits and the like prevents slippage of the article from the proper location on the wearer'"'"'s body. The clip is provided with an upwardly or downwardly angled portion which holds an elastic strap or the like at a different height or location on the wearer'"'"'s body than the height or location of the article. Alternatively, the article can be provided with an angled portion.

Claims

1. An arrangement for maintaining items at a desired position on a person'"'"'s chest, comprising:

a first portion having spaced ends extending on one side of the person'"'"'s chest,

a separate second portion having spaced ends extending on another side of the person'"'"'s chest, and

a pair of belt clips, each of the belt clips being provided between the first and second portions and having an angular displacement for positioning the first and second portions at different height positions on the person'"'"'s chest and non-rotatably connecting each of the spaced ends of the first and second portions for maintaining the first portion and the second portion at the different height positions on each side of the person'"'"'s chest to prevent slippage of said items.

2. The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the each belt clip has an angled portion connected with one of the first portion and the second portion.

3. The arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the first and second portions, at least in the vicinity of the belt clip are arranged to extend in parallel planes.

4. The arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the first and second portions, at least in the vicinity of the belt clip are arranged in intersecting planes.

5. A belt clip for use with an article worn on a chest of a living being, comprising a portion which is angled to an imaginary horizontal plane to provide an angular and non-rotatable displacement between a first strap carrying the article at a first defined height position on the chest and a second strap at a second defined height position at a back portion of the living being, with the first and second height positions being different from each other to prevent the slippage of said article.

6. The belt clip according to claim 5, wherein the first and second straps, at least in an adjoining vicinity thereof, extend in parallel planes.

7. The belt clip according to claim 5, wherein the first and second straps, at least in an adjoining vicinity thereof, extend in intersecting planes.

8. A method of using a pair of belt clips to maintain at least one article at a desired position on a person'"'"'s chest, comprising the steps of

arranging a first portion of the article such that spaced ends of the first portion are on each side of the person'"'"'s chest,

arranging a separate second portion of the article on a back portion opposite the person'"'"'s chest such that spaced ends of the second portion are adjacent the spaced ends of the first portion, and

arranging the belt clips such that an angled portion thereon non-rotatably connects the spaced ends of the first and second portions and provides an angular displacement between the first and second portions to maintain the portions on different positions on the chest without slippage caused by physical exertion.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the first and second portions, at least in the vicinity of the belt clips, extend in parallel planes.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the first and second portions, at least in the vicinity of the belt clips, extend in intersecting planes.