Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Drawstring – laced-fastener – or separate essential... – Having loop or sleeve shaped directing means
Reexamination Certificate
2006-09-14
2011-11-22
Lavinder, Jack W. (Department: 3677)
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Drawstring, laced-fastener, or separate essential...
Having loop or sleeve shaped directing means
Reexamination Certificate
active
08060995
ABSTRACT:
A closing system having an item to be closed and opened, a clasp, and a receiver. The clasp has an anchoring end and a lace end, where the lace end is adapted to hold a part of the item and the anchoring end includes a first part and a second part that are movable away from and toward one another. The receiver includes a first receptacle and a second receptacle for engaging the first and second parts, respectively, where the receiver is a removably attachable mechanism. The clasp is removably joinable to the receiver when the first and second parts are engaged with the first and second receptacles and, when the first and second parts are disengaged with the first and second receptacles, the clasp is separable from the receiver. The first and second parts are movable away from one another and the receiver is removably attached to the item.
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Columbia Insurance Company
Lavinder Jack W.
St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens LLC
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