Lanyard

Abstract

A lanyard assembly comprising a strap and an attachment or connection element, wherein the strap is a flat neck strap ( 10 ) having two adjacent opposed ends angularly joined together in a V-shape whereby forming a closed loop with an engagement portion ( 11 ) on which the attachment or connection element is provided. The engagement portion is formed in such a manner that the strip ( 10 ) gives a closer fit to the body and will not get twisted whereby a stamped or printed side thereof can be always fully exposed to view.

1 . A lanyard assembly comprising a strap and an attachment or connection element, characterized in that the strap is a flat neck strap ( 10 ) having two adjacent opposed ends angularly joined together in a V-shape whereby forming a closed loop with an engagement portion ( 11 ) on which the attachment or connection element is provided, wherein the engagement portion is formed in such a manner that the strip ( 10 ) gives a closer fit to the body and will not get twisted whereby a stamped or printed side thereof can be always fully exposed to view.  
   
   
       2 . A lanyard assembly as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the two adjacent opposed ends are joined in an angle ranging from 1° to 120°.  
   
   
       3 . A lanyard assembly as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the engagement portion is joined together in a stitching manner.  
   
   
       4 . A lanyard assembly as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the engagement portion is formed by bending the two adjacent opposed ends laterally and inwardly in part by 90° and stitched along a longitudinal line ( 14 ), and then folded backwardly by 180° for a further stitching along a transverse line ( 15 ) across the whole width thereof.  
   
   
       5 . A lanyard assembly as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the two adjacent opposed ends can be alternatively formed an off-centered figure eight loop whereby the engagement portion being located between the two loops thereof.  
   
   
       6 . A lanyard assembly as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein a smaller loop ( 18 ) of the figure eight loop being at the bottom, which can be used for mounting a attachment element or a connection element thereof.  
   
   
       7 . A lanyard assembly as claimed in any of claims  1 - 6 , wherein the attachment element held by the engagement portion comprises a fixed clasp ( 12 ) on which a mating member ( 13 ) is movably mounted.  
   
   
       8 . A lanyard assembly as claimed in claims  5  or  6 , wherein the engagement portion is joined together in a stitching manner.  
   
   
       9 . A lanyard assembly as claimed in any of claims  1 ,  2 ,  5 ,  6 , wherein the engagement portion is joined together in an adhesive manner.  
   
   
       10 . A lanyard assembly as claimed in any of claims  1 ,  2 ,  5 ,  6 , wherein the engagement portion is joined together by means of one or more grommets.  
   
   
       11 . A lanyard assembly as claimed in any of claims  1 ,  2 ,  5 ,  6 , wherein the engagement portion is joined together by means of one or more rivets.