Attachment assembly

Abstract

A snap assembly has a strap and a shank traversing the strap and provided with male and female snaps facing in opposite directions and engaging the strap therebetween.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A snap assembly, comprising: 
 a strap; and    a shank extending transversely to the strap and provided with a male snap located on one end of the shank and a female snap located on the opposite end of the shank.    
     
     
         2 . The snap assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein the shank is provided on one end of the strap, the snap assembly further comprising an additional shank provided on the opposite end of the strap and having respective male and female snaps.  
     
     
         3 . The snap assembly according to  claim 2 , wherein the strap has opposite sides, the shanks traversing the strap in opposite directions so that the female snap of one of the shanks and the male snap of the other shank are located on one side of the strap, whereas the male connection of the one shank and the female connection of the other shank extend from the opposite side of the strap.  
     
     
         4 . The snap assembly according to  claim 2 , wherein the shanks traverse the strap so that the female connections of the one and other shanks terminate on the same side of the strap and the male connections of the one and other shanks terminate on the opposite side of the strap.  
     
     
         5 . The snap assembly according to  claim 2 , wherein the strap has a row of spaced shanks located so that one of the shanks is spaced substantially equidistantly from the opposite ends of the strap.  
     
     
         6 . A snap assembly for securing a variety of items to a watercraft having a plurality of spaced watercraft snaps of one type, the snap assembly comprising: 
 an elongated strap; and    spaced shanks extending through the strap and provided each with one and opposite types of the strap snaps, which are spaced apart along the respective shank, the elongated strap being coupled to an item to be secured to the watercraft and being removably attached to the watercraft upon mating the watercraft snaps of the one type with the opposite type of the strap snaps, which, thus, have the strap snaps of the one type available for further attachment.    
     
     
         7 . The snap assembly according to  claim 6 , wherein each of the strap snaps is attached to a respective one of the watercraft snaps so that a pair of adjacent strap shanks define a stretch of the strap supporting the item to be secured to the watercraft.  
     
     
         8 . The snap assembly according to  claim 6 , wherein the shanks traverse the strap so that one side of the strap supports one type of the strap snaps and the reverse side of the strap supports an opposite type of the strap snaps.  
     
     
         9 . The snap assembly according to  claim 6 , wherein the shanks traverse the strap so that each of the opposite sides of the strap is provided with alternating one and opposite types of the strap snaps.  
     
     
         10 . An item securable to a vehicle, which has a plurality of vehicle snaps of one type, comprising: 
 a body attachable to the vehicle;    a plurality of body snaps provided on the body and being of either one type or an opposite type;    a strap; and    a plurality of spaced shanks extending through the strap and each having two strap snaps of the one and opposite types, respectively, attached together so that the strap snaps selectively mate to the body snaps and to the body snaps to temporary detachably the body to the vehicle.    
     
     
         11 . The snap assembly according to  claim 10 , wherein the body is selected from the group consisting of boat fenders, pouches, bags, tubes, wave boards, bait buckets, and the like and a combination of these.