Patent ID: 7353574

Claim:
A connector for sustaining the weight applied to a luggage carrying strap comprising, a stud having a shank for sustaining the luggage through the carrying strap and a head on said shank and larger than said shank and generally perpendicular to said shank, a clasp having an exposed portion and an inner portion spaced from each other to accommodate the carrying strap at least one of said portions forming a bight having an end greater than the width of said shank to accommodate at least a portion of said shank therewithin, a resilient member in said clasp having a resilient member bight generally matching said clasp portion bight and having an end thereto, said clasp portion and said resilient member bights being oriented to sustain the weight applied by the carrying strap through said shank and protrusions formed on said resilient member to form a gap therebetween in said resilient member bight, said gap being narrower than said shank to impede passage of said shank through the gap.