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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1995
Edwin F Leach, II, Attleboro, MA (US);
Marinko Markic, Attleboro, MA (US);
Ronald E Precourt, Jr, Woonsocket, RI (US);
Michael A Gayton, Sandwich, MA (US);
Dwarika P Agarwal, Attleboro, MA (US);
Leach & Garner Company, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Abstract
An improved bangle closing mechanism (26) is adapted to releasably join two tubular arcuate bangle halves (11, 12). The improved closing mechanism has a keeper bar (28) provided with a proximal portion (29) adapted to be operatively engaged with the first bangle half (11), an intermediate portion (30) extending between the bangle halves and penetrating a narrowed opening (23) in the second bangle half (12), and an enlarged ball-like head portion (31) operatively arranged within the second bangle half. The projected diameter (d.sub.1) of the head portion is greater than the projected diameter (d.sub.2) of the narrowed opening. The head portion prevents the keeper bar from being withdrawn from the second bangle half, and facilitates sliding movement within the second bangle half as to the bangle halves are moved relatively toward or away from one another.