Claims
- 1. A lanyard construction comprising;a strap forming a closed loop of flexible material for disposal about a part of a human body; an adjustable position mounting member attached to said loop and adapted for mounting a separate object to be displayed or used by the wearer of the lanyard; wherein the mounting member comprises a body with two horizontally offset and vertically spaced apart slots, thereby forming friction bars between the slots at the front and back of the body, said friction bars allowing the strap to adjustably slide through the slots under tension; and a breakaway assembly defining a weak point in said loop, whereat said loop may open and be pulled free from the wearer.
- 2. The lanyard of claim 1, wherein the horizontally offset and vertically spaced apart slots in the mounting member cause the mounting member to lie flat against the human body.
- 3. The lanyard of claim 1, wherein the horizontally offset and vertically spaced apart slots in the mounting member cause objects held by the mounting member to be maintained in a plane that is parallel to the body of the mounting member, wherein that plane is parallel to the body of the wearer when the lanyard is worn around a person's neck.
- 4. The lanyard of claim 1, wherein said breakaway assembly comprises interengaging male and female parts.
- 5. The lanyard of claim 4, wherein the male part comprises a rigid member with at least one side notch, and a semi-circular end portion.
- 6. The lanyard of claim 5, wherein the female part comprises a slot in a wall, the side of which includes at least one detent.
- 7. The lanyard of claim 1, wherein the mounting member further comprises a slide hook assembly comprising a hook member attached to a sliding members.
- 8. The lanyard of claim 7, wherein the hook member and the sliding member comprise an integral unit.
- 9. The lanyard of claim 1, wherein the mounting member further comprises a universal slide attachment comprising a hinged extension member emanating from the body, wherein the distal end of the extension member includes a closure member which is adapted for closure of the extension member with a corresponding member in the main body, forming an attachment point for one or more other objects.
- 10. The lanyard of claim 9, wherein the extension member and the main body of the universal slide attachment further comprise snap-together members.
- 11. The lanyard of claim 10, wherein the snap-together members comprise plastic male and female members.
- 12. The lanyard of claim 11, wherein one of the other objects held by the attachment point is a key ring.
- 13. The lanyard of claim 11, wherein one of the other objects held by the attachment point is a badge clip.
- 14. The lanyard of claim 11, wherein one of the other objects held by the attachment point is a swivel hook.
- 15. The lanyard of claim 11, wherein one of the other objects held by the attachment point is a “J” hook.
- 16. The lanyard of claim 11, wherein one of the other objects held by the attachment point is a bulldog clip.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 from two abandoned provisional applications, U.S. Ser. No. 60/157,812, filed Oct. 4, 1999 and U.S. Ser. No. 60/166,245, filed Nov. 18, 1999, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference.
US Referenced Citations (15)
Provisional Applications (2)
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60/157812 |
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60/166245 |
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