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US 5,074,014 AGranted
Tarp fastener
AssigneeJerry Deidman
InventorJames W. Freeman
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Abstract
An improved tarp fastener is disclosed. The fastener comprises a button and a roughly hair-pin shaped wire retainer, the apical segment is bent out of the plane of the retainer so that the apical segment is spaced sufficiently apart from button to accommodate a variety of tarp thicknesses when the button and retainer are engaged and fastened to a tarp.
Claims7
A tarp fastener comprising:
- a disc-shaped button;
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- a roughly hairpin-shaped retainer having a first end and a second end, said retainer provided with a first leg and a second leg occupying a plane, the first and second legs bent toward each other within the plane to form a crimp defining a first region proximate to said first end for freely receiving said button when surrounded by tarp material and having a maximum diameter of D-1 and a second region proximate to said second end for securing said button within the retainer when said button is slid past the crimp from the first region and having a maximum diameter of D-2, said second end provided with a bridge having a first projecting segment connected to the first leg and a second projecting segment connected to the second leg and interconnected by a connecting segment, the bridge configured so that the connecting segment is positioned over and is spaced apart from the button.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.