Cord fastener
US4724584A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 23, 1986 |
| Grant date | Feb 16, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 23, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T24/3984
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A cord fastener composed of a male member and a female member coupled together against displacement each other since laterally outwardly projecting feet of a pair of resilient legs of the male member is normally held in interlocking engagement with a pair of locking teeth on an inner surface of a hollow tubular body of the female member. For attachment of the cord fastener to a cord, the male member is displaced against the resiliency of the legs until a through-hole in a head of the male member is brought into coaxial alignment with a pair of cord insertion holes in the tubular body, thereby permitting insertion of the cord into such aligned holes. When the male member is released from the downward pressure, the male member is urged upwardly by the resilient forces stored in the legs, whereby the cord is firmly gripped by and between the male and female members against displacement.
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