Means for fastening a strap

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A STRAP, MEANS FOR FASTENING SAID STRAP COMPRISING A U-SHAPED FRAME FORMING THE BODY OF THE FASTENING MEANS, A STATIONARY BAR IN SAID FRAME, A MOVABLE BAR EXTENDING ALONG SAID STATIONARY BAR AND BEING GUIDED WITHOUT ROTATION IN THE FRAME FOR MOVEMENT IN ITS TRANSVERSE DIRECTION TOWARDS AND AWAY FROM SAID STATIONARY BAR, SAID TWO BARS BRIDIGING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE ARMS OF THE U-SHAPED FRAME SUBSTANTIALLY IN PARALLEL WITH THE WEB OF SAID FRAME AND EACH HAVING A TRANSVERSELY CURVED PERIPHERAL SURFACE, SAID STRAP PASSED AROUND THE MOVABLE BAR AND DRAWN FORTH BETWEEN THE BARS IN ORDER, UPON MOVEMENT OF THE MOVABLE BAR TOWARDS THE STATIONARY BAR, TO BE PRESSED AGAINST SAID LATTER BAR IN AN ENGAGEMENT PREVENTING WITHDRAWAL OF THE STRAP FROM THE FASTENING MEANS, AND A C-SHAPED CAP FORMING ONE ARM PARTLY EMBRACING THE PORTION OF THE STRAP PASSED AROUND THE MOVABLE BAR AND CLOSELY FOLLOWING THE CURVED SHAPED THEREOF, ANOTHER ARM PARTLY EMBRACING THE STATIONARY BAR AND CLOSELY FOLLOWING THE CURVED SHAPE THEREOF, SAND A SUBSTANTIALLY PLANAR WEB INTERCONNECTING SAID ARMS AND BRIDGING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE BARS ON THE SIDE THEREOF WHICH IS OPPOSED TO THE WEB OF THE U-SHAPED FRAME THEREBY HOLDING THE BARS TOGETHER, THE WEB OF SAID CAP BEING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE WEB OF THE FRAME, THE STRAP EXTENDING INTO THE FASTENING MEANS, AND AFTER EXBRACING THE MOVABLE BAR AND PASSING BETWEEN THE BARS AGAIN EXTENDING FROM THE FASTENING MEANS BETWEEN THE STATIONARY BAR AND THE WEB OF THE FRAME.