US Patent Issued to TAILFIN on July 28 for "Anchor for securing an elastic cord" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,926, issued on July 28, was assigned to TAILFIN Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).

"Anchor for securing an elastic cord" was invented by Nicholas Broadbent (Long Ashton North, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anchor for securing an elastic cord includes first and second spaced walls defining an anchoring passage, an anchoring cavity provided at one end of the anchoring passage, at least one retaining tooth projecting into the anchoring cavity for locking engagement with a section of the cord situated within the anchoring cavity, and a non-linear path provided by the anchoring passage and extending from the anchoring cavity...