US 4,017,944 AGranted

Shoulder bag clasp

OwnerHilda Coheninventor

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Abstract

A shoulder bag clasp is used to hold and maintain a strap of a shoulder bag in a fixed position on the shoulder portion of a user's garment. The clasp comprises a rectangular shape member, bottom base, an upward extending end flange, and a shorter rectangular shaped member communicating perpendicularly with the upper end of the flange, wherein the shorter rectangular shaped member extends inward over the bottom base member. A stop member is hingably joined to the free end of the shorter rectangular shaped member, wherein the stop member can be rotated downward into a vertical position. The strap of the shoulder bag is contained in the opening defined by the bottom base, the flange, the shorter rectangular shaped member and the vertical stop member. A mechanism is provided for securing the bottom base member of the clasp flatwise to the shoulder portion of the garment.

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Dependent claims

A shoulder bag clasp, which comprises:

a. a rectangularly shaped bottom base member;
b. an upwardly extending flange communicating perpendicularly with a right end of said base member;
c. a shorter rectangularly shaped member communicating perpendicularly with an upper end of said flange, said shorter rectangularly shaped member extends inwardly over said base member, said flange, said base member, and said shorter rectangularly shaped member describing an opening therethrough;
d. means for securing said clasp to a shoulder portion of a garment, a strap of a shoulder bag adapted to be received in said opening, said securing means including a pair of saftey pin members affixed transversely to a bottom face of said rectangularly shaped bottom base member;
e. a rectangularly shaped stop member;
f. a hinge assembly joining said rectangularly shaped stop member to a left end of said shorter rectangularly shaped member, said rectangularly shaped stop member of sufficient length to engage a top face of said rectangularly shaped bottom base member, when said rectangularly shaped stop member extends vertically downward;
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g. means for maintaining said stop member in a vertical downward position.

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