Patent ID: 7530454

Claim:
A conveyor belt comprising: a plurality of link elements, each link element having intermeshing extensions sized to intermesh with intermeshing extensions of an adjacent link element, said intermeshing extensions having transverse rod openings; a pivot rod received in said transverse rod openings of said plurality of intermeshing extensions thereby interconnecting adjacent intermeshed link elements together, said pivot rod extending transversely from said transverse rod openings to provide a surface for a continuous conveyor belt used to convey objects from one location to another, said pivot rod including a button head at one end, said button head having a major dimension and a minor dimension, said major dimension being larger than said minor dimension; and a first edge extension having an outer opening with a first dimension that is smaller than said major dimension of said button head but larger than said minor dimension of said button head so that said button head of said pivot rod passes through said outer opening when said minor dimension of said button head is substantially aligned with said first dimension of said outer opening; wherein said pivot rod is retained by rotating said button head received in said first edge extension so that said minor dimension of said button head is misaligned with said first dimension of said outer opening.