Unlockable snap fastener
US5970588A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 16, 1998 |
| Grant date | Oct 26, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 16, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T24/45754
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A snap closure with a male part whose male coupling surfaces have an enlarged closing head at a closing neck, with a two-part female part comprising a housing having an insertion hole for the male coupling surfaces, and with two plate-shaped slides which are identical in shape, spring-loaded in opposite directions, project out on opposite sides of the housing by their outer ends which serve for actuation, and can be pressed in against the spring loading in opposite directions relative to one another transverse to the insertion hole, wherein, on the one hand, the two slides have, in their mutual joint region, complementing closing parts for a common locking profile which engages behind the inserted closing head of the male part when coupling, and, on the other hand, are cut out and have a common release profile for decoupling the closing head, wherein each of the two slides which are made of elastic material are provided at their inner ends with a longitudinally elastic spring portion formed integral with the slides, and in that the free ends of these spring portions are supported alternately at the two slides.
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