Cord closure

A cord closure, comprising:

• a body housing having an open end, a surrounding outer wall, and a closed end so as to form a cavity therein, said housing having a pair of holes formed through the outer side wall at diametrically opposed positions for receiving a cord;
• a plunger member having a transverse throughhole extending diametrically therethrough;
• means for resiliently urging said plunger member towards said open end of said housing so as to move said throughhole out of alignment with respect to said pair of holes in said housing;
• means for initially releasably locking said plunger member at a first position relative to said housing so as to restrain said resilient means in a compressed state between said plunger member and said closed end of said body housing so that said throughhole of said plunger member and said pair of holes of said body housing can be readily aligned for insertion of said cord therethrough;
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• means for releasing said releasable locking means when said plunger member is depressed inwardly of said housing so as to permit said resilient means to urge said plunger member towards said open end of said body housing.

A cord closure, comprising:

• body housing means having a surrounding outer side wall extending between a first end and a second end so as to form a cavity therebetween, said housing means having a pair of holes formed upon the outer side wall at diametrically opposed positions for receiving a cord;
• plunger means having a transverse throughhole extending diametrically therethrough;
• resilient means for urging said plunger means towards said first end of said housing means so as to move said throughhole out of alignment with respect to said pair of holes in said housing means;
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• means for initially releasably locking said plunger means at a first position with respect to said second end of said body housing so as to compress said resilient means between said plunger means and said second end of said body housing means so that said throughhole or said plunger means and said pair of holes of said body housing means can be readily aligned for insertion of said cord therethrough;
• whereby, when said plunger means is depressed downwardly and released, said releasable locking means becomes disengaged so as to allow said resilient means to expand and urge said plunger means to move toward said first end of said body housing means so as to lock said cord between said plunger means and said body housing means.

A cord closure, comprising:

• a body housing having a pair of apertures formed within diametrically opposed portions thereof;
• a plunger member having a diametrically extending throughbore;
• a retaining ring disposed within said body housing;
• means defined between said retaining ring and said plunger member for releasably locking said plunger member at a first position within said body housing so as to align said diametrically extending throughbore of said plunger member with said pair of apertures of said body housing so as to permit a cord to be inserted through said pair of apertures of said body housing and said throughbore of said plunger member when said plunger member is disposed at said first position;
• spring means interposed between said plunger member and said retaining ring for biasing said plunger member to a second position at which said pair of apertures of said body housing and said through-bore of said plunger member are out of alignment with respect to each other so as to lockingly grasp said cord therebetween;
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• means defined between said plunger member and said body housing for releasing said releasable locking means of said plunger member from said retaining ring when said plunger member is moved inwardly with respect to said body housing so as to permit said spring means to bias said plunger member from said first position to said second position so as to lockingly grasp said cord between said through-bore of said plunger member and said pair of apertures of said body housing.