Clip clasp for securing a strap

A clasp for fastening together two opposing distal portions of flexible material when an upper segment of one is overlapped with a lower segment of the other and each has at least one hole passing therethrough, said clasp comprising:

• an upper part pivotally connected to a lower part by a hinge structure including a hinge piece extending between a portion of a proximate sidewall of said lower part and a portion of a proximate sidewall of said upper part;
• and,
• a clip structure including a distal sidewall of said lower part and a distal sidewall of said upper part;
• wherein one of said distal sidewalls has an outwardly facing recess and the other of said distal sidewalls is made of a resilient material and has an inwardly arched section arranged to snap into and thereby engage said recess when opposite thereto to secure said upper part over said lower part to form a housing in a closed position of the clasp,
• wherein said upper part further includes a top wall connecting the distal and proximate sidewalls thereof to form a first housing part for receiving the upper segment when the clasp is in said closed position,
• wherein said lower part further includes a bottom wall connecting the distal and proximate sidewalls thereof to form a second housing part for receiving the lower segment when the clasp is in said closed position,
• wherein said closed clasp provides a housing having two opposing openings for passing the segments therethrough from opposite directions to form only two layers of the flexible material in contact with said housing,
• wherein said lower part further includes at least one upright holding pin mounted on upper surface of said bottom wall connecting the distal and proximate sidewalls of said lower part,
• wherein said holding pin is adapted to be inserted into a corresponding hole in each of the overlapped flexible segments when said upper part is pivoted away from said lower part in an open position of the clasp, and to be retained in the corresponding holes for preventing relative movement between the overlapped flexible segments when the clasp is in said closed position,
• wherein said holding pin includes a radially projecting concentric skirt on an intermediate portion thereof, said skirt providing a stop shoulder on its underside for engaging an upper surface of the lower flexible segment, and a radial dimension of said skirt being substantially larger than a radial dimension of said corresponding hole in the lower segment so that said skirt supports the clasp on the lower segment when the clasp is in said open position and the intermediate portion of said pin with said skirt has been inserted through said corresponding hole in the lower segment,
• and wherein the clasp is removable from the opposing distal portions of flexible material when the clasp is in said open position.