Patent ID: 11950662
Assignee: TRU-FIT BELTS, LLC
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  B  F | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. A method of tightening and loosening a quick release belt, comprising the steps of:
providing a quick release belt configured to wrap around a waist of a user, the quick release belt comprising;
a release band on the quick release belt;
a quick release binding operably engaged with the release band on the quick release belt comprising:
a base;
a release rotationally attached to the base and having an engaged position and a release position and comprising a pawl;
a tooth coupling rotationally attached to the base and operably engaged with the release and the release band and comprising an outwardly extending shelf that is operably engaged with the pawl of the release and a downwardly extending tooth lock; and
a lever rotationally attached to the release and operably engaged with the release band, and comprising at least one tightening tooth that disposed between a plurality of belt teeth;

sliding a first end of the release band through the quick release binding;
preventing the release band from loosening by providing a plurality of teeth within the quick release binding and the on the release band that allow for relative sliding movement in a tightening direction around the user, and prevent relative sliding movement in a loosening direction around the user;
tightening the quick release belt incrementally by rotating the lever on the quick release binding, forcing incremental sliding movement in the tightening direction between the quick release binding and the release band and forcing the tooth lock over a sloped side of one of the plurality of belt teeth into a space between two of the plurality of belt teeth and is prevents the release band from moving in the loosening direction;
loosening the quick release belt by rotating the release away from the release band, thereby rotating the pawl toward the release band and contacting the shelf of the tooth coupling forcing the tooth coupling to rotate and remove the tooth lock from the space between two of the plurality of belt teeth and allowing for relative movement in both the tightening and loosening directions between the quick release binding and the release band.