| US 7,574,786 B2 | ||
| String fastener | ||
| Sen-Mei Cheng, Chang Hwa Hsien (Taiwan) | ||
| Assigned to Taiwan Paiho Limited, Chang Hwa Hsien (Taiwan); and Chao-Nan Chang, Chang Hwa Hsien (Taiwan) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 19, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/640,852. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 95129256 A (TW), filed on Aug. 09, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0034555 A1, Feb. 14, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. A43C 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 24—712.5 [24/115 G; 24/712.2; 36/50.1] | 17 Claims |
| 1. A string fastener for fastening a string, comprising:
a fastener body including
a top;
a bottom;
a first side;
a second side opposite to the first side;
a third side;
two first holes defined completely through the top to the bottom;
a bar portion formed between the first holes; and
two sliding tracks respectively defined in the first side and the second side, extended toward the bar portion and communicated
respectively with the first holes; and
two positioning units slidably and respectively held in the fastener body along the sliding tracks, and each of the positioning
units comprising
a positioning unit body slidably held in the fastener body along the associated sliding track;
a bulge protruded downward from the positioning unit body and held in the associated first hole in the bottom of the fastener
body;
an opening defined in the positioning unit body;
an operating portion connected to the positioning unit body outside the fastener body;
an indentation defined in a position opposite to the operating portion; and
a block portion formed between the opening and the indentation.
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