EP 0161182 B1 19881130 - FASTENER WITH INTERCHANGEABLE DECORATION
Title (en)
FASTENER WITH INTERCHANGEABLE DECORATION
Publication
Application
Priority
FR 8406334 A 19840420
Abstract (en)
[origin: US4665595A] A clasp with an interchangeable ornament includes a generally solid male clasp piece which is split longitudinally in a manner that it is transversely resilient, like a clip. A hollow female clasp piece has an insertion opening and an inwardly indented shoulder or lip at the insertion opening. When the male clasp piece is inserted into the female piece the shoulder of the female piece locks into a groove formed in the male clasp piece. Longitudinally extending slits in the peripheral wall of the female piece makes it transversely elastic and enables it to tightly hold an interchangeable ornamental sleeve that is fitted over the female piece. The ornamental sleeve in turn prevents the slit peripheral wall of the female piece from separating and assures that the inwardly indented shoulder remains locked in the groove of the male piece. Therefore, the male clasp part can not be a pulled out, except by squeezing the male piece to reduce its transverse cross-section to be smaller than the cross-section of the female piece.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A44C 5/20 (2006.01); A44C 11/02 (2006.01); A44C 25/00 (2006.01); F16B 21/06 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
A44C 5/2047 (2013.01 - EP US); Y10T 24/45534 (2015.01 - EP US); Y10T 24/45958 (2015.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE GB IT LI LU NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0161182 A1 19851113; EP 0161182 B1 19881130; AT E38930 T1 19881215; DE 3566492 D1 19890105; FR 2563092 A1 19851025; FR 2563092 B1 19860808; HK 73892 A 19921002; IL 74953 A0 19850830; IL 74953 A 19880731; JP 2612160 B2 19970521; JP S60249904 A 19851210; SG 100491 G 19920416; US 4665595 A 19870519
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 85400777 A 19850419; AT 85400777 T 19850419; DE 3566492 T 19850419; FR 8406334 A 19840420; HK 73892 A 19920924; IL 7495385 A 19850417; JP 8530485 A 19850420; SG 100491 A 19911129; US 72509085 A 19850419