Adhesive

Album fasteners

Armpit shield fastener

Article holder attachable to apparel or body

Arm or leg carried holder

Article held by clip with spring (e.g., leaf, coil) member

Article held by clip

Article held by flexible connector (e.g., chain)

Chatelaine safety hooks

Eyeglass holder including retaining means

Flower

Pin attached

Holder contains pocket engager (e.g., antitheft device, wallet protector)

Key ring holder

Napkin

Hook

Neck enclosing

Neck supported holder

Open-ended holster type holder

Pencil

Clasp attached

Combined and convertible pencil holder

Container type pencil holder

Finger ear, belt attached pencil holder

Flexible shank pencil holder

Pencil holder with paper clip

Pivoted jaw pencil holder

Separate pencil holder and pocket engaging clip

Sliding jaw pencil holding clip

Wire pencil holder

With movable catch (e.g., pin pivoted lever, roller, etc.)

Pin attached

Rule holder

Pin attached

Receptacle type holder

Eyeglass or spectacle case

Sleeve holder (e.g., for inner coat)

Bag fasteners

Plastic band bag tie

Resilient slot bag tie

Slides to lock bag end within housing

Swedged bag tie

Twist-to-close bag tie

Bale and package ties, hose clamps

Metal bands

Circumferentially swagged band clamp

End-to-end integral band end connection

Ratchet and tool tightened band clamp

Screw locked band clamp

Separate connections

One piece

Sheet metal

Buckle band connection

End-to-end integral with band connecting means

Swedged sheet metal band connection

Pivoted parts

Wedging parts

Wire

Spring closed band clamp

Swedged to lock band ends

Packet holders

Adjustable bands

Closed loops

Cord

Plastic bands

Plastic band

Wire

Separate connections

Wire

With tighteners

Integral thread

External thread

Both ends threaded

Lever

Radial screw

Self-locking (dead center or snap action)

Adjustable girth

Rack bar

Tangential screw

Adjustable girth

Step adjustment

Plural separable parts

Pivotal strap parts

Plural separable parts

Plural wrap

Wire

Wedge

Winder

Worm and tooth

Pivotal worm band clamp

Radial worm band clamp

Wooden bands

Bedclothes holders

Belt fasteners

Butt connected belt ends

Flanged belt ends, connector hold ends

Hinged ends of endless belts

Hinged

Bent over flanged ends

Knuckle integral with belt material

Multiple pintles interconnected v-belt type

Overlapped belt ends

Pintle pin connected belt ends

Ring connected belt ends

Sheet metal knuckles, common pintle

V and round belts

Wire knuckles, common pintle

Lacing

Lapped ends of endless belts

One piece

Deflecting prong

Screw clamp

Splices

Tighteners

V, round, trapezoidal belts

Velcro and zipper belt end connection

Wire strands reinforce belts

Wire

Buckles

Combined pressure bar and guard

Hook attached

Fabric covered

Garment shielded

Harness

Clamping

One-piece

Pivoted part or lever

Sliding part or wedge

Combined buckles and snap hooks

Cross bails

Pivoted stud plate

Rigid stud

Lock

Key

Loop shields

Penetrating tongue

Guarded

Multiple

One-piece

Pivoted

Lever actuated

Stud

Sliding part or wedge

Strap loops and attaching devices

Looped strap

One-piece

Hook attached

Looped strap

Ornamental and/or object supported

Penetrating prong

One-piece

Hook attached

Pivoted

Hook attached

Slide

Pivoted lever

Hook attached

Looped strap

Sliding part of wedge

Hook attached

Looped strap

Button with fastener

Adjustable

Button with cavity for friction grip fastener

Button with shank for friction grip fastener

Cloth shanks and covers

Covers

Metal or plastic caps

Deflecting prong or rivet

Anvil or plate

Integral

Eye shank type button

Fabric embracing

Flexible button

For cuff or collar

Heat or adhesive secured type

Hinged leaf

Axially rotating

Double

Sliding

Integral or rigid stud

Bent sheet metal (integral)

