US PATENT SUBCLASS 24 / 464
.~ Having inserted and receiving interlocking members connected by bendable, nonbiasing strap

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24 /   HD   BUCKLES, BUTTONS, CLASPS, ETC.

455  DF  CLASP, CLIP, SUPPORT-CLAMP, OR REQUIRED COMPONENT THEREOF {17}
464.~ Having inserted and receiving interlocking members connected by bendable, nonbiasing strap {1}
465  DF  .~.~> Discrete flaccid strap {7}

DEFINITION

Classification: 24/464

Having inserted and receiving interlocking members connected by bendable, nonbiasing strap:

(under subclass 455) Clasp* having (a) a projecting portion of one gripping member (e.g., button, hook) inserted within a cavity portion of the opposed gripping member (e.g., open loop, aperture, or slot member) which receives both it and the structure-to-be-secured* in such a manner as to subsequently restrict their relative movement in the direction in which force is transmitted thereto by the structure-to-be-secured* and (b) a flexible nongripping, elongated material through which the gripping members are solely attached and which is capable of bending at several points along its length without any essential resilient biasing of either gripping member (i.e., the elongated material, when formed from a resilient* substance, could theoretically be replaced by a flaccid* material and the clasp* would still function properly).

(1) Note. The mere intermeshing or mating of opposed gripping members is not considered to be interlocking unless the intermeshing or mating portions tightly interfit or are otherwise held together to restrict the separation of the gripping members.

(2) Note. Patents in which both interlocking members include a cavity (e.g., open loop, aperture, or slot) which at least partially encompasses a portion of the opposed member's structure are placed in this and the indented subclasses according to the following rule: The cavity or receiving member is always the member whose opening encompasses the larger portion of the mating structure's surface at the interlocking connection (i.e., area of mutual contact). The only exception to this rule is when a hook (i.e., a projection having its end bent back towards its connection to the structure-to-be-secured*) is maneuvered through a closed encircling member, in this situation, the fully encircling member is always considered the cavity or receiving member.

(3) Note. The flexible, nonbiased material need not be fixedly attached to either of the gripping members but may allow for the sliding of either gripping member relative to the material.

(4) Note. See subclass 487 definition and notes for the distinction between an elongated strap and a hinge.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

298, for plural fasteners having an intermediate flaccid connector. 487, for gripping members connected by integral, thin, nonbiasing or discrete flaccid, connecting hinge.

530+, for interlocking, gripping members connected by a resiliently biased flexible (e.g., plastic) strap which is essential to the proper functioning of the clasp*.