Patent ID: 6427292
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: A45C,A45F,Y10T

Abstract:
A connector for the removable connection of an end of a neck strap to an optical device,wherein on the end of the strap (7) a clip (2) is affixed, which has two legs (3) that can be elastically opened in a V-shape and that have inward facing holding projections (8) on their insides; wherein a holding part (12) with a lug (15), which has snap-in projections (16) extending laterally toward the outside, is provided on the optical device; wherein the legs (3) can be snapped onto the lug (15) in an manner so that their holding projections (8) encompass the snap-in projections (16) of the lug (15); and wherein a retention sleeve (9) is provided, the free interior cross-section of which is dimensioned such that it can be slipped over the legs (3) when they are in their snapped-on position, thus preventing the legs (3) from opening; wherein two spaced-apart slits are provided on the case of the optical device, wherein the holding part (12) is insertable in a form-fitting manner into the upper slit of the case, as viewed when the optical device is in use, and a fastening part (17) is insertable in a form-fitting manner into the lower slit of the case, as viewed when the optical device is in use, in such a way that a holding part (12) and a fastening part (17) are interlockable by a snap-in connection.