Waist adjusting device
US6425139B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 29, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jul 30, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 29, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA41F1/008
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
The present invention provides a waist adjusting device which allows reduction of the number of parts, an operating piece to exert its elastic performance accurately with respect to a slider body and a smooth engagement/disengagement operation. An adjusting belt has a plurality of adjusting protrusions provided on the surface thereof and a slider body has a through portion through which the adjusting belt is capable of being inserted to the right and left and further insertion holes in which an operating piece is inserted, provided on upper and lower portions of the slider body. Slope portions inclined outward are provided on both sides of the lower insertion hole. The operating piece has engaging protrusions on one face and elastic leg portions on both sides, provided integrally with a main body thereof. Ends of the elastic leg portion are brought into an elastic contact with the slope portions so that the operating piece is always urged upward so as to allow the adjusting protrusions and the engaging protrusions to engage with each other. By pressing the operating piece resisting an elastic force of the elastic leg portion, engagement between the adjusting protrusions and the eng…
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