Abstract: An aspect of the invention is directed to a method for making an improved slide socket of the type having a snap ring and used to secure a strap, e.g. a football helmet strap, to a conventional flanged stud attached to the helmet. The method includes, in either order, the steps of forming a socket body having a cavity and a retention lip and forming a snap ring retainer member. Both the body and the retainer member are preferably formed of molded plastic material. The method further includes the steps of placing the snap ring into the cavity and inserting the retainer member into the cavity to retain the snap ring. In another aspect of the disclosure, an improved slide socket is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention entails a fastener unit for coupling two or more rafts together. In one embodiment the fastener unit is comprised of a pair of deformable closed walls, each having a central opening and designed to lock one in another. Each closed wall includes a connector extending therefrom for connecting to a raft. In a second embodiment, the fastener unit is comprised of a pair of fasteners, each having an eyelet with a flexible hook extending therefrom. The hook is extended from one eyelet and is connected to a second eyelet, and a hook from the second eyelet is extended back to the first eyelet to form a coupled relationship between the two fasteners. Each hook and eyelet fastener having a connector extending therefrom for connecting to a raft.

Abstract: A tie-down particularly adapted for use in combination with a pool cover which importantly prevents any marring, scratching or damage to the surface of the deck surrounding the pool. The tie-down is generally flat and smooth and made from a tough flexible rubber compound, presenting a keyhole slot at one end and a bifurcated opposite end. Either a hollow threaded member (or fastener) or a selective snap fastening arrangement is presented at the latter. The keyhole slot engages an anchor embedded in the pool deck, where the opposite bifurcated end secures one of a series of grommets disposed along the edge of the pool cover. The invention achieves desired strength and pulling force on the cover.

Abstract: A device for locking a guitar strap to a guitar has a slotted base with one slot for receiving a guitar strap through it, and a second slot for mounting to the strap peg on the guitar. The second slot is keyhold shaped and has an entry portion and a retaining portion, the entry portion being large enough to receive the head of the peg, and the retaining portion being narrow enough to prevent the peg head from passing through it. A slot blocking lid is hinged to the base and pivotable about the hinge to close so that the entry portion of the slot can be blocked when the peg has been received in the retaining portion of the slot. A retainer strap is secured to the base at one end remote from the hinge, and extends through a slot in the lid, also remote from the hinge, and fastened by a snap fastener adjacent the hinge to hold the slot blocker lid in locking position until the retainer strap is intentionally released.

Abstract: A device for coupling two or more items such as luggage, which includes a longitudinal length of material with first and second groups of snaps at each end thereof for looping the longitudinal ends of the longitudinal length of material and a third group of snaps intermediate the ends for the purpose of forming an interior loop of the longitudinal length of material and thereby increasing/decreasing the length of the longitudinal length of material.

Abstract: A strap fastener includes a fastener body on which a strap is retained, and a socket member adapted to be mounted on the fabric of a bag to retain the fastener body for connecting the strap to the bag. The fastener body has a plug with an enlarged head snappingly receivable in a stepped bore formed in the socket member. The fastener body is rotatable about the axis of the plug with respect to the socket member. With this construction, the strap is connected to the bag with utmost ease and can be adjusted in a desired posture to suit with the physical characteristics of the user.

Abstract: A fastener for use with a leather or leather-like article having a pair of panels with at least one fastening anchor portion and one strap portion extending toward each other but short of actual contact, the fastening anchor portion having an anchor stud, the strap portion having a series of punch holes extending therethrough. The fastener comprises a flexible bridging strap-like member bridging across between the fastening anchor portion and the strap portion. This bridging member has at one end a stud-receiving portion for coaction with the stud, including an opening for entry and securement of the stud. The other end has a buckle portion for encompassing and sliding along the strap and having a fixed peg projecting therefrom for entering and engaging any one of the punch holes, so as to adjust for size according to which punch hole is so engaged. A bridging strip joins the stud receiving portion to the buckle portion.