Link

Extendably connected

French cuff

Integral piece

Integral rubber button, extendable shank

Pivoted leaf

Releasably locked

Tufting

Loss-preventing devices

Multiple attachment

Ornamental type

Pads

Pin attached

Separable

Screw

Spring

Resilient head

Resilient socket

Rotating head

With operating devices

Separate thread bar

Sliding bar

Spiral fastener

Swivel button

Thread or wire through apertured button

Tufting type

Buttoners

Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof

Dissociable gripping members

Channel and inserted bar

Having operator or locking means

Resilient channel or bar

Encircling gripping member including semirigid band and means for adjusting girth

Encircling gripping member including semirigid band and operator for tightening

Formed from single rigid piece of material

Having specific surface irregularity on or along engaging face

Gripping member adapted for tool actuation or release

Gripping member face integral with or rigidly affixed to screw-driving portion

Having either discrete flaccid or thin, nonbiasing, integral, connecting hinge

Having equally spaced or continual gripping faces revolving about central axis

Having flaccid gripping member

Formed from elastic material

Having gripping member actuated by fluid force

Having gripping member formed from, biased by, or mounted on, resilient member

Having specific handle structure

Having specific surface material or irregularity on or along engaging face

Including resilient biasing wire

Coiled wire

Integrally combined, independently operable, diverse clasps, clips, or support-clamps

Opposed engaging faces on gripping member formed from single piece of resilient material

Clasp, clip, or support-clamp cut or shaped from a single sheet of resilient, uniformly thick, planar material

Having specific handle structure

Movably attached to gripping member

Having specific surface irregularity on or along engaging face

Corrugated or toothed face

Interlocking faces

Piece totally forms clasp, clip, or support-clamp and has shaped, wirelike, or bandlike configuration with uniform cross section throughout its length

Having specific surface irregularity on or along engaging face

Opposed faces located in and bias towards common plane in nonuse position

Relatively movable segments of resilient gripping member contact and cross in nonuse position

Having specific handle structure

Segments form opposed engaging faces

Having specific handle structure

Resilient gripping member having coiled portion

Convolutions of coil form faces

Resilient gripping member having tightly twisted portion

Terminal end of resilient member having engagement or disengagement enhancing structural modifications

With reinforcing member

With operator for moving biased engaging face

Camming or wedging element

Encircling sleeve type element

Pivoted or rotated element

Element pivots or rotates in plane parallel to plane bisecting opposed engaging faces

Elongated element with pivot between cam and handle portions

For moving engaging face of u-shaped gripping member

With position locking-means for engaging faces

Integral locking-means

Pivoted lock member

With specific means for mounting to flaccid supporting structure or structure-to-be-secured

Mounting means made entirely from integral wire portion of resilient gripping member

Wire coiled about flaccid support structure

Having gripping member shifted by operator

Threaded cylindrical rod and mating cavity

Having inserted and receiving interlocking members connected by bendable, nonbiasing strap

Discrete flaccid strap

Having necked button sliding along length of closed, variable width loop

Having wedge shaped, inserted and receiving members

Resilient inserted or receiving member

Inserted or receiving member substantially covered or coated for protection or to promote gripping

