Barbara J Hill

US Patent:

D606860, Dec 29, 2009

Filed:

Apr 9, 2009

Appl. No.:

29/314531

Inventors:

Barbara M. Hill - Huntington Beach CA, US

International Classification:

0907

US Classification:

D 9434

US Patent:

20100287745, Nov 18, 2010

Filed:

May 15, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/454250

Inventors:

Barbara M. Hill - Huntington Beach CA, US

International Classification:

A44B 21/00

US Classification:

24457

Abstract:

A clasp for surrounding and sliding along a flexible tube for squeezing the contents therefrom. The clasp includes first and second articulating arms that are hingedly connected together at a flexible joint so as to be rotatable between an open and unlocked position at which to receive the flexible tube therebetween and a closed and locked position at which to lie in substantially parallel face-to-face alignment and thereby apply a compressive force against the tube. One of the articulating arms includes a locking tab, and the other arm includes a catch that is carried by a flexible neck having a spring memory. The catch has a locking slot formed therein in which to removably receive and releasably retain the locking tab to thereby hold the first and second arms in the closed and locked position. The catch also includes a force-receiving push pad to which a manual pushing force is applied to cause the flexible neck to bend and the locking slot of the catch to rotate out of receipt of the locking tab.