Patent ID: 8025539

Claim:
Biometric belt connector ( 1 ) for electrically connecting an electrode belt ( 8 ) to a biometric device to be carried on a human or animal body, the belt connector comprising: a back element ( 2 ), a front element ( 3 ), which back and front elements are configured to engage with each other in a fixed and locked arrangement, fastening in between them an end ( 7 ) of said electrode belt ( 8 ), said front element having a substantially circular hole ( 4 ), an electrically conducting wire which forms a loop ( 5 ), such that part of said wire loop is exposed through said hole ( 4 ) when the back and front elements ( 2 , 3 ) are engaged, said wire loop being connected to a conducting element ( 6 ) extending from said end of said electrode belt ( 8 ), which conducting element forms part of or is connected to an electrode in said electrode belt ( 8 ), the hole ( 4 ) being of suitable dimension to form a female snap button receiver for a male snap fastener on said biometric device.