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US 12,402,697 B2Granted
Multi-point buckle
AssigneeTaiwan Racing Products Co., Ltd.
InventorWen-Yuan Wu
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Abstract
A multi-point buckle has a buckle, at least two latches and a plurality of dust jackets. The dust jacket is employed between the latch and the tongue slot of the buckle to achieve a close fit and seal effects, which not only increases the structural engagement stability between the tongue slot and the tongue but also prevent sand, dust and dirt from falling into the tongue slot not causing the latch from shaking loose and the friction and interference of foreign objects in the buckle.
Claims5
A multi-point buckle comprising:
- a buckle, at least two latches, and a plurality of dust jackets;
- the buckle having a plurality of tongue slots on a peripheral edge, each latch having a handle portion and at least one tongue, the handle portion having at least one strap hole, the tongue being insertable into at least one of the tongue slots of the buckle;
- characterized in that:
- each tongue slot has a converging space, each dust jacket is a single piece comprising an engaging portion and a joint portion;
- each engaging portion is capable of engaging with at least one of the tongue slots of the buckle, two side faces of the engaging portion respectively comprising two guiding slopes conformal to the converging space, two opposing ends of the joint portion passing two ends of the engaging portion respectively having two stopping portions, the two stopping portions abutting an outer edge of the buckle to position the joint portion in the tongue slot;
- and each dust jacket further comprises a through slot passing through the joint portion and the engaging portion, and the through slot is configured for accepting at least one of the tongues to be locked with the buckle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.