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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1998
Hiroshi Matoba, Toyama, JP;
YKK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A belt end fastener comprises a flatted tubular socket, and a plug to be detachably inserted in the socket. The plug has a plate-like tongue, and a ring projecting from a base of the plug, the tongue having a pair of belt-insertion holes Also the plug has a frame around the tongue, and a pair of resilient locking projections for locking engagement with opposite side walls of the socket when the plug is inserted in the socket. In use, one end of a belt of a bag or other article is inserted through the socket and the belt-insertion holes and is then turned over and is tentatively held in such folded form, whereupon the belt together with the plug is inserted into the socket for fastening. For unfastening the belt, the ring is pulled away from the socket while the locking projections are pressed toward each other against their resilience.