US 12,292,079 B2
Adjustable stretch cord connector
Jacob Dykstra, Lake Forest, CA (US)
Assigned to Hampton Products International Corporation, Foothill Ranch, CA (US)
Filed by HAMPTON PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Foothill Ranch, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/483,503.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/423,852, filed on Nov. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0151259 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. F16B 45/00 (2006.01); F16G 11/04 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 45/00 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stretch cord system, comprising:
an elongated elastic stretch cord configured to elastically deform upon application of force to the elongated elastic stretch cord; and
a connector, comprising:
an elongated body enclosing an interior space;
a primary path disposed within the interior space and communicating with a primary opening formed through a proximal wall of the elongated body;
a secondary path disposed within the interior space and communicating with a secondary opening formed through the proximal wall of the elongated body;
a divider separating the primary path from the secondary path, the divider extending from the proximal wall of the elongated body to a divider distal end;
a cleat comprising a cleat opening and a narrowed portion, the cleat being formed in the divider so that the cleat opening is formed through the divider distal end;
a plurality of teeth extending into the secondary path from opposing first and second inner side surfaces of the elongated body, the plurality of teeth disposed distal of the narrowed portion of the cleat; and
a grip formed at or adjacent the secondary opening, the grip having a grip path that has a diameter less than a width of the secondary path, the grip also having a grip access space formed through a top wall of the elongated body, the grip access space having a width less than the diameter of the grip path
wherein the elongated elastic stretch cord extends through at least the primary path.