Shower curtain fastening device

Claim 1

A shower curtain fastening device for releasably affixing a shower curtain to a curtain rod, said shower curtain having a plurality of spaced holes formed therethrough to facilitate fastening it to the curtain rod, said fastening device comprising a strip of substantially flexible material of band-like configuration having first and second spaced opposite ends, a hole being formed through the strip in the area of its first end, said strip being adapted to hang over a curtain rod for a shower curtain with its first and second ends in proximity; and a fastening member comprising a substantially U-shaped member of substantially resilient material having a head end affixed to the strip in the area of the second end thereof and a pair of arms diverging away from each other and from the head end and transversely from the strip whereby when the arms of the fastening member are manually pressed toward each other they pass through a hole through the shower curtain and the hole through the strip and when said arms are released they spread apart to secure said fastening member in said hole; and wherein the arms of the fastening member have outer opposite surfaces, and a plurality of steps formed on the outer opposite surface of each arm of the fastening member and rising vertically along the axis of the fastening member and with the series of steps on each arm mutually converging toward the head end for gripping the strip around the hole therethrough.