US 12,291,431 B2
Firefighter's utility device
Gregory Chero, Babylon, NY (US)
Assigned to Multipurpose Webbing Inc., Babylon, NY (US)
Filed by MULTIPURPOSE WEBBING INC., Babylon, NY (US)
Filed on Jun. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/339,255.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/034,488, filed on Jun. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0380376 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. B66C 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC B66C 1/12 (2013.01) 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A utility device, comprising:
a tether having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the tether is formed from webbing having a planar top surface and a planar bottom surface;
a handle operatively connected to the proximal end of the tether, wherein the handle defines a loop formed by the proximal end of the tether;
a fastener operatively connected to the distal end of the tether, wherein the fastener has an opening dimensioned large enough for the tether to enter it and a closure mechanism configured to be selectably opened and closed, wherein the closure mechanism includes a gate that is spring-biased to a closed position;
wherein the tether further includes at least one fastening point configured for receiving the fastener and located at one or more points between the proximal end and the distal end of the tether; and
wherein at least one of the at least one fastening point includes a loop formed by a length of material operatively connected at a first point along the length of material to a first point along the tether and at a second point along the length of material to a second point along the tether.