Patent ID: 8739742

Claim:
A clasp having a body defining at least one passageway extending therethrough from an inlet at one end of the body to an outlet at the second, opposite end of the body, said body comprising a bottom wall, one or more walls extending upward from said bottom wall, the interior of the one or more walls serving to define the passageway, engagement means pivotally mounted across the body and adapted to engage an elongate member located in said at least one passageway, actuation means in communication with the engagement means and biased in the engaged condition, wherein actuation of said actuation means causes the engagement means to disengage from the elongate member against the biasing force, and guide means separating the actuation means from an inlet of the passageway, the guide means comprising a plate having a first end located at an outer edge of the body such that the body and the guide means together define the inlet, and wherein the guide means is adapted to cause the passageway to narrow along the length of the guide means as the plate extends into the body from the inlet, said second end of said body adapted to secure the elongate member to the body of the clasp.