Resilient inserted member

Having engaging face formed from nonmetallic material

Having head and neck type engaging face

Having internal supporting or reinforcing element

Circular head or neck

With distinct means for preventing separation of members

Slidably mounted

With separate flaccid flap or pocket for protecting structure-to-be-secured

With separate, cavity-blocking gate on receiving member

With specific means for attaching to flaccid strap or supporting strap

On the inserted member

Including pivoted gripping member

Closed by gravity or weight of structure-to-be-secured

Having inserted and receiving interlocking engaging faces

Resilient gripping member

Having rigid linking arm pivotally connected to each gripping member

With extended lever portion

Having lever end modified for attachment to support

Having specific surface material or irregularity on or along engaging face

Having three or more pivotally connected gripping members

Having toggle operator for moving

Pivoted gripping member applies camming force

Pivoted member also slides

Tapered face

Pivoting gripping member either supports or coacts with sliding engaging face

Spring or resiliently biased about pivot

Distinct spring

Attached solely by spring

Coil spring

Having coil portion coaxial or parallel with pivotal axis

Flat or leaf spring

Having specific handle structure

Having specific surface material or irregularity on or along engaging face

With operator for moving pivoted member

Camming or wedging element

Pivoted or rotated element

With position locking-means for gripping members

Including pivoted arm

With operator means for moving pivoted member

Camming or wedging element

Pivoted or rotated element

Threaded cylindrical rod and mating cavity

With position locking-means for gripping members

Integral locking-means

Including track or way guided and retained gripping member

Biased by distinct spring

Track or way oblique to path of gripping member

With operator for moving guided member

Threaded cylindrical rod and mating cavity

With position locking-means for gripping members

Integral locking-means

With specific mounting means for attaching to flaccid supporting structure or structure-to-be-secured

With specific mounting means for attaching to rigid or semirigid supporting structure or structure-to-be-secured

For cooperating with aperture in supporting structure or structure-to-be-secured

With specifically shaped, nongripping, rigid structure for connecting independently operable clasps, clips, or support-clamps

