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A personal article retention system is disclosed that allows one to transport with minimum risk of loss, valuable personal articles which need to be readily accessible for effective use. In a preferred embodiment, this invention includes a tether having a means on one end that attaches to a personal

A personal article retention system is disclosed that allows one to transport with minimum risk of loss, valuable personal articles which need to be readily accessible for effective use. In a preferred embodiment, this invention includes a tether having a means on one end that attaches to a personal article of its user. The other end of the tether passes through a first connector body and is then detachably connected to a second connector body, with each of these connector bodies being clamped on either side of the belt or waist portion of the user's clothing.

대표청구항 ▼

[ I claim:] [1.]1. A personal article retention system (1) comprising:a tether (10) having first (12) and second (14) ends and a central section (16), a personal article attaching means (18) affixed to said second end (14) for attaching a first personal article to said second tether end (14), a coup

[ I claim:] [1.]1. A personal article retention system (1) comprising:a tether (10) having first (12) and second (14) ends and a central section (16), a personal article attaching means (18) affixed to said second end (14) for attaching a first personal article to said second tether end (14), a coupling means (20) affixed to said first tether end (12),a first connector body (22) configured to couple with said coupling means (20) for detachably coupling said first tether end (12) to said first connector body (22), said first connector body (22) having an affixed first clothing attaching means (24) that allows said connector body (22) to be detachably attached to a first position on a portion of the clothing being worn by a system user,a second connector body (26) having a passage (28) through which the central section (16) of said tether (10) may slide, said second connector body (26) having an affixed second clothing attaching means (30) that allows said connector body (26) to be detachably attached to a second position on a portion of the clothing being worn by a system user,said tether (10) being positionable between an extended and a retracted position, wherein said second position of said second connector body (26) being situated so as to be in operative relation to the first position of said first connector body (22) when said tether (10) is moved between its retracted and extended positions,wherein said tether (10) in its retracted position has said first end coupling means (20) detachably coupled to said first connector body (22), with the central section of said tether (10) wrapped around said user and having said second end (14) passed through said second connector body passage (28) and in close proximity to said second connector body (26), andwherein said tether (10) in its extended position has said first end coupling means (20) uncoupled from said first connector body (22), with the central section (16) of said tether (10) having been slid through said second connector body passage (28) so that said second tether end (14) is extended so that said attached first personal article may be used at a position distant from said second connector body (26) which remains attached to a portion of the clothing of said system user.