US Patent 11156434 Sling slider element

A sling slider element has a frame defining an aperture, a rotor pivotally connected to the frame, the rotor received in the frame aperture, the frame and rotor configured to receive a strap, and the rotor movable with respect to the frame between a disengaged position in which the strap is free to slide with respect to the rotor and an engaged position in which the strap is engaged to the frame and rotor. The frame may include a pivot pin spanning the aperture. The frame aperture may be rectangular, and the rotor may be rectangular. The frame may be a planar body, and the rotor may have a planar body portion coplanar with the frame when in the engaged position. The rotor may have a handle element extending away from the planar body portion. The handle element may extend perpendicularly from the planar body portion.