Hivemind question - does anyone know what I'm talking about - I'm looking for a metal ring, maby 5-6 inches in diameter, it has a hinge, and you sort of pry the edges apart in a certain place to open it, it's a sort of clasp I guess.

I know that i'm describing it interminably badly, and I can't even remember where I saw it or in what context, but I need one and have no idea where to look. I thought I'd start with a hardware store, but I don't want to embarass myself with that description :)

Like a keyring?

I've noticed that there are lots of people who do not have grocery store logic.

Sadly, this group sometimes includes designers/arrangers of grocery stores.

I'm looking for a metal ring, maby 5-6 inches in diameter, it has a hinge, and you sort of pry the edges apart in a certain place to open it, it's a sort of clasp I guess.

So it's like a 3-ring binder ring, but bigger? Dunno what that's called - something-binder-ring-something?

eta: Hinged snap ring? [link]

I think she's illiterate except for tea leaves. Which she did not HAVE.

This poor woman.

Like a keyring?

not like a normal keyring, it actually comes apart. but I guess a small one could be used as a keyring. I'm looking for a larger one.

Vortex, did you see my edit?

eta: Hinged snap ring? [link]

oooh, yes! But bigger. At least now I know what to call it :) Thanks tommyrot! And thanks to all of you who tried to figure out what the hell I was talking about but weren't able to make sense of it.

Oop, tommyrot beat me...

Here's my example, anyway.

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keyring was my first thought too, sumi. But then I thought of that thing you use with rock climbing, the grimp? (I learned the word in French, never quite learned what it's called in English.)

these things