Patent ID: 6859982

Claim:
A connector for strap members and the like comprising: a body consisting of a pair of body halves, each body half including: material forming an opening for the end of a member to be connected to the other body half; a central longitudinal axis about which one body half may be rotated relative to the other body half to effect engagement or release of the two body halves in closing or opening the connector; first and second transverse knuckle members terminating in end walls and first and second knuckle member receiving passages having inner walls aligned with the end walls of corresponding knuckle members of the other body half when the halves are connected together, the first and second transverse knuckle members being of different lengths with their end walls terminating on opposite sides of the central longitudinal axis and spaced therefrom by substantially the same distances as the inner walls of the corresponding knuckle member receiving passages of the other body half are spaced from said axis; the inner walls of the first and second knuckle member receiving passages being displaced from the longitudinal axis on opposite sides thereof and further including transverse walls dimensioned to receive a corresponding knuckle member of the other body half; and means for aligning the two body halves along said central longitudinal axis to permit rotation thereof into a joined connector configuration.