Patent ID: 8281966

Claim:
A bracelet fastening device comprising: a spring biased clasp gripping member; a bendable metal rod; a holding member; a sliding member; a spring post; and a resilient rod covering member; said clasp gripping member formed of a lower gripping portion pinned to a spring biased pivoting upper gripping portion forming a standard alligator clip assembly; said upper gripping portion terminating at one end in an upper gripping jaw and at the opposite end in a thumb pressing portion; said lower gripping portion of said clasp gripping member terminating at one end in a lower gripping jaw and at the opposite end in a rod receiving receptacle; said sliding member being square in cross section and elongate and including a relieved area that accepts said spring post; said sliding member having a rod receiving receptacle at one end; said holding member having a ball shape at one end and tapering to a cylindrical portion at the opposite end; said cylindrical portion of said holding member having an inner wall that slidably engages said sliding member; said inner wall including a plurality of spring post retaining depressions arrayed in a linear orientation; said bendable metal rod attaching at one end into said rod receiving receptacle of said lower gripping portion and at the opposite end to said rod receiving receptacle of said sliding member; said resilient rod covering member encasing said bendable metal rod; so that a user can slide said holding member along said sliding member to adjust the overall length of said bracelet fastening device and can also bend said bendable metal rod to cause said clasp gripping member to be in close proximity to the clasp of a bracelet to be fastened around the user's wrist.