Closure apparatus
AssigneeFastech Asia Worldwide, Ltd.
InventorMatthew Fink
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Abstract
A garment and associated closure including a male closure member including a first loop, an arm, and a bar; a female closure member including a second loop and a base portion including a top edge, a bottom edge, a blind hole into which the bar of the male closure member is insertable at the top edge and moveable along and configured for rotational pivoting of the bar in the blind hole, a recess configured to receive the arm of the male closure member upon rotational pivoting of the bar in the blind hole, and two protrusions extending from the recess and configured to reversibly secure the arm of the male closure member between the two protrusions upon rotational pivoting of the bar in the blind hole; and a nylon coating disposed on at least a portion of the male closure member or the female closure member.
Claims20
A closure comprising:
- a male closure member comprising:
- a first loop;
- an arm fixedly attached to the first loop;
- and
- a bar fixedly attached to the arm, the bar having an upper portion extending orthogonally from the arm in a first direction and a lower portion extending orthogonally from the arm in a second direction opposite the first direction;
- a female closure member comprising:
- a second loop;
- and
- a base portion fixedly attached to the second loop, the base portion comprising:
- a top edge;
- a bottom edge;
- a blind hole extending from the top edge toward the bottom edge into which the bar of the male closure member is insertable at the top edge and moveable along and configured for rotational pivoting of the bar in the blind hole;
- a recess configured to receive the arm of the male closure member upon rotational pivoting of the bar in the blind hole;
- and
- two protrusions extending from the recess and configured to reversibly secure the arm of the male closure member between the two protrusions upon rotational pivoting of the bar in the blind hole;
- and
- a nylon coating disposed on at least a portion of the male closure member or the female closure member.
A garment comprising:
- a closure comprising:
- a male closure member comprising:
- a first loop;
- an arm fixedly attached to the first loop;
- and
- a bar fixedly attached to the arm, the bar having an upper portion extending orthogonally from the arm in a first direction and a lower portion extending orthogonally from the arm in a second direction opposite the first direction;
- a female closure member comprising:
- a second loop;
- and
- a base portion fixedly attached to the second loop, the base portion comprising:
- a top edge;
- a bottom edge;
- a blind hole extending from the top edge toward the bottom edge into which the bar of the male closure member is insertable at the top edge and moveable along and configured for rotational pivoting of the bar in the blind hole;
- a recess configured to receive the arm of the male closure member upon rotational pivoting of the bar in the blind hole;
- and
- two protrusions extending from the recess and configured to reversibly secure the arm of the male closure member between the two protrusions upon rotational pivoting of the bar in the blind hole;
- and
- a nylon coating disposed on at least a portion of the male closure member or the female closure member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.