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US 11,432,622 B2Granted
Releasable coupling device
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsAndrew A. Owings, Nicholas Buck, Adam Whiton
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Abstract
Aspects herein are directed to a releasable coupling device having a first housing structure than includes a temporary magnet and a second housing structure that includes a permanent magnet. The first housing structure is receivable by a receiving receptacle of the second housing structure. The releasable coupling device may be included as part of a slide fastener assembly having two slider tapes.
Claims9
A releasable coupling device for a slide fastener assembly, the releasable coupling device comprising:
- a first housing structure comprising a temporary magnet having a spherical shape, the first housing structure including an encircling structure that encircles a portion of the temporary magnet such that a first surface of the temporary magnet is exposed, wherein the first housing structure further comprises a flange extending from the encircling structure, the flange having at least one edge that is concentric with the encircling structure;
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- a second housing structure comprising a permanent magnet, the second housing structure including a receiving receptacle adapted to receive the first housing structure such that the permanent magnet is in near contact with the first surface of the temporary magnet, and wherein the second housing structure comprises a notch that is adapted to receive the flange of the first housing structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.