US 12,449,018 B2
Connecting straps for sports activities
Eric Michael Landis, Grand Junction, CO (US)
Filed by Eric Michael Landis, Grand Junction, CO (US)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/938,576.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/252,726, filed on Oct. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0243402 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. F16G 11/00 (2006.01); B62J 50/00 (2020.01)
CPC F16G 11/00 (2013.01) [B62J 50/00 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connecting strap comprising:
a webbing sleeve having a first end with a first integral end loop and a second end with a second integral end loop, each of the first and second integral end loops being formed by doubling a free end of the webbing sleeve back and securing the free end in place to a standing end of the webbing sleeve with first stitching at a base of the respective integral end loop; and
a band of elastic material disposed inside the webbing sleeve and attached to the webbing sleeve at the base of each of the first and second integral end loops;
wherein the first integral end loop includes second stitching that separates the first integral end loop into a first subsidiary loop extending from the base of the first integral end loop to the second stitching and a second subsidiary loop that extends from the second stitching to third stitching at a tip of the first integral end loop, and wherein the tip of the first integral end loop further includes a third subsidiary loop with a connecting cord sewn with the third stitching.