Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Separable-fastener or required component thereof – Including member having distinct formations and mating...
Patent
1986-03-21
1987-12-08
Sakran, Victor N.
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Separable-fastener or required component thereof
Including member having distinct formations and mating...
24632, 24645, 24648, A44B 1700
Patent
active
047110031
ABSTRACT:
The present invention discloses a unique, self-aligning, quick-releasing coupling system capable of releasably joining male/female items for permanent or temporary joining. One or preferably two jaw members are supported for movement between capturing and releasing positions on a support structure on a pair of cylindrical pivots connected to the structure. Tension springs carried by the capturing members and interrelated with the support structure biases the capturing members to the releasing position. A locking member including a shaft with a pair of pins capable of being rotated via the shaft in and out of a pair of recesses in the jaw members from releasing mode either respectively locks the jaw members into the capturing mode or unlocks from the jaw members in the releasing mode. The shaft is operated by a lever connected to a brass plate by an expansion spring which biases the pins via the shaft towards the locking mode. The jaw members are released by rotating the lever and shaft to draw the pins from the jaw members, which then are biased open by the tension springs. The jaw members are rotated into capturing position by insertion of the member desired to be captured until the pins are biased into the jaw member recesses so as to lock the jaw members in the capturing position.
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Sakran Victor N.
Sutton Paul J.
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