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US 2016/0324271 A1Published application
Clasp and System
AssigneeTech Spark Innovations, LLC
InventorsTimothy McCleary, William Hessler
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Abstract
A clasp is disclosed wherein two housings with fingers are interlocked in a transition fit and then secured by a central lock bar. The clasp is beneficially applied to open space between garment edges whereby the garment is fastened and sized.
Claims14
A fastening system comprising:
- a size-adjustable garment having a substantial solid garment material bifurcated into object edges;
- a fastener array, affixed to said garment edges and spanning open garment space, composed of at least one fastener adapted to retain said object edges in a substantially co-planar remotely-locked orientation with open garment space;
- a clasp, affixed to said fastener array between said object edges in said garment space, comprising a first housing with multiple first housing cavities adapted to interlock with a second housing with multiple second housing cavities wherein said first housing cavities and said second housing cavities upon joinder aggregate upon joinder to form a central slot locked by a lock bar forming an interference fit within said central slot, wherein said lock bar, said first housing, and said second housing unite upon joinder to form an upper display surface;
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- an aesthetic illustration on said display surface partially applied to said first housing and said second housing such that upon joinder said aesthetic design is substantially seamlessly displayed.
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A clasp comprising:
- a first housing;
- a first finger array of at least two housing fingers, integrally extending from said first housing, each of said fingers defining a first finger base supporting a first finger shoulder and a first finger wall defining a finger cavity therebetween;
- a first recess array of at least one finger recess, between said first array of housing fingers;
- a second housing;
- a second finger array of at least two housing fingers, integrally extending from said second housing, each of said fingers defining a second finger base supporting a second finger shoulder and a second finger wall defining a finger cavity therebetween;
- a second recess array of at least one finger recess, between said second array of housing fingers;
- wherein upon joinder of said first housing to said second housing, said first array of housing fingers are dimensioned to form a volumetric transition fit within said second array of finger recesses;
- and said second array of housing fingers are dimensioned to form a volumetric transition fit within said first array of finger recesses;
- wherein upon joinder of said first housing to said second housing, said finger cavities of said first finger array and said finger cavities of said second finger array aggregate to define a central longitudinal housing slot;
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- a lock bar adapted and dimensioned to form an axial interference fit within said housing slot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.