Patent ID: 6438995
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: A44B,A44C

Abstract:
A jewelry clasp comprising:(a) first and second elongated legs; (b) a receptor at one end of said first leg and having a pair of spaced side walls providing a channel-shaped recess for receiving the adjacent end of said second leg, said recess being dimensioned to seat said adjacent end of said second leg snugly, at least one of said side walls having a portion projecting transversely of said channel-shaped recess towards the other of said side walls at a point spaced from the base of said channel to provide a retention area therebelow and to provide a restriction in said channel-shaped recess to reduce the width of the channel to less than the width of said second leg, at least one of said side walls flexing outwardly as said second leg is pressed against said projecting portion to allow said second leg to pass thereby, said second leg being retained in said retention area of said channel-shaped recess by said projecting portion after said second leg has passed thereby towards the base of said channel; and (c) means connecting the other ends of said first and second legs.