Co-planar flat clip

Combined diverse multipart fasteners

Buckle

And buckles

And pin

Crossed belt accommodating

Having disconnect structure

Resilient cooperating means

Having separate disconnect means

Pivotal lever type

Having separate material adjustment means

And clasp

And hook

Buckle having plural receiving slots

Having disconnect means

Having penetrating prong

And pin

And separable fastening means for attached fastener

Snap fastener

Having roller means

Including a button fastening element

Button fastening element including another fastener element

Clasp

And hook

Having cam

Having gripping configuration on clasp jaw

Penetrating type

Having intermediate connector allowing movement

And adjustment means

Having separable jaws

And penetrating prong

And pin

Having separate pin loss prevention means

Pin coextensive, coplanar, and contiguous with clasp jaw

Pin coextensive, coplanar, and contiguous with clasp jaw

Pin forms part of clasp jaw

Having pivoted members

Cam type member

Coil spring biased

Plural clasps

And cam

And toggle operator

Spring biased

Coil

Including a button fastening element

Plural clasps

Resilient type clasp

And cam

And disconnect means

And pin attachment

Circular work engageable

Spring biased jaw

Hook

And hook

Having biasing spring

Having securing means

Pivoted

Sliding

Snap type

Separately connected

Having penetrating prong

Including a button fastening element

Penetrating prong

Pin

And hook

Having intermediate connector allowing movement

And adjustment means

Hook having locking means

And penetrating prong

And pin

And disconnect means

Hook and eye type

And hook

Having connector allowing movement

Having intermediate connector allowing movement

Including a button fastening element

Cord and rope holders

Alignable aperture and spring pressed moving element

Ball or roller

Bendable, ductible

Chain

Bead chain fasteners

Friction disk

Helical preform

Knot engaging

Loop engaging

Loop, adjustable

One-piece

Rubber

Sheet material

Slack adjuster

Swagged, deformable

Wedge slot

Wire

Wire

Cord runs through center of coil

Pivoted part

Cam lever

Cam engaging or disengaging

Dual cam

Fixed and movable jaws, movable jaw pulled

Laterally shifted rope

Link-connected parallel jaws

Jaws locked together by cam, wedge, lever, or screw

Lever tension

Pivotal means with plate aperture

Plural-strand cord or rope

Safety release

Screw clamp

Bolt perpendicular to cable axis

J-shaped bolt

Screw clamp with snubber

Tangential bolt

Sheathed strand

Sliding part or wedge

Rope clamped between cone and socket

Rope looped about movable member

Screw actuated

Sliding ball

Sliding wedge

Snubbers, cleats by dielectric loss

Cuff holder

Adjustable

Pin fastener

Sleeve clasp and button for cuff

Sleeve clasp and clasp for cuff

Sleeve clasp and hook for cuff

Sleeve clasp and pin for cuff

Sleeve pin and button for cuff

Drawstring, laced-fastener, or separate essential cooperating device therefor

Having diverse shaped directing means for lacing

Having elastic segment in lacing

Having eyelet type directing means

With permanently deformed mounting structure

Mounting structure formed from different material than directing passage

Having hook shaped directing means

And movable component or surface for closing throat

Formed from wire

Mounted by structure allowing bodily movement thereof

With mounting structure formed from different material

With permanently deformed mounting structure

Expanding stud

Having lacing directing means in particular pattern

Having loop or sleeve shaped directing means

Entirely formed from flaccid material

Formed from wire

Mounted by structure allowing bodily movement thereof

With permanently deformed mounting structure

Expanding stud

Loop or sleeve closed when mounted

Having means covering tip of lacing

Tasseled

With permanently deformed mounting structure

With plural components

Includes lacing guiding roller within directing means

Includes lacing holding structure within directing means therefor

Includes separate device for holding drawn portion of lacing

Device engages element or formation on lacing

Device engages tie in lacing

And fully covers tie

Having lacing wound thereabout or wedged therein

Having relatively movable holding components or surfaces

With integral resilient linking structure therebetween

Formed from wire

With pivotal connection therebetween

With holding means fixedly mounted on lacing

And forming lacing tips

Drum or can spacer fastener

Fastener destructively secured by reshaping distortion force (e.g., ductile fastener)

Distorted structure having shape facilitating impaling

And distinct fastener structure cooperating with impaled structure

Detached cooperating structure

Including plural impaling elements

Elements form single aperture (e.g., split shank type)

Fastener for attaching band to watch or similar article (e.g., name plate)

Fastener with revolving component wrapping structure-to-be-secured about fastener

Fishline supported attachment hook

Fluid pressure

Freight container to freight container fastener

Glove fastener

Gun band type

Hanger on portable article support for manual attachment thereof to overhead support (e.g., drapery hook)

Having adhesive fastener

Having magnetic fastener

Including readily dissociable fastener having numerous, protruding, unitary filaments randomly interlocking with, and simultaneously moving towards, mating structure (e.g., hook-loop type fastener)

Combined with diverse fastener

Having filaments constructed from coated, laminated, or composite material

Having filaments formed from continuous element interwoven or knitted into distinct, mounting surface fabric

Having filaments of varied shape or size on same mounting surface

Having mounting surface and filaments constructed from common piece of material

Having opposed structure formed from distinct filaments of diverse shape to those mating therewith

Having several, repeating, interlocking formations along length of filaments

With distinct structure for sealing securement joint

With feature facilitating or causing attachment of filaments to mounting surface

Thermal or adhesive

With feature facilitating, enhancing, or causing attachment of filament mounting surface to support therefor

Independent, headed, aperture pass-through fastener

Interchangeable button loop and pin

Jaw structures, teeth

Laundry device

Miscellaneous

Multiflex axial

Multiflex strap

Necktie fastener

Bands

Depressors

Button engaging

Pin or spur

End-securing pin

Gripping

Button engaging

Adjustable

Cord loop

Pin attached

Pivoted or sliding jaw

Collar button combined

Clasp attached

Pin attached

Separable fastener

Magnetic, adhesive, or snap type fastener connects tie to shirt

Ornamental

Key shaped

Resilient clasp

Slider

Tie clip and fastening pin

Tie clip and shirt clasp attaching

Tie engaging loop with shirt engaging fastener

Tie knot engaging and collar attaching

Tie pin with shirt fastener

Tie stiffener with shirt fastener

Tie, attached hook

With pivotal jaws having spring means

One-piece

Paper clips

Sheet material

Wire

Paper fastener

Adhesive

Corner fastened

Paper-penetrating

Resiliently biased

Including means to open or close fastener

Pivotally mounted on pintle

One piece

Mounted on support means

With screw threaded or notch engaging securing means

Penetrating-type paper fastener

Pierced earring fastener

Pin or separate essential cooperating device therefor

Having distinct guiding, holding, or protecting means for penetrated portion

For pin having plural penetrating portions

Each independently movable towards and into cooperation with means

Having resilient bridging structure between portion and means

And penetrating portion formed from wire

Bridging structure includes elongated nonwire element

Wire also forms coiled bridging structure about which portion moves

Having means also formed from same wire

Including distinct device for cooperating with coil

Means includes structure for cooperating with formation (e.g., cavity) formed on portion

