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US 11,583,041 B2Granted
Slip clasp
OwnerDavid Tapiainventor
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Abstract
The present invention utilizes a female coupler and male coupler to connect jewelry. The male coupler, featuring a stop, a shaft, and a buffer slides into a first channel within the shoot portion of a female coupler. The stop is rotated into position within a second channel of the scoop portion of the female coupler. The scoop portion secures the male coupler within the female coupler until a user forcibly rotates the stop to remove it from the scoop portion. The present invention only requires grasping of each of coupler and does not require squeezing any components.
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A slip clasp comprising:
- a female coupler having a longitudinal axis, a shoot portion defining a first channel having a width and a length wherein the length is shorter than the width and further wherein the width is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the female coupler, a scoop portion defining a receiver, and a ring connection portion adjacent the shoot portion and opposite the scoop portion;
- a male coupler having a longitudinal axis, a shaft with a stop connected on a first end and a ring connection portion connected on a second end opposing the first end, wherein the stop is shaped to fit through the first channel and shaped to fit within the receiver;
- and
- wherein the receiver has an opening having a length and further wherein the stop is an elliptical cylindrical shape having
- a width shorter than the width of the first channel but wider than the length of the first channel;
- a major axis that is longer than the length of the opening of the receiver and generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the male coupler;
- and
- a minor axis shorter than the length of the first channel and the length of the of the opening of the receiver and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the male coupler where the shaft connects to the stop.
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A slip clasp comprising:
- a female coupler comprising a first channel having a width and a length, a second channel having a width, and a receiver;
- and
- a male coupler comprising
- a shaft with a first end and a second end sized to fit through the second channel;
- an elliptical cylindrical stop, having
- a width shorter than the width of the first channel, longer than the width of the second channel, and longer than the length of the first channel;
- a major axis;
- and
- a minor axis shorter than the length of the first channel connected to the first end of the shaft;
- and
- a buffer positioned on the shaft sized to prevent the shaft from passing through the first channel and second channel.
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A slip clasp comprising:
- a female coupler having a center plane comprising
- a first side arm having a first ring connection portion, a first shoot portion, a first ridge portion, and a first scoop portion having a terminal end;
- a second side arm having a second ring connection portion, a second shoot portion, a second ridge portion, and a second scoop portion having a terminal end wherein the second side arm is a mirror image of the first side arm across the center plane and the first side arm is connected to the second side arm at the first ring connection portion and second ring connection portion and at the terminal end of the first scoop portion and second scoop portion;
- an angled wall positioned between the first side arm and a second side arm within the shoot portion;
- a first channel defined by the angled wall, the first shoot portion, the second shoot portion, the first ridge portion, and the second ridge portion;
- a second channel defined by the first ridge portion, the second ridge portion, the first scoop portion, the second scoop portion, and the terminal end of the first scoop portion and second scoop portion wherein the second channel is parallel to the center plane and connected to the first channel;
- a receiver formed by the first ridge portion, the second ridge portion, the first scoop portion, and the second portion;
- a male coupler comprising a shaft with a stop connected on a first end and a ring connection portion connected on a second end opposing the first end, wherein the stop is shaped to fit through the first channel and shaped to fit within the receiver.
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