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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2000
Clark L. Grendol, Sturbridge, MA (US);
Avery Dennison Corporation, Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
A self-lockable loop fastener adapted for attaching tags and the like to articles of commerce. According to one embodiment, the fastener includes an elongated flexible filament, a receiving part disposed at one end of the flexible filament and an inserting part disposed at the opposite end of the flexible filament. The receiving part has a longitudinal axis extending generally perpendicular to that of the filament and includes a socket. The socket is provided with an aperture, the aperture having a longitudinal axis extending generally parallel to that of the filament. A circumferential flange is disposed within the aperture to reduce the diameter of a portion of aperture. The inserting part, which has a longitudinal axis extending generally perpendicular to that of the filament but generally parallel to that of the receiving part, includes a plug, the plug being insertable into the aperture and past the flange. The plug includes a pair of spring tabs which, once inserted past the flange, prevent the plug from being withdrawn back past the flange. The inserting part also includes a stop, the stop being spaced from the plug to prevent the plug from being pushed forward through the aperture to a point where the tabs can be easily manipulated in such a way as to enable the withdrawal of the plug back past the flange. The invention is also directed to a fastener clip including the above fastener, a first runner bar severably connected to the fastener inserting part and a second runner bar severably connected to the fastener receiving part, the two runner bars being parallel to one another, perpendicular to the fastener filament and coplanar with the fastener filament.