Brassiere strap clasp
View Patent ↗A brassiere strap clasp is used to hold either a cloth strap or a bead strap. The brassiere strap clasp has a body and a clamp. The clamp is pivotally attached to the body and has multiple teeth that extend toward the body. The cloth straps and the bead straps can pass through the brassiere strap clasp and are held by the teeth on the clamp. Also, the brassiere strap clasp can be used to adjust the length of the strap.
1. A brassiere strap clasp having
a body having
a top edge,
a bottom edge,
two side edges,
an inner surface,
a hook formed integrally with the bottom edge of the body in the same plane, and
two wings integrally formed respectively with the side edges of the body, and each wing having
an inner surface, and
a pivot element defined in the inner surface of the wing and having a distance from the inner surface of the body, and
a clamp pivotally attached to the body and having
a top edge,
a bottom edge,
two side edges,
an opening tab integrally formed on the bottom edge of the clamp and extending away from the body,
two wings being flush respectively with the side edges of the clamp, and each wing having
an outer surface facing to the inner surface of one of the wings on the body, and
a pivot element formed on the outer surface of the clamp, having a distance from the top edge and corresponding to the pivot element on a corresponding wing on the body, and
multiple teeth formed on the top edge of the clamp and extending toward the inner surface of the body.
2. The brassiere strap clasp as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pivot element of each wing of the body is a hole, and the pivot element on each wing of the clamp is a post, wherein each post is pivotally mounted inside one of the holes.
3. The brassiere strap clasp as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the body further comprises a lip transversely formed on the top edge of the body.
4. The brassiere strap clasp as claimed in claim 3 , wherein one of the wings of the body further comprises a detent defined in the inner surface of the wing, and
one of the wings of the clamp further comprises a nub formed on the outer surface and received inside the detent in the wing.
5. The brassiere strap clasp as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the body further comprises three holding recesses are defined in the inner surface and the three teeth are inserted into the holding recesses in the body.
6. The brassiere strap clasp as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the body further comprises a lip transversely formed on the top edge of the body.
7. The brassiere strap clasp as claimed in claim 1 , wherein one of the wings of the body further comprises a detent defined in the inner surface of the wing, and
one of the wing of the clamp further comprises a nub formed on the outer surface and selectively held in the detent.
8. The brassiere strap clasp as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the body further comprises three holding recesses are defined in the inner surface and the three teeth are inserted into the holding recesses in the body.
9. The brassiere strap clasp as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the distance between the pivot element on the clamp and the top edge of the clamp is greater than the distance between the pivot element on the body and the inner surface of the body.