Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Separable-fastener or required component thereof – With third detached member completing interlock
Patent
1991-01-17
1993-02-23
Cranmer, Laurie K.
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Separable-fastener or required component thereof
With third detached member completing interlock
24453, 24587, A41F 100
Patent
active
051878437
ABSTRACT:
A fastener assembly operative to interconnect flexible panels and other objects has a female piece and male piece which may be releasably fastened together. The female piece includes a web and a pair of opposed flanges which terminate in spaced-apart hook portions to provide a locking channel. The hook portions have interior first locking faces. The male piece includes a web with an enlarged male rib on an edge thereof so that the male rib provides outwardly projecting shoulders which have second locking faces. The male rib may be inserted through an entryway into said channel so as to be received in close-fitted engagement therein as it is engulfed by the flanges. The locking faces of the female and male piece engage one another to prevent withdrawal of the male rib under tension. However, the female and male pieces are constructed of stiff, resilient material so that the male rib may be cammed out of the channel by a torsional force. To this end, the male rib and the channel are configured to allow disengagement of the locking faces. The locking faces are angled, preferably at 45 degrees. The fastener assembly may be manufactured as strips, buckle-like elements or variations thereof.
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Cranmer Laurie K.
Martin Timothy J.
Rewoldt Dana S.
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