Claims
- 1. An expansible clasp for connecting the free ends of an elongated strap together, comprising:
- (a) a housing elongated in the long direction of said strap, the housing having top and bottom walls connected together by spaced lateral side walls and having spaced ends transversed to the snap length, one of said ends defining an excess opening into the housing and an abutment wall and the other end being connected to one of the free strap ends, said top housing wall having a slot therethrough elongated along the strap length,
- (b) an elongated sliding member disposed in the housing and adapted to slide into and out of the housing through said access opening for expansion purposes, said sliding member having means at the outer end adjacent said access opening for releasably connecting to the other free strap end and having at its opposite inner end an upturned shoulder extending through the elongated slot in the top wall of said housing with portions of said shoulder inside said housing forming an abutment wall in spaced, facing relation to the abutment wall of said housing end and portions terminating outside the housing forming a finger tab by which the sliding member can be manually slid out of the housing by the wearer to effect releasable engagement between the outer end of said sliding member and said other free strap end, and (c) spring means positioned in the housing between the spaced, facing abutment walls of said sliding member and housing end, the spring means being biased so as to urge the sliding member into the housing while permitting extension thereof out of said housing for expansion and engagement purposes.
- 2. The clasp of claim 1 wherein the outer end of said sliding member includes an upturned catch adapted to be inserted in a slot in said other free strap end, said catch after engagement in said slot being pulled inside the housing by action of said spring means to prevent disengagement.
- 3. The clasp of claim 2 wherein the access opening into the housing is transversely elongated and the sliding member is a plate-like member having a transversely elongated cross-section adapted to pass through said access opening, said catch at the outer end comprising a transverse shoulder extending upwardly therefrom.
Parent Case Info
This application is a division, of application Ser. No. 106,815, filed Dec. 26, 1979, and now abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (4)
Foreign Referenced Citations (2)
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Divisions (1)
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