US 2007/0107169 A1Published application

Buckle using a slide cover type female buckle member

AssigneeTaiwan Industrial Fastener Corporation

InventorTsung-Min Kung

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Abstract

A buckle includes a male buckle member having a locating bolt, and a slide cover type female buckle member, which has a buckle body, which has an insertion hole for the insertion of the locating bolt of the male buckle member and a notch for the positioning of the locating bolt, a slide cover slidably coupled to the buckle body and movable between a close position where a front notch of the slide cover is forced into engagement with a shank of the locating bolt of the male buckle member to secure the locating bolt firmly to the notch of the buckle body and an open position where the locating bolt is removable from the insertion hole, and two magnetic elements respectively affixed to the buckle body and the slide cover and attractable to each other by magnetic attraction when the slide cover is moved to the close position.

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Dependent claims

A buckle comprising a slide cover type female buckle member and a male buckle member connectable to said slide cover type female buckle member, said male buckle member having a connection part connectable to said slide cover type female buckle member, wherein said slide cover type female buckle member comprises:

a buckle body, said buckle body having an insertion hole disposed near a front side thereof for receiving said connection part of said male buckle member, a notch formed in said insertion hole and fitting a periphery of said connection part of said male buckle member;
a slide cover coupled to and movable along said buckle body between a close position and an open position, said slide cover having a front notch formed on a front side thereof, which forms with said notch of said buckle body an axle hole, which receives and secures said connection part of said male buckle member after insertion of said connection part of said male buckle member into said insertion hole and after said slide cover has been moved to said close position;
two magnetic elements respectively affixed to said buckle body and said slide cover and attractable to each other by magnetic attraction when said slide cover is moved to said close position.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.