US 11,805,878 B2
Personal item security tether and fastening assembly
Gary Smiley, Valrico, FL (US)
Assigned to SAFE N SECURE INDUSTRIES, LLC, Valrico, FL (US)
Appl. No. 17/639,537
Filed by Safe N Secure Industries, LLC, Valrico, FL (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/050571
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 1, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/051008, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/898,942, filed on Sep. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0312922 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. F16B 45/02 (2006.01); A45C 13/20 (2006.01)
CPC A45C 13/20 (2013.01) [F16B 45/023 (2021.05); F16B 45/037 (2021.05); F16B 2200/83 (2023.08)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A personal item security tether and fastening assembly comprising:
a first fastener with two opposing ends, with a sidewall of a rigid material and having an outer sidewall surface at least partially defined by an outer surface of a magnet of a first polarity and integrally coupled to and within the sidewall of the first fastener and an inner sidewall surface opposing the outer sidewall surface and with two opposing curved portions and having a deformably resilient material lined on at least one of the two opposing curved portions of the inner sidewall surface, and defining an aperture disposed proximal to one of the opposing ends of the first fastener and interposing a first retention aperture, a spring-loaded displaceable clip member rotatably coupled to the sidewall of the first fastener and operably configured to completely enclose, with the sidewall of the first fastener, the first retention aperture, the first fastener operably configured to selectively removably couple to a personal item with the deformably resilient material configured to touch the personal item;
a second fastener with two opposing ends, with a sidewall of a rigid material and having an outer sidewall surface at least partially defined by an outer surface of a magnet of a second polarity opposite the first polarity of the magnet coupled to the first fastener and integrally coupled to and within the sidewall of the second fastener and an inner sidewall surface opposing the outer sidewall surface, and defining an aperture disposed proximal to one of the opposing ends of the second fastener and interposing a first retention aperture, a spring-loaded displaceable clip member rotatably coupled to the sidewall of the second fastener and operably configured to completely enclose, with the sidewall of the second fastener, a second retention aperture, the second fastener operably configured to selectively removably couple to an anchoring body; and
a tether member of a rigid material, with a first terminal end fixedly coupled to the first fastener and disposed within the aperture of the first fastener, and with a second terminal end, opposing the first terminal end, fixedly coupled to the second fastener and disposed within the aperture of the second fastener, the tether member attaching the personal item to the anchoring body together and the deformably resilient material configured to prevent damage to the personal item in a longitudinal direction of force applied to the tether member.