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US 5,377,394 AGranted
Lingerie clasp
OwnerGerhard Fildaninventor
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Abstract
A lingerie clasp has a male clasp member with a central projection and a pair of pins lodged in a female clasp member having projections straddling the projection of the male member and formed with channels receiving the pins thereof. The pins are narrower than the mouth slots of the channel to allow them to be inserted and withdrawn. On the face side of the clasp, spherical bulges are provided to ensure an aesthetic appearance of the closed clasp, e.g. in the form of pearls.
Claims18
A lingerie clasp comprising:
- a female clasp member comprising:
- a body formed with an elongated loop adapted to receive a first strap, said loop having an inner and an outer bar,
- a pair of spaced-apart projections extending laterally from said inner bar and provided with generally spheroidal formations on a face side and with aligned channels on a reverse side, said channels each having an open end turned toward the other channel, said channels each opening at a slot narrower than a width of the respective channel over an entire length thereof, and
- means bridging across ends of said channels opposite said open ends for increasing a tensile strength of the clasp;
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- a male clasp member comprising:
- a body formed with an elongated loop adapted to receive a second strap, said loop of said male clasp member having an inner and an outer bar,
- a projection extending laterally from said inner bar of said male clasp member centrally thereof and provided with a spheroidal formation on a face side,
- a pair of pins extending in opposite directions from said projections parallel to said inner bar of said male clasp member and receivable in said channels, said pins having widths accommodatable in said channels and greater than widths of said slots in a plane of said pins and the loop of said male clasp member, said pins having widths in a direction perpendicular to said plane less than the widths of said slots,
- whereby said pins of said male clasp member are insertable through said slots from the reverse side of said female clasp member with said clasp member being located at a right angle to one another and said clasp members are locked together upon relative rotation of said clasp members into coplanarity with said spheroidal formations being aligned on the face sides along an axis of said pins.
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