Slide fastener and quick release

Claim 1

A RELEASABLE CONNECTION FOR USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A SLIDE FASTENER TO ADAPT THE SAME FOR SUBSTANTIALLY INSTANTANEOUS END-TO-END PARTING WITHOUT THE AID OF A SLIDER, COMPRISING A PAIR OF ELONGATED CONNECTING MEMBERS, TRANSVERSELY APERTURED LOCKING CONES ADJACENT THE EXTREMITIES OF ONE OF SAID CONNECTING MEMBERS, THE OTHER OF SAID CONNECTING MEMBERS HAVING SOCKETS LOCATED AND DIMENSIONED TO RECEIVE SAID CONES, AND LATCHES PROJECTABLE INTO THE TRANSVERSE APERTURES IN SAID CONES TO LOCK SAID CONES AND SOCKETS AGAINST SEPARATION, SAID CONNECTING MEMBERS EACH HAVING A RIGID INTERMEDIATE PORTION AND LATERAL LEAF SPRINGLIKE EXTENSIONS BOWED TO URGE THE EXTREMITIES OF SAID EXTENSIONS TOWARD POSITIONS IN OPPOSED SPACED RELATION TO EACH OTHER WHEN SAID CONNECTING MEMBERS ARE DISPOSED IN OPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP SO THAT THE SAID EXTENSION MUST BE FLEXED TO BRING SAID LOCKING CONES INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SOCKETS SUFFICIENTLY TO CAUSE SAID BOWED EXTENSIONS TO SPRING A CONE AND SOCKET APART WITH A SNAP-LIKE ACTION WHEN THE LATCH LOCKING THE SAID CONE AND SOCKET AGAINST SEPARATION IS RETRACTED.