Patent ID: 7712643

Claim:
A hand held fastening aid for disengagingly coupling male and female members of a fastening unit, comprising a body member; a clamping member coupled to one of opposing ends of the body member; and the clamping member including operative means for receiving, stabilizing and retaining at least one of said male member and said female member of the fastening unit in hands-free engagement with the other one of the male and female member; the fastening unit comprises a conventional jewelry spring clasp mechanism configured as the female member operative to receive and engage the male member of the fastening unit; the clamping member being operative to engage and actuate the spring clasp mechanism of the jewelry piece so as to hold the spring clasp mechanism in an open position thereof; the clamping member has first and second jaws spaced from one end of the body member and pivotable relative to the body member; the first and second jaws being positionable in an open position and a closed position, wherein in the closed position the first and second jaws are in contact and operative to hold the spring clasp mechanism opened upon actuation and in the open position the first and second jaws are displaced from one another in response to an external force and operative to release the spring clasp mechanism; and further comprising a head member detachably coupled to a distal end of the body member, the clamping member being coupled to the head member so that the body member and clamping member are rotatable and pivotable relative to one another about respective transversely extending axes for adjusting an angular position of the clamping member relative to the body member.