A lock device is disclosed. The lock device includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion has a hollow portion and a connecting section wherein the connecting section is at the periphery of the hollow portion. The second portion is configured to be engaged to the hollow portion of the first portion when the second portion is slid in a biased direction across the connecting section of the hollow portion and thus mounted on the first portion. A plurality of elastic clicks disposed on an inner surface of the first portion. The sliding movement of the second portion is stopped by one or more stoppers to interlock second portion with first portion, wherein the one or more stoppers are disposed at an end of the connecting section. The second portion is positioned parallel to the first portion in a locked state.

A snap cover converter couples a boat cover to a boat. The converter has a snap portion that snaps to a mating snap portion on the cover, and will remain snapped thereto until a person removes the snap cover converter. A loop, when secured, extends from the snap portion snapped to the cover to and about either one of a male snap member affixed to a boat, or a knob that may be used in addition to or to replace a prior art snap member. The knob has a top, a base, and a shoulder intermediate between top and base that together engage securely with an opening in the loop. In one preferred embodiment, the loop opening is keyhole shaped, and the knob top has a generally cylindrical exterior of a diameter greater than the knob shoulder and less than a diameter of the knob base.

A snap-type fastener arrangement includes various elements. For example, the snap-type fastener arrangement includes a socket component and a stud component. The stud component is insertable into the socket component to releasably couple two items together. The snap-type fastener includes a construction having a relatively low profile that does not extensively protrude outward from the underlying article to which the snap-type fastener is attached. The socket component includes a portion for securing the socket component to a textile layer and a central portion that extends through the textile layer. The stud component may be inserted into a socket aperture in the central portion of the socket in order to mate the two components.

Embodiments are generally directed to a snap button fastener providing electrical connection. An embodiment of a fastener includes a first mechanical part, the first mechanical part including at least a stud portion, the first mechanical part including a first electrical connector; a second mechanical part, the second mechanical part including at least a socket portion with a spring element and the socket portion, the second mechanical part including a second electrical connector. The stud portion of the first mechanical part and the socket portion of second mechanical part, if separated, are to interlock upon the application of a first force towards each other, and, if interlocked, to separate upon the application of a second force away from each other. The first electrical connector and the second electrical connector are to be electrically connected when the first mechanical part and the mechanical part are interlocked, and first electrical connector and the second electrical connector are to be disconnected when the first mechanical part and second mechanical part are separated.

A method is provided for producing a component connection, which has a first component and a male connecting element with at least one sphere or at least one spherical element. The at least one ball or the at least one spherical element is pressed into the material of the first component in such a way that a positive-locking connection results between the first component and the connecting element, by which positive-locking connection the connecting element is connected to the first component in a translationally fixed and rotationally fixed manner.

A fastening system comprises two elongated profile parts, one of which comprises a guiding means for positioning it with respect to the other profile part, for releasably fastening a carrier to a holder, wherein the rib of one profile and the clamping hole of the other profile both comprise a deformation, which deformations are mutually adapted to position the one profile in substantially clamped state in the other profile in the longitudinal direction thereof, wherein the said deformations comprise a recess respectively an elevation adapted thereto.

Carrier or holder, in particular a Minigrip bag, provided with such a profile part.

Storage system for holders and carriers provided with such profile parts; Minigrip bag provided with an additional profile part on the outside of the closing edge, for use in a storage system.

A fastener assembly contains: a first disc with a plurality of tip teeth, an engaging cylinder, a second disc, a retaining element, and a third disc. The engaging cylinder includes a first engagement structure formed on an inner wall thereof, and the engaging cylinder is connected with the first disc to form a main fastener. The second disc includes a through hole defined on a central position thereof and plural recesses radially extending from a peripheral side of the through hole, wherein the engaging cylinder inserts through and retains with the through hole of the second disc so that the engaging cylinder engages with the second disc. The retaining element is cylindrical or columnar and includes a second engagement structure arranged on a first end thereof, wherein a second end of the retaining element is coupled with the third disc to form an auxiliary fastener.

A snap thru grid fastener system for mesh fabrics wherein a snap thru grid component goes through the openings of the mesh fabric and is affixed to the indentations of the receiving component. The snap thru grid fastener system allows for the user to accessorize mesh fabrics without sewing the patch directly to the fabric or relying on single pin systems.

A snap thru grid fastener system for mesh fabrics wherein a snap thru grid component goes through the openings of the mesh fabric and is affixed to the indentations of the receiving component. The snap thru grid fastener system allows for the user to accessorize mesh fabrics without sewing the patch directly to the fabric or relying on single pin systems.

A coupling system includes a bridge and a sleeve. The bridge has a first end and a second end, and in some embodiments includes a contoured edge at the second end and/or a row of openings disposed between the first end and the second end. The sleeve defines an internal pocket configured to receive the first end of the bridge through a sleeve opening. A closure mechanism on the sleeve is configured to selectively retain the bridge within the internal pocket. In some embodiments, the closure mechanism fastens behind the contoured edge at the second end of the bridge to resist withdrawal of the bridge from the sleeve. In other embodiments, the closure mechanism includes mating portions configured to fasten together within a selected opening of the bridge to inhibit relative sliding movement between the sleeve and the bridge. The coupling system may be integrated into or coupled to a belt system, a cummerbund, a chest rig, or other load-bearing system.