Abstract: A toggle latch for releasably fastening and tensioning a closure band said latch comprising, a first member for connection to an end of said band, a second member for connection with the other end of said band, a lever hingedly connected adjacent a proximal end with said second member and a link member hingedly interconnecting said first member and said lever and being joined to said lever at a point spaced apart from said proximal end, said lever being movable between a first open position in which the extent of said lever diverges from said band and a second closed position in which said lever and link member nestably overlay said first and second members to draw said first member toward said second member.

Abstract: The manufacture of two hingedly connected components of a toggle latch by simultaneously press-forming two strips of metal feeding into a multi-phased die wherein the last operation comprises the folding of lugs on a component about an end portion of the other component so that oppositely projecting bosses on that end portion becomes homed in openings in the respective lugs.