Patent ID: 9743725
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: A44C

Claim:
1. A clasp for use with an elongated member, said clasp comprising: a male clasp portion and a female clasp portion connectable to opposite ends of the elongated member and when said male clasp portion is connected to said female clasp portion, the elongated member, said male clasp portion, and said female clasp portion comprise a closed loop defining a longitudinal axis; said male clasp portion comprising a tongue having an opening; said female clasp portion comprising: wherein said biasing member is operable to bias said movable button in a locking position in which said post is disposable through at least a portion of said opening in said tongue when said tongue is disposed in said elongated slot against said stop of said generally hollow body and said tongue is lockingly engaged with said post, and said movable button is operable to being moved to a release position in which said post is disengagable from said opening in said tongue to allow said tongue to move relative to a side of said female clasp portion and to the longitudinal axis in a second direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and opposite from said first direction out of said elongated slot and spaced away from said generally hollow body.