Including relatively movable guiding, holding, or protecting components or surfaces

Having nonresilient and resilient components

Means engages formation formed on penetrating portion

Means formed from resilient sheet metal

Means formed from single resilient wire

With connection allowing component to revolve about axis of held penetrating portion

With pivotal connection therebetween

Having position locking means therefor

Spring or resiliently biased

With slidable connection between nonself-biasing components

Component slides parallel to axis of held penetrating portion

Means detachable from or flaccidly connected to pin (e.g., hatpin type)

For pin having plural penetrating portions

Including relatively movable guiding, holding, or protecting components or surfaces

Having operator for moving holding component or surface

Moves pivoting holding component

Moves slidably guided, nonself-biasing, holding component

Having pierceable (e.g., cork) or naturally resilient (e.g., rubber) surfaces

Having resiliently biased component or surface

And aperture therein alignable with another spaced aperture of means

And nonresilient structure for guiding portion thereto

Coiled about longitudinal axis of held portion

With pivotal connection therebetween

With slidable connection between nonself-biasing components

Including structure for cooperating with formation (e.g., cavity) formed on penetrating portion

With independent, spaced, intermediate connections, or formations (e.g., coils), about which portion or means move

Includes slidable connection

With pivotal connection between penetrating portion and means

Connection also permits sliding movement

Resiliently biased about connection

With slidable connection intermediate penetrating portion and means

Having distinct head structure

Movably connected to penetrating portion

Having interconnected distinct penetrating portions

Connection allows movement therebetween

Resilient connection

Slidable connection

Formed from common wire

And pointing in same direction

Having penetrating portion retractable or of changeable length

Having specific wire penetrating portion

Wire curved or bent

Penetrating portion includes relatively movable structure for resisting extraction

With cavity for guiding structure-to-be-secured towards penetrating portion (e.g., stocking support)

With separately operable, manually releasable, nonpenetrating means for mounting (e.g., drapery hook)

Pivoted edge stays

Plastic hook

Plural fasteners having intermediate flaccid connector

Chain connector

Elastic connector

Strap connector

Strap connector

Readily interlocking, two-part fastener requiring either destructive or tool disengagement

Including additional fastener structure linking parts

Separable-fastener or required component thereof (e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock)

Each mating member having similarly shaped, sized, and operated interlocking or intermeshable face

Clasp (e.g., spring type)

For belt or strap

For jewelry (e.g., buckle type)

Hook

For apparel

For belt, strap, etc. (e.g., with pivoted gate locking member)

Resilient element

Snap (e.g., identical elements)

Sliding or rotating element

Slot and tab or tongue

Zipper-type (e.g., slider)

For container (e.g., bag)

For garment (e.g., with ribs and grooves interlocking elements)

Including member having distinct formations and mating member selectively interlocking therewith

Cavity having specific shape

Having access opening with gapped perimeter for allowing movement of noninserted projection support therepast

Including closed elongated access opening for guiding transverse projection travel after insertion

Having electric or fluid powered, actuation or release, of interlock

Hook-shaped projection member passing through cavity

Formed from single piece of sheet metal

Formed solely from wire

Hook

Multiple catch (e.g., with pivoted gate)

Interlocking portion actuated or released responsive to preselected condition (e.g., heat, pressure)

Means for mounting projection or cavity portion

Allows bodily movement facilitating interlock

About pivotal connection

Includes resilient component separate from portion

Allows relocation of portion

Consisting of thermally fusible substance

Having component of means permanently deformed during mounting operation

And encircling cavity or projection

And formed from or fixedly attached to projection or cavity portion

Cooperates with detached component of means

Having shape facilitating impaling of mounting surface

And inserted into or through cavity or projection

Having shape facilitating impaling of mounting surface

Having specific structure for cooperating with stitching

Having threaded formation

Notched clasp (e.g., with receiving slot)

