Cord tightening device

• Main Author: Blackburn, Anthony Clark
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 02.01.2024
• Subjects: BELTS, CABLES, OR ROPES, PREDOMINANTLY USED FOR DRIVINGPURPOSES; BLASTING; CHAINS; DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; FITTINGS PREDOMINANTLY USED THEREFOR; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES,FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS,BLINDS, GATES; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; LADDERS; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

A simple two-piece easily and inexpensively manufactured cord tightening device and method thereof, the device comprising: a base, cylindrical in form with walls, an interior bottom having ridges, a hollow central column, and a protrusion in the walls with an opening, the protrusion; and a handle, fashioned in the shape of a spool, with a top flange with at least one hole therein, central cylindrical cavity, and bottom flange with ridges on the bottom. The cord tightening device wherein the central cylindrical cavity of the handle fits onto the hollow central column of the base. The cord tightening device may further comprise threading in the hollow central column of the base. The cord tightening device may further comprise a screw. The cord tightening device may further comprise a spring washer. The cord tightening device may further comprise at least two holes in the top flange of the handle. The cord tightening device may further comprise a circular ridge around the central cylindrical cavity of the top flange. The cord tightening device may further comprise ridges on the outer rim of the top flange.