Key ring assembly

Details Key ring assembly Key ring assembly

1997-06-09

1998-09-29

Barrett, Suzanne Dino

Locks

Parts, attachments, accessories and adjuncts

For key-operated mechanism

70 19, A44B 1500

Patent

active

058132627

ABSTRACT:
The key ring assembly includes a normally open, flexible, resilient hoop having elastic memory and fabricated of plastic or the like. The key ring assembly has an inverted generally U-shaped upper end and integral, spaced diverging downwardly extending legs bearing integral grippers at their lower ends, the grippers being in the form of claws facing each other and extending into the central space therebetween. The hoop also has a releasable lock in the form of a first bar integrally connected to the inner surface of one leg above the claws, preferably at about the mid-point of the hoop, extending into the central space and bearing teeth on its upper surface, and a second similar bar integral with the inner surface of the opposite leg and releasably securable to the first bar by a number of spaced integral tabs depending from the underside thereof. The upper surface of the second bar has an upwardly extending integral lever arm for disconnecting the two bars. The mid-portion of the legs is expanded and may bear advertising indicia or the like. The sides of the first bar are expanded to also bear advertising indicia. The bars, when locked, divide the central space into upper and lower key-retaining areas. An integral ring may extend up from the upper end of the hoop. The key ring can be inverted to hold keys while the bars releasably secure them in place and while the claws releasably clamp over a belt or the like.

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