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AssigneeDayco Products, Inc.
InventorsCharles H. Watters, Richard G. Voth, James A. Jennings
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A button type strap fastener, a method of making same, and a method of using same are provided. The strap fastener includes a mounting strap that is provided with cogs, and also includes a locking button that is adapted to be held in place on the cogs of the mounting strap. The locking button comprises a central opening having a keyhole-shaped configuration, including a first opening portion that corresponds approximately to the greatest diameter of the cogs to receive same such that the mounting strap is displaceable in opposite directions in the first opening portion, and a second opening portion that communicates with the first opening portion and at least in part corresponds approximately to the smallest diameter of the cogs to receive same from the first opening portion in a locking manner.
In a button type strap fastener including a mounting strap that is provided with cog means, and also including a locking button that is adapted to be held in place on said cog means of said mounting strap, the improvement wherein said locking button comprises central opening means having a keyhole-shaped configuration, including a first opening portion that corresponds approximately to the greatest diameter of said cog means to receive same such that said mounting strap is displaceable in opposite directions in said first opening portion, and a second opening portion that communicates with said first opening portion and at least in part corresponds approximately to the smallest diameter of said cog means to receive same from said first opening portion in a locking manner, said locking button further including a locking pin that is connected to a periphery of said locking button by means of a thin flexible strip, said locking pin being adapted to be received in a wedging manner in said first opening portion when said cog means of said mounting strap is disposed in said second opening portion.
In a method of securing a first object to a second object utilizing a button type strap fastener that includes a mounting strap provided with cog means, and also includes a locking button that is adapted to be held in place on said cog means of said mounting strap, and wherein said locking button comprises central opening means having a keyhole-shaped configuration, including a first opening portion that corresponds approximately to the greatest diameter of said cog means to receive same such that said mounting strap is displaceable in opposite directions in said first opening portion, and a second opening portion that communicates with said first opening portion and at least in part corresponds approximately to the smallest diameter of said cog means to receive same from said first opening portion in a locking manner, said locking button further including a locking pin that is connected to a periphery of said locking button by means of a thin flexible strip, the improvement comprising the steps of disposing said mounting strap successively through said first and second objects such that an end of said mounting strap protrudes from said second object, disposing said locking button on said protruding end of said mounting strap via said first opening portion of said locking button, displacing said locking button along said mounting strap to a desired position against said second object, displacing said locking button in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of said mounting strap until the latter moves from said first opening portion into said second opening portion for a locking connection of said cog means of said mounting strap with said locking button, and disposing said locking pin in a wedging manner in said first opening portion when said cog means of said mounting strap is disposed in said second opening portion.
In a method of making a button type strap fastener that includes a mounting strap that is provided with cog means, and also includes a locking button that is adapted to be held in place on said cog means of said mounting strap, the improvement comprising the step of forming said locking button to have a central opening means that has a keyhole-shaped configuration, including a first opening portion that corresponds approximately to the greatest diameter of said cog means to receive same such that said mounting strap is displaceable in opposite directions in said first opening means and a second opening portion that communicates with said first opening portion and at least in part corresponds approximately to the smallest diameter of said cog means to receive same from said first opening portion in a locking manner, and forming said locking button to include a locking pin that is connected to a periphery of said locking button by means of a thin flexible strip, said locking pin being adapted to be received in a wedging manner in said first opening portion when said cog means of said mounting strap is disposed in said second opening portion.
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