Magnetic buckle

A buckle assembly comprising:

• a first buckle portion comprising a first base body with a plurality of exterior surfaces, a plurality of interior surfaces, a first lateral side and a second lateral side, a magnet housing enclosing a magnet, a first fastening hook on the first lateral side of the first base body, and a first fastening opening and a first guide surface on the second lateral side of the first base body;
• and
• a second buckle portion comprising a second base body with a plurality of exterior surfaces, a plurality of interior surfaces and a first lateral side and a second lateral side, a magnet housing enclosing a magnet, a second fastening hook on the first lateral side of the second base body, and a second fastening opening and a second guide surface on the second lateral side of the second base body;
• wherein the first guide surface is disposed adjacent the first fastening opening, between the first fastening opening and the second lateral side of the first buckle portion, and the second guide surface is disposed adjacent the second fastening opening, between the second fastening opening and the second lateral side of the second buckle portion,
• wherein the first and second buckle portions are configured such that placing the interior surfaces of the first buckle portion against the interior surfaces of the second buckle portion causes the magnets to engage each other with magnetic attraction, and the fastening hooks of each buckle portion to enter the fastening openings of the other buckle portion, to lock the two buckle portions together and prevent disengagement under tension in opposing directions parallel to a longitudinal extent of the buckle assembly, and
• wherein the buckle portions are configured to be disengaged by sliding the buckle portions in opposite lateral directions, perpendicular to the longitudinal extent of the buckle assembly, so that the first fastening hook slides along the second guide surface and the second fastening hook slides along the first guide surface and forces the first and second magnets apart, breaking the magnetic attraction of the buckles.