Fastener
AssigneeMRM HK Limited
InventorsRobert Wesley Schlipper, Luke James Ritchie
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Abstract
A fastener for releasably securing a member including a body including a shank and a recess, the recess configured for receiving the member. A gate is mounted to slide axially on the shank between a closed position closing a mouth of the recess for retaining the member, and an open position. Resilient means engages the gate and the shank to urge the gate to the closed position, and latches are mounted on opposing sides of the gate, wherein each latch is self-closing and engages the body for holding the gate in the closed position providing an auto-locking fastener that, for greater security, requires three independent actions for release.
Claims22
A fastener for releasably securing a member, the fastener comprising:
- a body including a shank and a recess, the shank having a shank axis, the recess having a mouth and being configured for receiving the member;
- a gate mounted to slide axially on the shank along the shank axis between a closed position closing the mouth of the recess for retaining the member, and an open position;
- resilient means engaging the gate and the shank to urge the gate to the closed position, and
- a pair of latches, the latches mounted on opposing sides of the gate, wherein each said latch is self-closing, being urged to engage the body for holding the gate in the closed position, and is manually moveable to disengage from the body for releasing the gate from the closed position.
A fastener for releasably securing a member, the fastener comprising:
- a body including a shank and a recess, the recess configured for receiving the member and defined by a hook-shaped portion of the body;
- a gate mounted to slide axially on the shank between a closed position closing a mouth of the recess for retaining the member, and an open position;
- resilient means engaging the gate and the shank to urge the gate to the closed position, and a pair of latch levers, each said latch lever mounted by a respective pivot to rotate about a respective substantially transverse pivot axis, the latch levers mounted on opposing sides of the gate, wherein each said latch lever is elongated generally axially and is closed by a latch spring to engage the body for holding the gate in the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.