Abstract: A fastener assembly includes a grommet and a pin. The grommet includes a body and a collar. The body has a hollow cylindrical cavity that has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. The body includes flexible snaps connected to an exterior surface of the body. The flexible snaps are to flex in a radial direction with respect to a central longitudinal axis. The collar is provided at the second end of the body. The collar includes engagement members that extend from the collar in a direction opposite to the body to engage with the pin. The pin includes a shaft insertable into the body to cooperate with the flexible snaps to prevent radially inward movement of the flexible snaps.

Abstract: A fastener for detachably joining a panel to a structure is provided. The fastener exhibits a first connector for joining the fastener with the structure, a second connector for joining the fastener with the panel, wherein the second connector is detachably fastened to the first connector in the normal operating state of the fastener, and a restraining band, whose first end is joined with the first connector, and whose second end is joined with the second connector, wherein at least a portion of the restraining band exhibits a bent shape in the normal operating state of the fastener, wherein a spacer is situated between the first connector and second connector, and a projection of the spacer protrudes into the space inside the bent portion of the restraining band in the normal operating state of the fastener.

Abstract: A fastener for mounting an airbag to a vehicle includes a first fastening element and a second fastening element. The first and second fastening elements are configured to be positioned on opposite sides of an airbag panel. The first fastening element includes a protrusion configured to be positioned within an opening located in the second fastening element. The fastener has a locked condition in which the first and second fastening elements are locked together. A wall of the second fastening element forming the opening includes a recess configured to receive the protrusion when the fastener is in the locked condition. The second fastening element is configured to be rotated relative to the first fastening element in order to change the condition of the fastener to locked.

Abstract: An earring backing that retains the earring frontispiece with an upward tilt. A contact plate that resides in contact with the back of the earlobe of a user is coupled to a support structure that defines a channel for an earring post. The channel defines an acute angle with the contact plate.

Abstract: An integrated rockably released leverage snap fastening system may be removably fastened to the male snap to hold at least one item such as a tarpaulin in place to a boat or the like. To facilitate unfastening, male snap and rockable lever snap assembly cooperatively combine to create a class 1 lever system which may permit a user to rockably release the snap while reducing risk of damage to the tarpaulin. Various embodiments are discussed.

Abstract: A snap button wherein when a male snap is removed from a female snap, a rotation between the snaps is limited, but is permitted normally. A male-side grooved surface is provided on a male snap radially outward from a projection of the snap with a plurality of grooves formed so that peaks and troughs of the grooves are arranged continuously in the circumferential direction. A female-side grooved surface similar to the male-side grooved surface is provided on a female snap radially outward from a projection-receiving space of the snap. The female-side grooved surface is inclined relative to the male-side grooved surface. When the male snap is removed from the female snap, each axis of the male snap and the female snap, which are yet in a coupled state, inclines relative to each other, causing the male-side grooved surface and the female-side grooved surface to partially engage with each other.

Abstract: A structure of assembling a plastic locking device with a surface material includes a plastic locking device. A surface material forms holes. The plastic locking device is placed to have through-holes defined therein overlapping the holes of the surface material. Rivet fastener elements are respectively put through the through-holes of the plastic locking device and the holes of the surface material to be subjected to a riveting and fixing operation. The rivet fastener element includes a male button that is made of zinc and forms a pillar and a female button that is made of zinc and forms a hollow tube. Pressurizing equipment is used to couple the pillar and the hollow tube through interference fitting between the pillar and an inner wall of the hollow tube. Locking blocks are formed on the inner wall of the hollow tube to provide a tight interference fitting with respect to the pillar.

Abstract: A female snap button detachably receives a projection of a male snap button in a projection-receiving space. The female snap button includes an annular protrusion rising from a base and defining the projection-receiving space. In the annular protrusion, there are formed thick-walled portions with the thickness from the inner surface of the protrusion to the radially outer side being relatively thick and thin-walled portions with the thickness being thinner than that in the thick-walled portions. The thick-walled portions and the thin-walled portions are arranged alternately in the circumferential direction.

