US 11,719,268 B2Granted

Closing device for releasably connecting a first part to a second part

AssigneeGOLEYGO GmbH

InventorsJerome Glozbach De Cabarrus, Tim Ley

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Abstract

A closing device for releasably connecting a first part to a second part. The closing device may have a first closing unit including a spherical engaging part, and a first retaining device for attaching the first part. The closing device also may include a second closing unit which has a second retaining device for attaching the second part, and a cut out, which is delimited by a wall, for receiving the spherical engaging part, where the cut out has an opening for inserting the spherical engaging part. A sliding unit may be located in the cut out, the sliding unit being preloaded in the direction of the opening, and the sliding unit can be displaced into an open position and a closed position. In the open position of the sliding unit, the spherical engaging part may be received in the cut out.

Claims32

Dependent claims

A closing device for releasably connecting a first part to a second part, comprising:

a first closing unit, the first closing unit including an engaging part and a first retaining device mounted on the engaging part for attaching the first part;
and
a second closing unit, which has a second retaining device for attaching the second part and a cut out which is delimited by a wall for receiving the engaging part of the first closing unit, the cut out of the second closing unit having an opening for inserting the engaging part of the first closing unit, and the engaging part of the first closing unit is held in a closed position of the closing device for the closing of the closing device in the cut out of the second closing unit;
wherein:
a sliding unit is located in the cut out of the second closing unit, said sliding unit being preloaded in the direction of the opening of the cut out of the second closing unit, where the sliding unit can be moved into an open position and a closed position along the wall of the cut out of the second closing unit in the cut out of the second closing unit,
in the open position of the sliding unit, the engaging part of the first closing unit can be received in the cut out of the second closing unit through the opening of the cut out of the second closing unit,
in the closed position of the sliding unit, the sliding unit delimits an extension of the cut out of the second closing unit,
in the closed position of the sliding unit and in the closed position of the closing device, the engaging part of the first closing unit lies against both the wall of the cut out of the second closing unit and against the sliding unit and is held clamped between the wall of the cut out of the second closing unit and the sliding unit,
the engaging part of the first closing unit is magnetic, and
a magnetic unit is arranged in the cut out, which interacts with the magnetically formed engaging part of the first closing unit.

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A closing device for releasably connecting a first part to a second part, comprising:

a first closing unit, the first closing unit including an engaging part and a first retaining device mounted on the engaging part for attaching the first part;
and
a second closing unit, which has a second retaining device for attaching the second part and a cut out for receiving the engaging part of the first closing unit, the cut out of the second closing unit having an opening for inserting the engaging part of the first closing unit, and the engaging part of the first closing unit is held in a closed position of the closing device for the closing of the closing device in the cut out of the second closing unit,
wherein:
a sliding unit is located in the cut out of the second closing unit, said sliding unit being preloaded in the direction of the opening of the cut out of the second closing unit, and the sliding unit can be moved into an open position and a closed position along a wall of the cut out of the second closing unit in the cut out of the second closing unit,
in the open position of the sliding unit, the engaging part of the first closing unit can be received in the cut out of the second closing unit through the opening of the cut out of the second closing unit,
in the closed position of the sliding unit, the sliding unit limits an extension of the cut out of the second closing unit,
in the closed position of the sliding unit and in the closed position of the closing device, the engaging part of the first closing unit lies against both the wall of the cut out of the second closing unit and against the sliding unit and is held clamped between the wall of the cut out of the second closing unit and the sliding unit,
at one end of the second closing unit there is located an end cap,
the end cap has a cavity, which forms the cut out,
a wall encircling the cavity of the end cap forms the wall of the cut out, and
the end cap comprises the opening.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/045,203Filed 29 Mar 2019
Priority: DE 202018101841.85 Apr 2018
Published: US 2021/0037792 A111 Feb 2021
Granted: 8 Aug 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

A01K 27/005
Leads or collars, e.g. for dogs: quick-couplings, safety-couplings or shock-absorbing devices between leash and collar
F16B 7/04
Connections of rods or tubes, e.g. of non-circular section, mutually, including resilient connections: clamping or clipping connections
A44B 11/00
Buckles
A44B 11/2515
Actuated by a push-button: acting parallel to the main plane of the buckle and perpendicularly to the direction of the fastening action