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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 1984
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
John A Bakker, Bartlett, IL (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2411 / ;
Abstract
A cord lock is provided for securing or locking a flexible cord or the like. The cord lock has but three pieces, a molded plastic cylinder and a molded plastic piston, and a biasing spring trapped therebetween. Snap-over cammed retaining means are provided for holding the piston and cylinder in assembled relation against the biasing force of the spring. Confronting flats are provided on the outer surface of the piston and inner surfaces of the cylinder to maintain rotational alignment so that a pair of lateral apertures in the cylinder can be aligned with a cross-bore in the piston for movement of a cord or the like therethrough.