US 12,225,984 B2
Clasp
Jonathan Hauptman, Maplewood, MN (US); and Sarah Hauptman, Maplewood, MN (US)
Assigned to PHLster LLC, Hugo, MN (US)
Filed by Jonathan Hauptman, Maplewood, MN (US); and Sarah Hauptman, Maplewood, MN (US)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/072,634.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/285,523, filed on Dec. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0172321 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. A44B 11/25 (2006.01)
CPC A44B 11/2592 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clasp comprising:
a buckle component that mates with a catch component in an interlocking configuration;
the buckle component comprising a mating projection that includes a catch-receiving slot and a latch projection, the catch-receiving slot is on an underside of the mating projection and the latch projection extends from a distal end of the mating projection; and
the catch component comprising a slot, a crossbar, and an eyelet, the slot is configured so the distal end of the mating projection can pass through the slot, the crossbar is configured to be received and retained by the catch-receiving slot when the buckle component is mated with the catch component to achieve the interlocking configuration, and the eyelet is configured to receive and retain the latch projection when the buckle component is mated with the catch component to achieve the interlocking configuration;
wherein the catch component further comprises two ribs configured to engage opposite sides of the latch projection, the two ribs being positioned opposite each other and below the eyelet.