Pin, post and receiver

Plural distinct cavities or projections

Hook type

Projection having movable connection between components thereof or variable configuration

And operator therefor

Including camming or wedging element on projection member

Pivotally attached element

Including pivotal connection between projection components

And spring or resilient extension biasing about pivot

Component slides relative to connection

Including resiliently biased projection component or surface segment

Cooperating with cavity having side walls and axially biased component capping end

Forming total external surface of projection

And encircling hollow central area

Having dome-shaped head and expansion slit along side

And connected surface at tip of head

Having separate mounting means encompassing cross section of projection

Having separate mounting means inserted into area

Plastic deformation of means or surface required for mounting

Constructed from wire

Having inserted end formed by oppositely biased surface segments

Having both resiliently biased and rigid components forming external surface of projection

Requiring manual force applied against bias to interlock or disengage

Having connected leading edge and separated trailing arms

Including slidably guided connection between nonself-biasing projection components

And distinct spring biasing component

With additional, similar projection for engaging different cavity

Projection member including noninserted spring for engaging and pushing against receiving member

Projection passes through cavity then moves toward noninserted portion of its member to complete interlock (e.g., snap hook)

Entire projection member forms loop or ring when interlocked

Includes slidable gate closing entrance throat

Hook type projection member

Noninserted portion of projection member includes movably connected gate for closing access throat

Pivotally connected gate

Gate also slides relative to pivot

Gate closes when structure-to-be-secured is tensioned

Gate swings transversely to plane of hook

Having means biasing gate about pivot

And position locking-means for gate

Includes distinct biasing spring

Coil type spring

Coiled about pivotal axis of gate

Having position locking-means for gate

Locking-means pivotally connected

Locking-means slidably mounted

Resilient, self-biased gate

Gate and hook formed from plastic

Gate and hook formed from single piece of sheet metal

Gate and hook formed solely from wire

With position locking-means for gate

Revolvably mounted disc shaped gate

Threaded gate

Track or way guided gate

Having means biasing gate

Cavity in shank forms track or way

With position locking-means for gate

Guide of gate encircles shank

Plural hooks entering opposite sides of same cavity

Hooks formed solely from wire

Projection pivotally attached to shank or mounting structure

Projection self-biased towards shank or mounting structure

And formed solely from wire

Cooperating with relatively stationary wire gate

Projection slidably mounted to shank or mounting structure

Receiving member includes either movable connection between interlocking components or variable configuration cavity

And operator therefor

For plural, oppositely shifting, similar interlocking components or segments

Operator includes camming or wedging element

Including pivotally connected element on receiving member

For shifting pivotally connected interlocking component

Element and component pivot about same axis

For shifting slidably connected and guided, nonself-biasing interlocking component

Including slidably connected and guided element on receiving member

For shifting pivotally connected interlocking component

For shifting slidably connected and guided, nonself-biasing, interlocking component

Having cavity with side walls and axially biased component capping end

Having flaccid component defining access opening of cavity

Component formed solely by flaccid cord

With nonflaccid component

Having pivotally connected interlocking component

And position locking-means therefor

And relatively movable handle therefor

Blocking removal of formation on projection from complementary formation on side wall of cavity

Requiring manual force thereon to interlock or disengage

Having aperture therein alignable with parallel access opening

Having interlocking portion thereof housed continuously within cavity

Plural, oppositely shifting, similar interlocking components

Having resiliently biased interlocking component or segment

And access opening with gapped perimeter for allowing movement of noninserted projection support therepast

Cavity constructed solely from wire

And closed elongated access opening for guiding transverse projection travel after insertion

