US 12,317,966 B2
Switch clasp
Elizabeth Louise Pinder, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by Elizabeth Louise Pinder, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/058,526.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/285,661, filed on Dec. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0172322 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. A44B 19/04 (2006.01); A44B 17/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC A44B 17/0064 (2013.01) [A44B 17/0005 (2013.01); H05K 7/1452 (2013.01); A44D 2203/00 (2013.01); A44D 2211/00 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A switch clasp comprising:
a first part having a fastening structure adapted to secure the first part to a first item;
a second part having a fastening structure adapted to secure the second part to a second item; said second part having a set of zip teeth adapted to engage with a complementary set of zip teeth of the first part;
at least one of said first part and second part including a sensor responsive to engagement and disengagement of the first and second parts to switch from a first condition to a second condition whereby a signal corresponding to the condition is output; and
a zip pull tab configured to connect the set of zip teeth to the complementary set of zip teeth,
wherein:
the sensor includes a first section of conductive track connected to a first conductive tooth of the set of zip teeth and a second section of conductive track connected to a second conductive tooth of the complementary set of zip teeth; and
the zip pull is configured to connect the first conductive tooth to the second conductive tooth to electrically connect the first section of conductive track to the second section of conductive track when connecting the set of zip teeth to the complementary set of zip teeth.