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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 1980
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1978
Robert L McMickle, Spirit Lake, IA (US);
Berkley & Company, Spirit Lake, IA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a simplified wire snap formed of a bent piece of wire made of a high tensile steel material. The wire snap is formed by bending a length of wire at its extremities so that the bends face back toward one another and on a central body of the wire therebetween. The extremities of the bent wire have hooks therein and the hooks are directed in opposite directions with offsetting or angular bends therein to permit the wires to be readily bent and fit around the main body portion to secure to the same. The hook extremity of one bend portion overlies or extends beyond the hook extremity of the opposite bent portion to significantly increase the tensile strength of the wire snap.