Formed from wire

Nonresilient walls define opening

Biased component or segment entirely formed from wire

Cavity or projection rotates about axis of cavity to dissociate

Having axially extending expansion slit along side of cavity

Having portion of cavity deformed during mounting

And cooperating with separate mounting component

Including separate, nonprojection-engaging spring for biasing

Partially blocking separate, nonresilient, access opening of cavity

And bodily shifted into or out of interlock location by manual force thereon

Formed from wire

Having curved or bent engaging section conforming to contour of projection

Similar, distinct sections

Having distinct sections engaging projection at spaced points

Requiring manual force applied against bias to interlock or disengage

And partially blocking separate, nonresilient access opening of cavity

Having slidably connected, nonself-biasing interlocking component

And position locking-means therefor

And relatively movable handle therefor

Blocking removal of formation on projection from complementary formation on side wall of cavity

Requiring manual force thereon to interlock or disengage

Having closed aperture therethrough alignable with parallel access opening

Plural, oppositely shifting, similar interlocking components

With additional cavity for engaging different projection

Having common means actuating or releasing interlocking components or surfaces

And interlocking with independently associated or dissociated projection members

Resilient element (e.g., with spring)

Snap with cavity

Slot and tab or tongue

Having teeth or serrations (e.g., sliding with respect to each other)

With third detached member completing interlock (e.g., hook type)

Belt, strap, harness, etc.

For safety belt buckle, strap, harness, etc.

For apparel and related accessories

Belt, strap, etc. (e.g., buckle or snap fastener)

Button, button related

Snap (e.g., key hole type)

Glove

Hook (e.g., within cavity)

Post and receiver(e.g., pin and slot)

Purse, wallet, etc.

For chain, rope, cable, etc.

Coupler with sliding socket to complete interlock

For jewelry

For key holder

For tire chain, strap, etc. (e.g., rotatable or sliding spring gate)

Hook

For connecting chains (e.g., opposed pivoted hook)

For heavy load bearing device (e.g., chain, rope, cable, etc.)

Haim, harness, whiffletree, rein, etc.

Snap with spring bias (e.g., gate)

Including eyelet (e.g., shoes)

Quick connect or release (e.g., spring and detent)

Resilient element (e.g., snap type)

For upholstery, panel, trim strip, etc. (e.g., spring biased)

Link with pivoted gate

Sliding or rotating element

Element having key slot

Separable-fastener or required component thereof

Each mating member having similarly shaped, sized, and operated interlocking face

Including complementary shaped and alternately useable interlocking faces

Including elongated face having identical, parallel cross sections throughout its length

Including elongated face having varying, parallel cross sections throughout its length

Single piece hook-shaped member (e.g., mating garment hooks)

Including member having distinct formations and mating member selectively interlocking therewith

Formations member having movably attached or biased interlocking structure

Formations positioned along wall forming mating-member-guiding cavity

Formations member having movably attached or biased interlocking structure

Having mounting means allowing repositioning of member for facilitating interlock

Selectively interlocking member having movably attached or biased interlocking component

And cavity for guiding movement of formations

Including member having elongated, resilient, interlocking face with identical, parallel cross-sections throughout its length

Including receiving member having cavity and mating member having insertable projection guided to interlock thereby

Having divergent interlock means distinct from cavity or projection of its member

Projection or cavity rotates about axis of cavity access opening to interlock

Having projection rotatably connected to its member

And operator therefor

And position locking-means therefor

Including notch or hump on projection axially biased by spring

Including radially biased element engaging against relatively rotating surface at connection

And spring for axially biasing projection

Receiving member includes either movable connection between cavity components or variable configuration cavity

With third, detached member completing interlock

And linking cavities in adjacent parallel panels

Third member consists of unitary elongated element

Third member includes independently engaged hooks for linking spaced cavities

And movably connected, noninserted gate for closing access throat of hook

Third member includes relatively movable, separate components

For parachute harness

Shirt collar holders

Slit closing means including guides on opposite edges of slit and slidable bridging component

Having bridging components attached in series along carrying element

Having separate, independently movable, bridging components

Including structure linking and allowing variations in separation between opposite-guide-contacting portions of component

