Patent ID: 6018851
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: F16G,Y10T

Abstract:
A loadable cord lock comprising:an outer telescoping member having at least two side walls and a bottom wall, defining an interior cavity, and an aperture extending through said two side walls;an inner telescoping member slidable within the cavity of said outer telescoping member and having an aperture extending therethrough;means for biasing said inner and outer members so that said apertures are not aligned, to pinch a cord threaded through said apertures;at least one leg attached to the inner telescoping member and extending into the interior cavity of the outer telescoping member, said leg having a T-shaped free end and being biased away from the center of the cord lock;at least one leg retaining means located within the outer telescoping member, such that pressing the inner telescoping member into the outer telescoping member causes the leg retaining means to lock the inner telescoping member in a first locking position where the apertures on the inner and outer telescoping members are aligned for feeding a cord therethrough, and further pressure on the inner telescoping member causes the inner telescoping member to lock in a second locking position, where the apertures are not aligned, to pinch the cord.