Patent ID: 8677575

Claim:
A closure system of a portable, removeably semi-permanently associatable article of manufacture configured to be worn by a wearer, comprising: a male member including a central body disposed between a distal end and a proximal end along a longitudinal axis, said distal end having a distal shoulder formed on a first projection from said central body wherein said distal shoulder is selectively movable between a relaxed position and a compressed position and said proximal end having a proximal shoulder on a second projection from said central body wherein said proximal shoulder is selectively movable between a relaxed position and a compressed position by operation of a shoulder extension; and a female member having a wall defining an interior chamber and a slot configured within a slot portion of said wall to receive said male member into said interior chamber, said female member including a post disposed within said interior chamber configured to engage and capture said distal shoulder within said interior chamber after said male member is received within said interior chamber and a finger, independent from said male member, moveably coupled through a lateral portion of said wall configured to operate said distal end between said relaxed position and said compressed position, said finger including an outside extending portion and an inside extending portion coupled to said outside extending portion, and wherein said slot portion includes a ledge configured to engage said proximal shoulder when both said male member is received into said interior chamber and said post engages and captures said distal shoulder; and wherein said male member is inhibited from withdrawal from said interior chamber while either of said ends are in said relaxed mode; and wherein said male member is enabled for withdrawal from said interior chamber while both of said ends are in said compressed mode responsive to independent actuation of said finger and said shoulder extension.