US 10,021,946 B2Granted

Buckle

AssigneeYKK Corporation

InventorHitoshi Kaneko

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Abstract

A buckle includes a male member and a female member. The male member is provided with an engagement section which protrudes from a body section. The female member includes a pressing elastic member which is provided with an engagement receiving section with which the engagement section engages; and a housing body in which a housing space for housing the pressing elastic member is housed. The housing body has an opening which connects to the housing space and into which the engagement section is inserted. The pressing elastic member is integrally provided with: a pair of pressing sections-which protrudes from the housing space of the housing body; elastic body sections which connect the pair of pressing sections together, elastically support the pressing sections, and enable the pressing sections to elastically move into the housing section; and the engagement receiving section which is supported by the elastic body sections.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A buckle comprising a male member and a female member capable of being connected to and disconnected from each other, each provided with an attaching portion to be attached to another member,

wherein the male member is formed with an engaged portion protruding from a main body portion which is provided with the attaching portion,
wherein the female member is formed with a pressing elastic member provided with an engaging portion which is configured to be engaged with the engaged portion, and a receiving main body formed with a receiving space for receiving the pressing elastic member,
wherein the receiving main body is formed with an opening portion communicated with the receiving space and configured to insert the engaged portion therethrough,
wherein the pressing elastic member is integrally provided with:
a pair of pressing portions protruding from the receiving space of the receiving main body;
a pair of elastic body portions connecting the pair of pressing portions together and elastically supporting the pressing portions to allow the pressing portions to be elastically moved into the receiving main body;
and
the engaging portion elastically held on the pair of elastic body portions, wherein the pair of elastic body portions and the engaging portion form a continuous connection between the pair of pressing portions, and
wherein the engaging portion is provided so as to be movable in a direction substantially perpendicular to a pressing direction of the pair of pressing portions when the pressing portions are moved into the receiving main body.

6 more elements

A buckle comprising a male member and a female member capable of being connected to and disconnected from each other, each provided with an attaching portion to be attached to another member,

wherein the male member is formed with an engaged portion protruding from a main body portion which is provided with the attaching portion,
wherein the female member is formed with a pressing elastic member provided with an engaging portion which is configured to be engaged with the engaged portion, and a receiving main body formed with a receiving space for receiving the pressing elastic member,
wherein the receiving main body is formed with an opening portion communicated with the receiving space and configured to insert the engaged portion therethrough,
wherein the pressing elastic member is integrally provided with:
a pair of pressing portions protruding from the receiving space of the receiving main body;
a pair of elastic body portions connecting the pair of pressing portions together and elastically supporting the pressing portions to allow the pressing portions to be elastically moved into the receiving main body;
and
the engaging portion elastically held on the pair of elastic body portions, wherein the pair of elastic body portions and the engaging portion form a continuous connection between the pair of pressing portions,
wherein the engaging portion is provided so as to be movable in a direction intersecting with a pressing direction of the pair of pressing portions when the pressing portions are moved into the receiving main body, and
wherein the pair of pressing portions are formed on both end portions of the pressing elastic member, wherein the pressing elastic member is provided with two pair of elastic body portions and a pair of engaging portions, each engaging portion symmetrically provided between the pressing portions so that the engaging portions are positioned so as to sandwich the engaged portion therebetween in a connected state, and wherein each of the engaging portions is connected with one pair of the elastic body portions between the pair of pressing portions.

7 more elements

A buckle comprising a male member and a female member capable of being connected to and disconnected from each other, each provided with an attaching portion to be attached to another member,

wherein the male member is formed with an engaged portion protruding from a main body portion which is provided with the attaching portion,
wherein the female member is formed with a pressing elastic member provided with an engaging portion which is configured to be engaged with the engaged portion, and a receiving main body formed with a receiving space for receiving the pressing elastic member,
wherein the receiving main body is formed with an opening portion communicated with the receiving space and configured to insert the engaged portion therethrough,
wherein the pressing elastic member is integrally provided with:
a pair of pressing portions protruding from the receiving space of the receiving main body;
a pair of elastic body portions connecting the pair of pressing portions together and elastically supporting the pressing portions to allow the pressing portions to be elastically moved into the receiving main body;
and
the engaging portion elastically held on the pair of elastic body portions, wherein the pair of elastic body portions and the engaging portion form a continuous connection between the pair of pressing portions,
wherein the engaging portion is provided so as to be movable in a direction intersecting with a pressing direction of the pair of pressing portions when the pressing portions are moved into the receiving main body, and
wherein the engaging portion of the pressing elastic member has a locking protrusion portion and an inner surface of a side wall of the receiving space of the female member has a locking recess portion, and wherein when pressing operation of the pressing portions is performed, the locking protrusion portion which moves in the direction intersecting with the pressing direction and the locking recess portion are engaged with each other.

7 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/655,184Filed 25 Dec 2012
Published: US 2015/0327631 A119 Nov 2015
Granted: 17 Jul 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

A44B 11/263
With push-button fastenings: with a push-button acting perpendicularly to the main plane of the buckle
A44B 11/258
With two or more separable parts: fastening by superposing one part on top of the other
A44B 11/266
With push-button fastenings: with at least one push-button acting parallel to the main plane of the buckle and perpendicularly to the direction of…
Y10T 24/45791
Requiring manual force applied against bias to interlock or disengage: and partially blocking separate, nonresilient access opening of cavity