EP 2220956 A1 20100825 - Elastic element for snap fasteners
Title (en)
Elastic element for snap fasteners
Title (de)
Elastisches Element für Druckknöpfe
Title (fr)
Élément élastique pour boutons à pression
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 09153184 A 20090219
Abstract (en)
The invention is a new elastic element (E) for female parts of snap fasteners suited to retain the pin of the male part of said snap fasteners, comprising two or more substantially rigid opposite arched parts (E1, E2) connected at each of their adjacent ends by one or more elastic parts (E4) having the function of bringing and keeping together the ends of said arched parts (E1, E2) after the insertion or extraction of the pin of the male part, and wherein said elastic part (E4) has a multiple wave or sinusoidal shape, i.e. formed by alternately opposing curves (Ea, Eb, Ec, ..., En), and wherein said arched parts and said elastic parts form a generically closed ring shape.
IPC 8 full level
A44B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A44B 17/0011 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [X] US 6067694 A 20000530 - CANDOTTI RICCARDO [IT]
- [X] FR 1597718 A 19700629
- [A] DE 398635 C 19240717 - LOUIS WITTE OEILLETS UND METAL
- [A] DE 19919399 A1 19991104 - COBRA SRL [IT]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
AL BA RS
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 09153184 A 20090219