Abstract: A wearable electronic device assembly has a strap attached to the device for attaching the device to a wearer, and a connector for securing two overlapping end regions of the strap together. The connector has first and second parts configured to be secured together with the two overlapping end regions of the strap extending between them, to secure the two end regions together. The first part has a projection arranged to extend through or adjacent to the strap. The second part has a main body having an aperture to receive the projection of the first part, and a securement part movable with respect to the main body between a released position and a securement position. The projection is retained in the aperture to secure the first part of the connector to the second part of the connector.

Abstract: An assembled-type fastener unit includes a base, a handling member movably fitted in the base, and a locking device movably received in the handling member. The handling member can be operated for the locking device to extend out of the base to form a locked state or for the locking device to retract into the base to form an unlocked state. To use the fastener unit, the base is firstly connected to an object. Then, the handling member is operated for the locking device to extend out of the base and lock to a target object to form the locked state; or the handling member can be operated for the locking device to retract into the base to separate from a target object and form the unlocked state. Thus, at least two objects can be repeatedly and quickly connected to or disconnected from one another using the fastener unit.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a secure tracking and monitoring device that may not be easily taken off by the wearer or by a perpetrator without biometrically authenticated authorization. The secure tracking and monitoring device includes: a smartwatch, the smartwatch including a first computer program product; a first band with a first end attached to the smartwatch; a second band with a first end attached to the smartwatch; a biometric locking device that attaches a second end of the first band to a second end of the second band; a processor, memory, a second computer program product, a wireless transceiver, one or more locking actuators, a battery, and first camera each operatively attached to the biometric locking device; and a gel ring attached to a surface of the biometric locking device.

Abstract: A wearable electronic device assembly has a strap attached to the device for attaching the device to a wearer, and a connector for securing two overlapping end regions of the strap together. The connector has first and second parts configured to be secured together with the two overlapping end regions of the strap extending between them, to secure the two end regions together. The first part has a projection arranged to extend through or adjacent to the strap. The second part has a main body having an aperture to receive the projection of the first part, and a securement part movable with respect to the main body between a released position and a securement position. The projection is retained in the aperture to secure the first part of the connector to the second part of the connector.

Abstract: An ultra-slim fastener for a bra includes male and female parts mounted on fabric pieces. The male part has a planar body having a downwardly depending leg terminating in an outwardly projecting foot extending parallel to the body. The female part has a substantially planar frame defining a cavity for reception of the foot. The cavity is roofed in towards the innermost end of the frame only, thereby defining an open mouth towards the outermost frame end. In embodiments, a fabric strip forms a backing for the frame and the bottom of the cavity is closed off. The second piece further includes an overlay mounted partially above the frame and on the fabric strip, sandwiching the frame between the overlay and the fabric strip. Embodiments are provided for use with reversible garments. Such a fastener will be very thin yet very strong.

Abstract: A buckle includes a male member, a female member for engaging with the male member and having a first portion and a second portion, a first engaging portion provided on the first portion, and a second engaging portion provided on the male member for engaging with the first engaging portion. The second portion can bend so as to receive a part of the male member between the first and second portions. The second portion presses the male member toward the first portion to engage the first engaging portion with the second engaging portion when the male member is inserted between the first and second portions.

Abstract: To connect a belt connecting member (4) of a first member (1) with a snap hook (5) of a second member (2), a neck portion (21) having a circular cross section is provided so as to project from a connecting portion of the snap hook (5), a bulging portion (22) is provided on a tip end of the neck portion (21) so as to radially bulge to define an engaging portion (23), a fitting hole (13) is provided on a connecting portion of the belt connecting member (4) with an engaged portion (15) that is engageable with the bulging portion (22), the engaged portion (15) and the engaging portion (23) are formed in an oval shape having a long axis (L, L?) in a flush plane of the belt connecting member (4) and the snap hook (5) and a short axis (S, S?) in orthogonal planes of the belt connecting member (4) and the snap hook (5), and the engaging force can be largest when the snap hook (5) is in its most general state in use where the belt connecting member (4) and the snap hook (5) are orthogonal.

Abstract: A protective device for attachment to a waist belt of a law enforcement officer to prevent inadvertent opening of the belt buckle, the device includes a sleeve adapted to slide along the belt to a position snugly covering the closed buckle and slidably movable away from that position to permit release of the buckle. The sleeve preferably has funnel ends and is formed of a rigid material. A slot in the inner wall of the sleeve permits temporary expansion of the sleeve to accommodate for the increased thickness of the loop of the belt about buckle end connections for the loop followed by a contraction of the sleeve to snugly encase the buckle. A stiff sleeve with releasable fasteners at its ends and with release fasteners between the buckle and sleeve are alternate embodiments.