A clasp
AssigneeMichael Neville Waters
InventorsMichael Neville Waters, Scot Farley
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Abstract
A clasp having a body defining at least one passageway extending at least partially therethrough, at least a pair of engagement portions pivotally mounted across the body and adapted to engage an object located in said at least one passageway, and an actuation portion in communication with the at least a pair of engagement portions and biased in the engaged condition, wherein actuation of the actuation portion causes the at least a pair of engagement portions to disengage from the object against the biasing force.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A clasp, comprising:
- a body defining at least one passageway extending at least partially therethrough;
- and
- at least a pair of engagement portions pivotally mounted across the body and configured to engage an object located in said at least one passageway, wherein
- a first of the at least a pair of engagement portions is located closer to an inlet end of the passageway and a second of the at least a pair of engagement portions is located closer to an outlet end of the passageway, and
- the clasp further comprises an actuation portion in communication with the at least a pair of engagement portions and biased in the engaged condition, wherein actuation of the actuation portion causes the at least a pair of engagement portions to disengage from the object against the biasing force.
A method of attaching a collar to an animal, the method comprising the steps of:
- actuating an actuation portion located on a clasp provided on said collar;
- inserting an elongate portion of the collar into the clasp;
- and
- releasing the actuation portion when the elongate portion has been inserted a sufficient distance into the clasp, wherein
- releasing the actuation portion causes at least a pair of engagement portions to engage with the elongate portion, and
- a first of the at least a pair of engagement portions is located closer to an inlet end of the passageway and a second of the at least a pair of engagement portions is located closer to an outlet end of the passageway, thereby preventing the elongate portion from moving when in use.
A method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the clasp comprises a body defining a passageway extending from a first end of the body to a second end of the body, said body comprising one or more walls, the interior of the walls serving to define the passageway, the method further comprising the steps of:
- securing an end of the elongate member to the clasp at the second end of the body of the clasp;
- and
- inserting an opposite end of the elongate member into the clasp through an inlet at the first end of the body, the inlet being defined by the body and the actuation portion, toward the second end of the body of the clasp.
A clasp, comprising:
- a body defining at least one passageway extending from an inlet at a first end of the body to an outlet at a second, opposite end of the body, the second end of the body configured to secure an elongate member to the body of the clasp, said body comprising:
- a bottom wall, and
- one or more walls extending upward from said bottom wall, the interior of the one or more walls serving to define the passageway;
- at least a pair of engagement portions pivotally mounted across the body and configured to engage the elongate member when located in said at least one passageway, wherein a first of the at least a pair of engagement portions is located closer to the first end of the body and a second of the at least a pair of engagement portions is located closer to the second end of the body;
- and
- an actuation portion in communication with at least one of the engagement portions and biased into an engaged condition, wherein
- actuation of said actuation portion causes the engagement portions to disengage from the elongate member against the biasing force.
A clasp according to claim 16, wherein the bottom wall of the body is substantially continuous.
A clasp as claimed in claim 16, wherein the actuation portion is in communication with the at least a pair of engagement portions and biased into an engaged condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.