Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Plural fasteners having intermediate flaccid connector
Patent
1993-09-13
1995-06-06
Brittain, James R.
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Plural fasteners having intermediate flaccid connector
24459, 191 40, B60M 124
Patent
active
054210682
ABSTRACT:
A fastener assembly 20 having a hook 68 for connecting a first article 78 to a continuous cable 70 includes first and second matable members 22,24, each having a body portion 26 at a cable-proximate end thereof, the body portion 26 having a work arm 32 and a cable-proximate arm extending outwardly from a mating face 28 thereof and defining therebetween a recess 48 for receiving the body portion 26 of the other member when the members are mated, and a hook portion 54. The work and cable-proximate arms 32,40 of the first member 22 are in opposite vertical orientation to the work and cable-proximate arms 32,40 of the second member 24. The members 22, 24 are secured together by engaging a cable engaging surface 42 of the cable-proximate arms 40 of each of the members to opposite sides of a cable 70 and slidingly moving them together until latches 38 on the respective work arms 32 engage corresponding latching recesses 46 of the cable-proximate arms 40 and latching surfaces 66 on the respective hook portions 54 engage each other.
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Brittain James R.
Nelson Katherine A.
The Whitaker Corporation
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