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US 10,299,573 B2Granted
Clasp for securing personal item
AssigneeJack & Izzy, LLC
InventorsTeresa Kane Swims, Meredith Van Houten, Anne Sherryll Windsor
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Abstract
A clasp device for securing relatively small personal items. The clasp is moveable between a default closed position and an open position, for respectively securing and releasing at least a portion of the personal item.
Claims20
A clasp for securing a personal item to a human wearer, comprising:
- a first member;
- a second member coupled with the first member at a first pivoting point;
- a third member coupled with the first member at a second pivoting point;
- and
- a fourth member coupled with the second member at a third pivoting point and coupled with the third member at a fourth pivoting point,
- wherein the third and fourth members each have respective extensions that extend beyond the fourth pivoting point;
- wherein the extensions of the third and fourth members are movable between a default closed position and an open position relative to each other, for respectively securing and releasing at least a portion of the personal item;
- and
- wherein the first and second members include internal springs.
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A clasp for securing a personal item to a human wearer, comprising:
- a set of jaws movable between an open position and a closed position about a pivoting end of the jaws, the jaws sized and shaped to securely hold the personal item when in the closed position, the personal item selected from the group consisting of a pair of eyeglasses, a key, and a ring;
- and
- a linkage coupled with the pivoting end of the jaws and configured to cause the jaws to move to the open position when manipulated in a first direction and to cause the jaws to move to the closed position when manipulated in a second direction,
- wherein when the jaws are in the open position, the linkage is compressed transversely relative to the jaws.
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A clasp for securing a personal item to a human wearer, comprising:
- a set of jaws movable between an open position and a closed position about a pivoting end of the jaws, the jaws sized and shaped to securely hold the personal item when in the closed position, the personal item selected from the group consisting of a pair of eyeglasses, a key, and a ring;
- the personal item;
- and
- a linkage coupled with the pivoting end of the jaws and configured to cause the jaws to move to the open position when manipulated in a first direction and to cause the jaws to move to the closed position when manipulated in a second direction,
- wherein the linkage comprises a quadrilateral linkage and the jaws form at least a portion thereof.
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A clasp for securing a personal item to a human wearer, comprising:
- a first member;
- a second member coupled with the first member at a first pivoting point;
- a third member coupled with the first member at a second pivoting point;
- and
- a fourth member coupled with the second member at a third pivoting point and coupled with the third member at a fourth pivoting point,
- wherein the third and fourth members each have respective extensions that extend beyond the fourth pivoting point,
- wherein the extensions of the third and fourth members are movable between a default closed position and an open position relative to each other, for respectively securing and releasing at least a portion of the personal item, and
- wherein the extensions of the third and fourth members move from the default closed position to the open position responsive to inward forces being applied to areas of the clasp generally corresponding to the second and third pivoting points.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.