With hand-actuated lever for shifting bridging component

Strap cable or pipe button

Strap tighteners

Accordion straps

Buckle type

Cam lever and loop

Cargo tie down

Chain tighteners

Chain, cable, wire tighteners, and anchors

Concrete form panels

Cover fasteners

Envelope fasteners

Jewelry

Seat belt buckles

Ski boot and garment fasteners

Split ring with tightener

Step adjusted

Chain and rope tighteners

Jewelry

Ski boot and garment fasteners

Split ring tightener

Strap tighteners

Tire chain tighteners

Strap tightener machine

Strap tighteners

Tie chain tighteners

Toggle actuated sliding jaw

Cargo tie down

Chain tighteners

Circular flange container clamp

Fixed jaw with sliding or pivoted jaw

Form panels for walls

Integral piece

Jewelry

Midline

Parallel poles clamp

Rack and pinion and circular tighteners

Seat belt

Ski, boot, and shoe fasteners

Split band with tightener

Stocking top

Strap stretching tools, tighteners, and sealers

Strap-attached folding lever

Cable, wire, rope tightener

Dress hem raisers

Jewelry-watch straps

Seat belts

Ski boot and garment fasteners

Split ring fasteners

Strap tightener

Tie downs (covers, articles)

Tire antiskid strap tightener

Toggle latch

Tire chain tighteners

Toggle

Strap-end-attaching devices

Bendable sheet material

Buckle connected

Cargo tiedown

End clasp

Enlarged end epoxy

Hook

Ring-loop

Watch pintle connected

Watch strap

Webbing to tube (lawn chair)

T-head nongripping, fabric engaging type

Trim molding fastener

Having externally threaded attaching means

And laterally extending biasing appendage

Having laterally extending biasing appendage

Plastic type

Resilient metal type

Sheet metal formed

Strip formed

Wire formed

Trouser guards, clips, straps (e.g., above shoetops)

Tufting button fastener

Watch chain fastener (e.g., swivel hook)

Weighted clip or clamp

Winders for flexible material

Zipper or required component thereof

Having coiled or bent continuous wire interlocking surface

Attached by stitching

String or stringer tape having distinctive property (e.g., heat sensitive)

With core encircled by coils or bends

With mounting portion having structural formations complementary to stitching

With stringer tape having distinctive property (e.g., heat sensitive)

With stringer tape having specific weave or knit pattern

With stringer tape interwoven or knitted therewith

Having interlocking surface formed from single member with varying cross section

Opposed surface having dissimilar cross section

Having interlocking surface with continuous cross section

Opposed interlocking surface having dissimilar cross section

Having slider or interconnected sliders with access opening for diverse-art-member

Including complementary, aligning means attached to ends of interlocking surfaces

Having specific mounting connection or reinforcing structure at connection

Including means attaching interlocking surfaces together

Including means for obstructing movement of slider

Interlocking surface constructed from plural elements in series

Dissimilar opposed elements

Having either noninterlocking element in, interrupted, or unequal length series

Having interlocking portion with specific shape

Including complementary formations on opposite walls for engaging mating elements

Mating elements having reversed orientation of formations

Including symmetrical formations on opposite walls for engaging mating elements

Having mounting portion with specific shape or structure

Including embracing jaws

Preattached to mounting cord

Wire element

With element structural feature unrelated to interlocking or securing portion

Plural independently movable sliders

Plural zippers

Having surface sealing structure

Zipper chain

Slider having specific configuration, construction, adaptation, or material

Having specific contour or arrangement of converging channel, separator island, or wing

Spaced segments of each wall of channel supported by different wings

Including converging channel and relatively movable separator island

Including means for attaching components of slider together

Including means preventing bunching of structure-to-be-secured or stringer

Including position locking-means attached thereto

Having surface engaging element shifted by reorientation of pull tab

Resilient or spring biased element

Biased by distinct spring

Having aperture cooperating with guide post

Selectively shifted by either of two pull tabs

With relatively movable link

Protrusion on pull tab directly engaging interlocking surfaces

Including pull tab attaching means

Including relatively movable spaced wings (i.e., restraining walls)

With ornamental slider

With distinct member for sealing surfaces

With distinct separable-fastener

With distinct, stationary means for anchoring slider

And for aligning surfaces or obstructing slider movement

With means for concealing surfaces