Releasable interlocking fastening devices
OwnerMichael Robert Drageinventor
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Abstract
A releasable interlocking device comprising a pair of interactive plates, for fastening to apparel utilizing a system of two interactive plates which when brought together utilizes the thickness of the apparel and stud of a male plate to engage through the lips of the female plate to snap fit and lock without damage to the aforesaid apparel.
Claims18
A method to releasably fasten an event identification number to apparel, the method comprising:
- obtaining a releasable interlocking device specifically adapted to fasten the event identification number to apparel, the device comprising:
- a female plate with a planar first surface and an arcuate second surface, the female plate including a central recess in the second surface and a central orifice at the first surface, wherein the central orifice opens into the central recess;
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- a male plate with an integral stud that protrudes from a planar surface and includes an overlapping stud head;
- inserting the stud head through a hole in the event identification number positioned adjacent the apparel;
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- using the stud head to push the apparel through the central orifice in the female plate, such that the stud head and apparel are received in the central recess of the female plate as the stud extends through the central orifice, to fasten the event identification number to the apparel.
A method to releasably fasten a releasable interlocking device to apparel, the method comprising:
- obtaining the releasable interlocking device, the device comprising:
- a female plate with a planar first surface and an arcuate second surface, the female plate including a central recess in the second surface and a central orifice defined by a shaped lip at the first surface, wherein the central orifice opens into the central recess;
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- a male plate with an integral stud that protrudes from a planar surface and includes an overlapping stud head;
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- using the stud head to push the apparel through the central orifice in the female plate, thereby engaging and lip of the female plate with the stud head and apparel, causing the lip to flex as the stud head and apparel are received in the central recess of the female plate, to fasten the releasable interlocking device to the apparel.
A releasable interlocking device specifically adapted to fasten an event identification number to apparel, the device comprising:
- a female plate with a planar first surface and an arcuate second surface, the female plate including a central recess in the second surface and a central orifice defined by a lip at the first surface, the female plate has a peripheral edge and the arcuate second surface is bounded by the peripheral edge;
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- a male plate with an integral stud head that protrudes from a planar surface and includes an overlapping stud head;
- wherein the stud head is sized and configured to pass through a hole in the event identification number positioned adjacent the apparel and to push a portion of the apparel covering the stud head through the central orifice in the female plate, thereby disposing the stud head and the portion of apparel in the central recess of the female plate and disposing another portion of the apparel between the first surface of the female plate and the planar surface of the male plate, to fasten the event identification number to the apparel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.