Patent ID: 7290312

Claim:
An apparatus f or providing at least one securing means in conjunction with one of a male and a female portion of a snap already in place, said apparatus comprising: (a) a first member having an opposite one of a male and a female portion of a snap for engagement with such one of a male and a female portion of such snap already in place; (b) an intermediate segment engageable with an inner part of said one of said male and female portion of said first member, said intermediate segment having a projection extending outwardly therefrom; (c) a strap like connector having a first aperture in a first end engageable with said projection of said intermediate segment, said strap like connector extending outwardly therefrom; (d) a hook disposed in a second aperture of said strap like connector; and (e) a second member having an opposite one of a male and a female portion of a snap as said first member, said second member secured to an end of said projection of said intermediate segment.