Abstract: A button is provided. A fixture fixes a button body to a support from an opposite side to the button body with the support therebetween. The button body includes a collar, a shaft protruding from the collar and an insert hole for the fixture to be inserted therein. An outer circular wall and an inner circular wall are formed at a tip end of the shaft separately from each other with a gap therebetween. The outer circular wall defines an outer periphery of the shaft and at least one protrusion for fixing the support thereon is formed at an upper surface of the outer circular wall. The inner circular wall defines an inner periphery of the insert hole. The protrusion protrudes relative to an upper surface of the inner circular wall and the gap is recessed relative to the upper surface of the inner circular wall.

Abstract: A snap button is provided, which can function as both of a male snap and a female snap without accurate alignment or positioning two snap buttons to be engaged with each other. The snap button comprises a button body, wherein the button body includes a plurality of projections and a plurality of recesses, which are circumferentially alternately arranged. Each of the projections includes at least one salient and each of the recesses includes at least one protrusion. Each of the projections may be shaped as a horizontal cross-section thereof gradually decreases from the proximal end to the distal end. Further, the circumferential range of each recess is larger than that of each projection. The protrusion may have one or more cutouts, and the salient may be hemispherically shaped.

Abstract: A badge displaying device comprising a backing plate having a left and right sides, a center between the left and right sides, and top and bottom surfaces. The backing plate has at least one slot through at least the top surface extending from one of the left or right sides towards the center of the backing plate. A pin clip sized to slide in the at least one slot receives a pin from a badge.

Abstract: In a helmet according to this invention, a recess-projection fitting mechanism to attach a blockish inside pad on a head protecting cap portion side includes a male hook or female hook on the blockish inside pad side, and a female hook or male hook on the head protecting cap portion. When pulling the inside pad outward from inside the head protecting cap portion at least partly, a recess-projection fitting disengaging slant surface causes one hook to relatively levitate from the other hook, thus relatively disengaging the male hook from the female hook. This invention can provide the helmet which, when worn by a head of a helmet wearer, can be removed with a comparatively small force, and the detaching operation of which can be performed easily and reliably with a comparatively simple arrangement.

Abstract: fastener assemblies, elements for fastener assemblies and methods of making and assembling elements for fastener assemblies, for example for insulation blanket fasteners such as those used on aircraft, may include a formed monolithic metal configuration having first and second side portions with a plurality of panel retaining elements arranged linearly along the side portions. A planar retaining element, for example a disc, may be assembled with the metal portion to form a fastener assembly, such as may be used to retain and insulation blanket. The planar retaining element may include a rolled edge, and if a coated part, may include surface projections to keep adjacent parts from sticking together during the coating process.

Abstract: Firm engagement to headwear and a versatile look of headwear may be improved by a button for headwear that includes an upper plate portion, a pillar portion extending from the upper plate portion and provided with a first catching projection, a lower plate portion, and a projection portion extending from the lower plate portion and provided with a second catching projection holding the first catching projection.

Abstract: A tape with snap fastener in which fixing strength of a fastener to a tape main body is secured and which is excellent in durability by eliminating a possibility that the fastener may contact directly the tape upon engagement and disengagement and has good external design performance. A base portion is fixed to front and rear surfaces of the tape main body of the male or female synthetic resin snap fastener, and a substantially cylindrical engaging protruding portion projects vertically from the base portion. A ring-like continuous concave groove portion, which has the same center as the base portion and an inner diameter exceeding the inner diameter of the engaging protruding portion, is provided on any one of front and rear surfaces of the base portion. The engaging protruding portion and the continuous concave groove portion have depth reaching the tape main body.

