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US 9,700,102 B2Granted
Clasp and system
AssigneeTech Spark Innovations, LLC
InventorsTimothy McCleary, William Hessler
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Abstract
A clasp is disclosed wherein two housings with fingers are interlocked in a transition fit and then secured by a central lock bar. The clasp is beneficially applied to open space between garment edges whereby the garment is fastened and sized.
Claims19
A clasp comprising:
- a first housing;
- a first finger array of at least two housing fingers, integrally extending from said first housing, each of said fingers defining a first finger base supporting a first finger shoulder and a first finger wall defining a finger cavity therebetween;
- a first recess array of at least one finger recess, between said first array of said housing fingers;
- a second housing;
- a second finger array of at least two housing fingers, integrally extending from said second housing, each of said fingers defining a second finger base supporting a second finger shoulder and a second finger wall defining a finger cavity therebetween;
- a second recess array of at least one finger recess, between said second array of said housing fingers;
- wherein upon joinder of said first housing to said second housing, said first array of said housing fingers are dimensioned to form a flush, longitudinal transition fit within said second array of said at least one finger recess;
- and said second array of said housing fingers are dimensioned to form a flush, longitudinal transition fit within said first array of said at least one finger recess;
- wherein upon joinder of said first housing to said second housing, said finger cavities of said first finger array and said finger cavities of said second finger array aggregate to define a central longitudinal housing slot;
- and
- a lock bar adapted and dimensioned to form an axial interference fit within said housing slot.
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A clasp comprising:
- a first housing;
- a first finger array of at least two housing fingers, integrally extending from said first housing, each of said fingers defining a first skewed finger base supporting a first oppositely-skewed finger shoulder and a first oppositely-skewed finger wall defining a finger cavity therebetween;
- a first recess array of at least one finger recess, between said first array of said housing fingers;
- a second housing;
- a second finger array of at least two housing fingers, integrally extending from said
- second housing, each of said fingers defining a second skewed finger base supporting a second oppositely-skewed finger shoulder and a second oppositely-skewed finger wall defining a finger cavity therebetween;
- a second recess array of at least one finger recess, between said second array of said housing fingers;
- wherein upon joinder of said first housing to said second housing, said first array of said housing fingers are dimensioned to form a flush, longitudinal transition fit within said second array of said at least one finger recess;
- and said second array of said housing fingers are dimensioned to form a flush, longitudinal transition fit within said first array of said at least one finger recess;
- wherein upon joinder of said first housing to said second housing, said finger cavities of said first finger array and said finger cavities of said second finger array aggregate to define a central longitudinal housing slot;
- and
- a lock bar adapted and dimensioned to form an axial interference fit within said housing slot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.