Closure apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9756906
SERIAL NO

14557203

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A closure includes a male closure member including a first loop, an arm fixedly attached to the loop, and a bar fixedly attached to the arm, the bar having an upper portion extending orthogonally from the arm in a first direction and a lower portion extending orthogonally from the arm in a second direction opposite the first direction, the bar, the arm and the first loop lying substantially in a plane, and a female closure member including a second loop and a base portion fixedly attached to the second loop, the base portion having a top edge and a bottom edge and a trough extending from the bottom edge to the top edge into which the bar of the male closure member is insertable at the bottom edge and moveable along and configured for rotational pivoting of the bar in the trough, the base portion including a trough housing for receiving the upper portion of the bar inserted in the trough, the base portion having a recess configured to receive the arm attached to the bar inserted in the trough and positioned such that the upper portion of the bar is received by the trough housing, and the upper portion of the bar and the lower portion of the bar are disposed between the top edge and the bottom edge, the base portion including a pin biased to extend into the recess and configured to removably secure the arm in the recess.

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Patent Owner(s)

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FASTECH INCA CORP OF FLORIDA FL

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Fink, Matthew Weston, US 13 21

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