Abstract: This invention intends to provide a snap with supports, the snap being formed of resin across a pair of tapes in a simple manner thereby leading to improvement of productivity and securing a solid structure and practical performance. Supports such as tapes are disposed in parallel with a gap. By using this gap, male bodies or female bodies of the snaps of thermoplastic resin are formed across opposing edges of the tapes opposing each other at a predetermined pitch by injection molding means or extrusion molding means. A string may be used as the support. Different from a conventional processing in which an attaching hole is made in the center of the tape and resin snap is formed therein, a boring step is not necessary. Thus, this snap with tapes is created through such a simple processing.

Abstract: A sewable snap fastener constructed of resilient material for receiving stitches from a sewing process for detachably fastening together two opposing pieces of material. The sewable snap fastener comprising a socket member with a socket portion defining a receiving cavity and a cavity lip leading into the receiving cavity, and an integrally formed socket flange that extends outward from the socket portion to define a sewing region. The snap fastener further comprising an opposing stud member with a stud portion defining a projecting outer lip configured for engagement with the socket portion of the socket member, and an integrally formed stud flange that extends outward from the stud portion to define a sewing region. The snap fastener further comprising channeling means for reducing the build up of unwanted debris within the sewable snap fastener.

Abstract: A male-mounted tape is composed of a plurality of synthetic resin male snaps moulded and fastened onto a cloth tape at certain intervals in such a way that their engagement sides and non-engagement sides, which are asymmetric to each other, are on the front side and the back side of the cloth tape respectively. A female tape is composed of a plurality of synthetic resin female snaps moulded and fastened onto a cloth tape at the same intervals as the male snaps in such a way that their engagement sides and non-engagement sides, which are asymmetric to each other, are on the front side and the back side of the cloth tape respectively. The cloth tapes, on which the female and male snaps are formed and fastened, are not provided with holes for mounting the snaps.

Abstract: A child-proof button includes a base formed with a tubular portion at one end thereof, and a disc portion at another end thereof, the tubular portion being used for riveting, the disc portion having a plurality of notches, a metal body portion made of zinc and by die-casting and having a plurality of pawls at a circumferential edge thereof and a recess at a center thereof, the metal body portion being provided with a plurality of through holes, the base being fitted in the metal body portion with some of the notches coincident with the through holes, the metal body portion together with the base being further processed with injection molding and plastic not only covers the metal body portion but also enters coincident the through holes and the notches, thereby forming a plastic cover even more firmly attached to the metal body portion.

Abstract: A dual stage fastener for securing a vehicle interior trim component to a vehicle body component to cover an air curtain during storage. The fastener includes a pin tethered to a grommet. During deployment of the air curtain, the pin disengages from the grommet and the tether restrains the pin and the associated trim component to reduce the length of travel of the trim component within the passenger compartment of the vehicle.

Abstract: An attachment system including an attachment member having a height and a width with a base and a main body having a height extending away from the base and being substantially flexible along the height thereof and substantially inflexible along its width. The main body includes a plurality of substantially inflexible portions vertically spaced apart from the base and from one another by a plurality of substantially flexible connecting portions.

Abstract: A snap fastener having a detachment directionality. The fastener includes a portion for minimizing the gap between the male and female snaps (1, 4). The portion is, for example, a small protrusion (17) established on the side of the neck (13) opposite the engagement edge (16),or a protrusion (47) established on the side of the female snap.

Abstract: A not rotatable enclosing buckle of fabric article, including a female buckle body formed with a shaft hole passing through a bottom end thereof and a male buckle body including a main body and a nail post upward projecting from the main body. The nail post penetrates through the fabric article and inserting into the shaft hole of the female buckle body so as to latch the male and female buckle bodies on the fabric article. A stem of the nail post is formed with at least one rib. The rib and the longitudinal axis of the stem contain an angle other than 90 degrees. The rib defines a maximum outer circumference of the stem, whereby the rib meshes with the peripheral wall of the shaft hole to prevent the male and female buckle bodies from rotating relative to each other.