Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Combined diverse multipart fasteners – Clasp
Patent
1996-03-25
1997-11-18
Cuomo, Peter M.
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Combined diverse multipart fasteners
Clasp
24341, 24557, 24553, A44B 2100
Patent
active
056874588
ABSTRACT:
A clip for releasably maintaining articles clipped together has a resilient narrow tether headed at opposite ends with a first resilient clip connected at a rearward end on the headed portion at one end of the tether and a second resilient clip connected at a rearward end on the headed portion at the opposite end in axially opposed relation. The first and second clips each have a pair of longitudinal finger gripping portions extending outwardly from their rearward end in a spaced apart relation and a pair of abutting jaw portions at a forward end thereof. The finger gripping portions are sufficiently resilient such that when pressed together by the fingers of the operator, the jaw portions will open and when released will be urged toward the abutted condition. The jaw portions of the first clip are opened and released to be engaged on or around a first article and the jaw portions of the second clip member are opened and released to be engaged on or around a second article to releasably maintain the first and second articles together. The headed portions of the tether are received through an aperture in the rearward ends of the clips and trapped by a plurality of small thin projections to normally prevent the clips from being pulled off the tether. However, the projections will be sheared off to allow the clip to become disconnected from the tether upon an axial force of sufficient magnitude.
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Cuomo Peter M.
Roddy Kenneth A.
Tran Hanh V.
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