Snap fastener with hook
AssigneeYKK Corporation of America
InventorsChuck LeCompte, Jonathan Sharp, Kathryn Sullivan
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Abstract
A snap member of a fastener includes a base; a first engagement portion extending from the base and configured to engage with a first engagement portion of a mating snap member, the first engagement portion of the snap member including a protrusion defining an axial height, the first engagement portion of the snap member defining a cavity in the protrusion defining an axial depth, an axis of the protrusion and an axis of the cavity being collinear; and a second engagement portion extending from the base, the second engagement portion defining a hook shape.
Claims25
A snap member of a fastener, the snap member comprising:
- a base;
- a first engagement portion extending from the base and configured to engage with a first engagement portion of a mating snap member, the first engagement portion of the snap member comprising a protrusion defining an axial height, the first engagement portion of the snap member defining a cavity in the protrusion defining an axial depth, the first engagement portion of the snap member defining a first end proximate to the base and a second end distal from the base, an outer diameter of the first engagement portion of the snap member at the second end being larger than the outer diameter of the first engagement portion of the snap member at the first end;
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- a second engagement portion extending from the base, the second engagement portion defining a hook shape.
A snap member of a fastener, the snap member comprising:
- a base;
- a first engagement portion extending from the base and configured to engage with a first engagement portion of a mating snap member, the first engagement portion of the snap member comprising a protrusion defining an axial height, the first engagement portion of the snap member defining a cavity in the protrusion defining an axial depth, the first engagement portion of the snap member comprising a male engagement portion and the first engagement portion of the mating snap member comprising a female engagement portion;
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- a second engagement portion extending from the base, the second engagement portion defining a hook shape.
A snap member of a fastener, the snap member comprising:
- a base;
- a first engagement portion extending from the base and configured to engage with a first engagement portion of a mating snap member, the first engagement portion of the snap member comprising a protrusion defining an axial height, the first engagement portion of the snap member defining a cavity in the protrusion defining an axial depth;
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- a second engagement portion extending from the base, the second engagement portion defining a hook shape;
- wherein the snap member is a monolithic structure.
A snap member of a fastener, the snap member comprising:
- a base;
- a first engagement portion extending from the base and configured to engage with a first engagement portion of a mating snap member, the first engagement portion of the snap member comprising a protrusion defining an axial height, the first engagement portion of the snap member defining a cavity in the protrusion defining an axial depth;
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- a second engagement portion extending from the base, the second engagement portion defining a hook shape;
- wherein a radial cross section of the first engagement portion of the snap member defines a circular shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.