CORD LOCK

摘要

A cord lock includes various components used to slidably adjust a cord length, such as one or more housing components that releasably clamp around the cord. In one aspect, the cord lock includes an arrangement of magnets that bias the cord-lock housing components away from one another, in order to secure the cord between the housing components. The housing components can be pressed towards one another to slidably adjust the cord. In a further aspect, the cord lock may also include a magnetized excess-cord retainer that attaches to a portion of the cord and that releasably attaches to the cord lock in order to help gather excess cord pulled through the cord lock.

主权项

1. A cord lock comprising:
a housing having a base and one or more sidewalls extending from the base to at least partially define a plunger-receiving space, the one or more sidewalls including a first through-channel, the housing including a first magnet that has a first pole with a first polarity and a second pole with a second polarity and that is positioned in the plunger-receiving space; and a plunger including a second through-channel that is alignable with the first through-channel when the plunger is positioned in the plunger-receiving space, the plunger having a second magnet that has a third pole with the first polarity and a fourth pole with the second polarity, wherein the first polarity of the first pole and the first polarity of the third pole are a same polarity, and wherein the first pole and the third pole are oriented towards each other, such that the first polarity of the first pole and the first polarity of the third pole bias the second magnet away from the first magnet to dealign the first through-channel and the second through-channel.