Quick-release closure

Claim 1

A QUICK-RELEASE SLING-TYPE CLOSURE COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED FLEXIBLE BAND HAVING A SURFACE PROVIDED WITH A LONGITUDINAL ARRAY OF TEETH; A HEAT INTEGRAL WITH SAID BAND AT ONE END THEREOF PROVIDED WITH A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING CHANNEL ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SAID BAND AND WITH A PAIR OF LATERALLY EXTENDING MEMBERS YIELDABLY OVERLAYING SAID CHANNEL AND FORMING BETWEEN THEM A GAP COMMUNICATING THEREWITH, SAID CHANNEL HAVING A WALL PORTION JUXTAPOSABLE WITH SAID SURFACE IN A CLOSED CONDITION OF THE CLOSURE AND FORMED WITH A LONGITUDINAL ARRAY TO TEETH INTERENGAGEABLE WITH THE TEETH OF SAID SURFACE, THE TEETH OF SAID ARAYS BEING OPPOSITELY DIRECTED WHEREBY SAID BAND CAN BE DRAWN THROUGH SAID CHANNEL IN ONE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION BUT IS PREVENTED FROM DISPLACEMENT IN THE OPPOSITE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION, SAID BAND BEING WITHDRAWAL FROM SAID CHANNEL THROUGH SAID GAP TRANSVERSELY TO SAID DIRECTION PAST SAID MEMBERS; AND LOCKING MEANS FOR RELEASAB LY PREVENTING WITHDRAWAL OF SAID BAND FROM SAID CHANNEL THROUGH SAID GAP, SAID LOCKING MEANS INCLUDING AN ANNULAR MEMBER INTEGRAL WITH SAID BAND REMOTE FROM SAID END THEREOF DETACHABLY ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID HEAD AND SURROUNDING THE LATTER WHILE EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID BAND ACROSS SAID CHANNEL AT OPPOSITE EXTREMITIES THEREOF.