Patent ID: 11957218
Assignee: nan
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 17:
18. A cam buckle comprising:
a first side wall and a second side wall offset from one another in a width direction of the cam buckle by an internal width dimension sufficient to accommodate a strap of webbing between said side walls;
a wrap-around element spanning said internal width dimension and interconnecting said first and second side walls at a location situated intermediately between front and rear ends of the buckle that oppose one another in a longitudinal direction of orthogonal relationship to said width dimension, wherein the strap is wrappable about a front of said wrap-around element from an underside thereof to an opposing topside thereof to impart a folded reversal of the strap such that the strap both enters and exits the buckle at the rear end thereof; and
a cam cover pivotably coupled to the two side walls at a pivot point elevated above said wrap-around element, said cam cover being pivotable between a closed securement position operable to hold said strap against said topside of the wrap-around element, and an open position releasing said hold of said strap against said topside of the wrap-around element;
wherein the cam cover has first and second gripping regions characterized by protrusive features for imparting hold to the strap, in a wrapped state thereof around the front of the wrap-around element, when the cam cover is in the closed securement position, of which the first gripping region is nearer to the pivot point of the cam cover than the second gripping region, whereby the first and second gripping regions, in the closed position of the cam cover, impart said hold to the strap at different respective positions thereon of longitudinally spaced relation to one another along a length of said strap to increase an overall hold exerted thereon.