US 11,990,706 B2
Cable tether system
Nicholas Evan Barker, Laguna Beach, CA (US); Susan Denton, Laguna Beach, CA (US); Eric Yang, Baldwin Park, CA (US); and Sujin Hwang, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US)
Assigned to Masimo Corporation, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Masimo Corporation, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/170,652.
Application 17/170,652 is a continuation of application No. 15/018,745, filed on Feb. 8, 2016, granted, now 10,916,882.
Application 15/018,745 is a continuation of application No. 13/762,062, filed on Feb. 7, 2013, granted, now 9,267,572, issued on Feb. 23, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/596,555, filed on Feb. 8, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2021/0210899 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. H01R 13/639 (2006.01); F16G 11/00 (2006.01); G09F 3/02 (2006.01); H01R 13/60 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/60 (2013.01) [F16G 11/00 (2013.01); G09F 3/02 (2013.01); H01R 13/6392 (2013.01); Y10T 24/398 (2015.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cable tether system, comprising:
a base member comprising a cable engagement portion configured to fully encircle a circumference of at least a portion of a first cable, wherein the base member comprises a flap formed from a portion of the cable engagement portion, the flap configured to extend radially from the first cable when encircled by the cable engagement portion, the flap comprising a first engagement portion; and
an elongate member comprising a length extending from a proximal end adjacent to the base member to a distal end extending away from the base member, the length of the elongate member configured to at least partially encircle at least a portion of a second cable by securing a second engagement portion at said distal end of the elongate member to the first engagement portion of the base member,
wherein the second engagement portion comprises a protrusion configured to detachably couple with at least one cavity of the first engagement portion, wherein the protrusion comprises a head portion coupled to a body of the elongate member via a neck portion, wherein the head portion has a larger perimeter than the neck portion.