US20090277987A1

US20090277987A1 - Adjuster

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Publication number: US20090277987A1
Application number: US12/208,564
Authority: US
Inventors: Man Chan
Original assignee: Nifco HK Ltd
Current assignee: Nifco HK Ltd
Priority date: 2008-05-07
Filing date: 2008-09-11
Publication date: 2009-11-12
Also published as: CN201294932Y

Abstract

An adjuster comprises three holes, all of which can be passed through by a string, wherein, one of the three holes is smaller than a knot of the string, another of them is the biggest and sized sufficiently both for the string to pass through and for a peg to hook up. By using this type of the adjuster, a tent can be anchored steady with a string and the adjustment of the string can also be done easily and conveniently.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

Adjuster are know to be used in different ways such as backpacks, outdoors gear, tent, luggage and the like, which are usually made by plastic.

BACKGROUND

The function of adjuster is to attach the cords or tapes together for different directions, which can easily focus the force into one point to bear the weight from other things, and the cords or tapes can be adjusted to control the length.
It is popular to find adjusters used with pegs to anchor a tent to the ground for camping. FIGS. 1 and 2 show such a conventional adjuster and its movement for adjusting the cord in existing method. It can be seen from FIG. 1 that the conventional adjuster is a plate-like member having two holes at the opposite ends thereof for the passage of the cord. When the conventional adjuster is used with the cord to set up of a tent, one side of the cord in the right length should be connected to the tent, and the other side should be first passed through one hole of the adjuster, pass through the other hole with a loop formed therebetween for linking a peg and then make a knot at the free end. In addition, the loop is adjustable as to anchor the tent in the right way.
However, it is not convenient to adjust the cord after the tent is anchored. By using existing methods to steady a tent, the length of the cord must be in the right length as to tightly hold all parts in needed, or the users might need to adjust the adjuster by holding both the adjuster and the cord to tent side for sliding adjustment, or by releasing the knot of loop for hooking up the peg as to re-knot the cord after finished the adjustment. Yet, the cord might not be adjusted in suitable length by the above-mentioned methods because inaccuracy would be occurred during the adjustment. Moreover, the adjuster would be hard to slide and the peg on the ground would be loosening during the adjustment since the cord was provided in the right length to steady the components tightly, which the users need to set up again if the peg loosened.

THE SUMMARY OF THE UTILITY

To solve the problem described above, there is proposed An adjuster comprises three holes, all of which can be passed through by a string, wherein, one of the three holes is smaller than a knot of the string, another of them is the biggest and sized sufficiently both for the string to pass through and for a peg to hook up.
Preferably, the other of the three has a sloped or wedged sidewall that is one the side of said one hole and opposite to said another hole.
Preferably, the middle part of the adjuster is narrowed and curved.
Preferably, the adjuster is made from plastic.

THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCOMPANYING FIGURES

Further features and advantages will become more apparent from the detailed description of the embodiments of the adjuster according to the present utility. This description will be set out hereinafter with reference to the accompanying figures, given by way of non-limiting example, in which:

FIG. 1 shows a conventional adjuster and its usage with a tent.

FIG. 2 shows the movement of the conventional adjuster for adjusting the cord in existing method.

FIG. 3 shows a novel adjuster made in accordance with the present utility.

FIG. 4 shows the detailed structure of the adjuster of FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 shows a preferred feature of the adjuster of FIG. 3.

FIG. 6 shows the side view of the adjuster of FIG. 3.

FIG. 7 shows the usage of the adjuster of FIG. 3.

THE DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

Now, the preferred embodiment of the utility will be described with reference to the accompanying figures. Specifically, FIG. 3 shows the overall structure of the adjuster, designated by reference numeral 1, made in accordance with the utility. The adjuster 1 is formed with three holes, that is, the first hole 4, the second hole 3 and third hole 2, as illustrated by FIG. 4. It is appreciated that the sequences of the holes are just for clarity of the description of the new using method of the adjuster. The direction of the arrangement of the holes is marked by Arrow A. Among three holes, the first hole 4 is the biggest one for both passing through the string and hooking up onto a peg and third hole 2 is the smallest and is smaller than a knot of the string. Alternatively; the shapes of holes 3 and 4 can be formed integrally and then divided by a crossbar 6 into two parts. Preferably, the crossbar 6 can be roughened to increase the friction between the crossbar and the string. Furthermore, the side wall of the second hole 3, which is on the side next to the third hole 2 and opposite to the first hole 4, can be sloped or wedged so that the cross section of the hole is decreasing, as can be seen from FIG. 4. Moreover, the size of cross section can be decreased to such an extent that it is slightly small than the diameter of the string, so that the string should be pressed through the hole 3 to increase the engagement of the adjuster and the string further.
Moreover, the middle part 5 of the adjuster 1 in the direction A can be narrowed in width in ergonomic to fit the shape of finger for holding the adjuster easily and firmly, as can be seen from FIG. 5. With reference to FIG. 6, the adjuster 1 is curved to allow the adjuster aligned with the string from the tent after hooked up the peg tightly.
Furthermore, the material from which the adjuster is made can be any suitable material, such as plastic.
Next, the new method of anchoring an object such as a tent with such an adjuster will be described.
When the adjuster 1 is used for anchoring the tent 13, firstly, one side of the string 12, the other side of which is connected or linked to the tent, is passed through the first hole 4 from the bottom of the adjuster and then is passed through the second hole 3 from the top and wound the crossbar 6. After that, a cord loop 121 is formed so that the length of the string is almost right. Lastly, the string is passed through the third hole and then is knotted to form a knot 122. After the adjuster is connected, the first hole 4 of the adjuster 1 can be hooked up on a peg 11 and then the peg is plugged onto the ground. If the length of the string or cord 121 is not right or needs to be adjusted, the user should only adjust the cord loop easily and freely.
In this new application, the utility model is a type of adjuster that can be directly hooked up with a peg, whereas the adjuster in existing method was only used for fastening cords. The functions and benefits of the utility model are as follows:

- a. A cord-loop would be made for the adjustment, which is different to the existing method that the loop is used for hooking up a peg. In addition, the peg can be directly hook up with a hole of the adjuster to set up a tent, so that the peg can be anchored steadily on the ground and not be loosening easily since there are no any actions on it when adjusting the cord.
- b. A cord-loop would be made for the adjustment, which is different to the existing methods; the cord is not necessary to be in the right length for connecting the tent tightly since the new method makes the cord can be freely adjusted by the cord-loop.
- c. It is concaved in the middle part of this new adjuster, which the existing adjusters were in flatten shape. Hence, users can hold the adjuster easily than before as to avoid slipping when holding the adjuster.
- d. When a adjustment is needed for anchoring a tent, users only need to slide the loop for adjusting the accuracy of the cord, while in the existing methods, adjusters were slide by holding both the adjuster and the cord to tent side for sliding adjustment, or by releasing the knot of loop for hooking up the peg as to re-knot the cord after finished the adjustment. This new method may let the adjuster to be more user-friendly for adjustment to anchor the tent.
- e. The new adjuster is available to be used with different kinds of string, such as tapes and cords.

Claims

1. An adjuster comprises three holes, all of which can be passed through by a string, wherein, one of the three holes is smaller than a knot of the string in size, another of them is the biggest and sized sufficiently both for the string to pass through and for a peg to hook up.

2. An adjuster according to claim 1, wherein the other of the three has a sloped or wedged sidewall that is one the side of said one hole and opposite to said another hole.

3. An adjuster according to claim 1 or 2, the middle part of the adjuster is narrowed in width and curved.

4. An adjuster according to claim 1 or 2, the adjuster is made from plastic.