Attachment device for a decorative article
AssigneeS. T. Dupont
InventorGerard Brassoud
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Abstract
An attachment device for attaching a strap to a decorative article which includes a lateral support provided on the article and having a throughgoing bore, a loop portion provided on the strap, a shaft slidably mounted in the bore and passing through the loop, the shaft having an enlarged head portion on one end thereof, a spring for biasing the head portion away from the lateral support, and removable locking means for engaging the other end of the shaft to prevent withdrawal of the shaft from the bore, the shaft being movable between a first position wherein the locking means is positioned outside the attachment device for removal thereof and a second position wherein the locking device is moved by the spring to within the attachment device and is therefore substantially nonaccessible.
Claims14
An attachment device for attaching a strap to a decorative article, comprising:
- at least one lateral support provided on said article, said lateral support being provided with a throughgoing bore;
- a loop portion formed on said strap;
- a shaft slidably mounted in said throughgoing bore of said lateral support, said shaft also passing through said loop portion of said strap;
- an enlarged head portion provided on a first end of said shaft;
- biasing means for biasing said head portion on said first shaft end away from said lateral support;
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- removable locking means for engaging a second end of said shaft and thereby preventing withdrawal of said shaft from said bore provided in said lateral support;
- said shaft being movable between two extreme positions under the biasing action of said biasing means, a first position achieved by moving said shaft against said biasing force and wherein said removable locking means is accessible outside of said attachment device for removal thereof, and a second position achieved by displacement of said shaft under the influence of and in the direction of said biasing force and wherein said locking means is secured and withdrawn to a position interior to said attachment device and is therefore substantially nonaccessible.
An attachment device for attaching a strap to a decorative article, comprising:
- at least one lateral support provided on said article, said laterial support being provided with a throughgoing bore;
- a loop portion formed on said strap;
- a shaft slidably mounted in said throughgoing bore of said lateral support, said shaft also passing through said loop portion of said strap;
- an enlarged head portion provided on a first end of said shaft;
- biasing means for biasing said head portion on said first shaft end away from said lateral support;
- removable locking means for engaging a second end of said shaft and thereby preventing withdrawal of said shaft from said bore provided in said laterial support, said second end of said shaft being provided with a groove, and said sleeve being provided with a counterbore 34, said locking means including a slotted washer adapted to engage said groove, said slotted washer having an outstanding shoulder portion for engaging said counterbore;
- said shaft being movable between two extreme positions under the biasing action of said biasing means, a first position achieved by moving said shaft against said biasing force and wherein said removable locking means is accessible outside of said attachment device for removal thereof, and a second position achieved by displacement of said shaft under the influence of and in the direction of said biasing force and wherein said locking means is withdrawn to a position interior to said attachment device and is therefore substantially nonaccessible;
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- a spacing element mounted on said shaft and wherein, in said second position, said removable locking means is biased against said spacing element under the influence of said biasing means, said spacing element forming a sleeve coaxial with said shaft and wherein, in said second position, said removable locking means is engaged by and locked by said sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.