Fastener

Abstract

Decorations, badges, insignia, etc., worn on clothing, are held by pins or nail-like projections of various lengths which penetrate the fabric. The decoration is usually held in place by sliding some sort of holding device onto said pin or nail-like projection. Because of the design of the holding device, if the pin is extraordinarily long, or the fabric it is placed upon is thin, the decoration will not lay flush to the fabric. In addition, most fasteners, after a short period of time, lose their holding ability. Subsequently, both the fastener and the decoration are lost. This invention eliminates both problems by holding the decoration flush to the fabric, and not readily wearing out.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO ELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] U.S. Pat. No. 1,368,878 February 1921 Bandell [0002] U.S. Pat. No. 1,690,129 November 1928 Prentiss [0003] U.S. Pat. No. 2,835,948 May 1958 Blake [0004] U.S. Pat. No. 2,859,500 November 1958 Nyret [0005] U.S. Pat. No. 3,430,302 Regan, jr. etal [0006] U.S. Pat. No. 3,550,221 December 1970 Thorn [0007] U.S. Pat. No. 5,123,188 Jun. 1992 LodaSTATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT [0008] Not Applicable REFERENCE TO A MICROFICHE APPENDIX [0009] Not Applicable BACKGROUND OF THE MENTION [0010] Ribbons, honorary medals, and other insignia are typically affixed to the lapel or breast of a uniform using one or more ribbon supports. The ribbon, medal or insignia typically has a bar-shaped or otherwise generally flat holding structure, and the ribbon support assembly typically consists of one or a spaced-apart pair of retainer spikes projecting rearward from the back sure of the holding structure which are intended to penetra...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

[0012] In order to overcome the disadvantage of the prior art, a principal objective of the invention is to provide an improved fastener, that regardless of spike or pin length, eliminates sagging or a loose appearance of ribbon bars, name tags, medals and decorations mounted on the fabric of a uniform.

Problems solved by technology

However, such ribbon support assemblies have the disadvantage that the ribbon bar, medals, or decoration may often sag or appear to be loose, particularly if it has substantial weight and / or the length of the s pike(s) or penetrating pin(s) is long in relation to the thickness of the fabric being penetrated.

However, some of these devices are inconvenient to handle and are mainly for abnormally long spikes (generally on ribbon bars).

Continuous use causes the arms or wings to lose tension, which in turn causes the fastener to lose its holding ability.

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