Shortened buckle system
AssigneeUniversal Trim Supply Co., Ltd.
InventorsAly Khalifa, Shih-Sheng Yang
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Abstract
A buckle assembly having a male buckle member and a female buckle member. The male buckle member contains an engaging means for engagement with the female portion and a male strap receiving means for coupling to a first strap. The female buckle member contains a receiving volume for engaging with the male buckle section and a female strap receiving means positioned on the bottom or top of the receiving volume and substantially along its open engaging end so that when the male and female buckle members are engaged and locked the female strap receiving means substantially abuts an interface section of the male buckle member causing the first and second strap to be in close proximity.
Claims20
A buckle, comprising:
- a male buckle member including engaging means for releasably engaging with a female buckle, a male strap receiving means for coupling to a first strap and an interface section where the engaging means and male strap receiving means are connected;
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- a female buckle member including:
- a receiving volume having an open engaging end and an open locking end;
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- a female strap receiving means for coupling to a second strap, the female strap receiving means being positioned on the bottom of the receiving volume and substantially proximate the open engaging end so that when the male and female buckle members are engaged and locked the female strap receiving means substantially abuts the interface section of the male buckle member causing the first and second strap to be in close proximity to each other.
The buckle according to claim 11 wherein the engaging means of the male buckle member comprises two prongs having a barb end portion.
A horseshoe shaped buckle, comprising:
- a male buckle member including engaging means for releasably engaging with a female buckle member, a male strap receiving means for coupling to a first strap and an interface section where the engaging means and male strap receiving means are connected;
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- a female buckle member including:
- a receiving volume having an open engaging end and an open locking end;
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- a female strap receiving means for coupling to a second strap, the female strap receiving means being positioned on the bottom of the receiving volume and proximate the open engaging end so that when the male and female buckle members are engaged and locked the female strap receiving means substantially abuts the interface section of the male buckle member causing the first and second strap to be in close proximity to each other.
A generally quadrilateral buckle, comprising:
- a male buckle member including engaging means for releasably engaging with a female buckle member, a male strap receiving means for coupling to a first strap and an interface section where the engaging means and male strap receiving means are connected;
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- a female buckle member including:
- a receiving volume having an open engaging end, an open locking end and a locking end wall defining openings for receiving the engaging means of the male buckle member;
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- a female strap receiving means for coupling to a second strap, the female strap receiving means being positioned above or below the receiving volume and substantially along the open engaging end so that when the male and female buckle members are engaged and locked the female strap receiving means substantially abuts the interface section of the male buckle member causing the first and second strap to be in close proximity to each other.
A buckle, comprising:
- a male buckle member including engaging means for releasably engaging with a female buckle, a male strap receiving means for coupling to a first strap and an interface section where the engaging means and male strap receiving means are connected;
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- a female buckle member including:
- a receiving volume having an open engaging end, an open locking end and a locking end wall defining openings for receiving the engaging means of the male buckle member;
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- a female strap receiving means for coupling to a second strap, the female strap receiving means being positioned on the bottom or the top of the receiving volume so that it is above or below the horizontal axis of the buckle such that when the male and female buckle members are engaged and locked the first and second strap are in close proximity to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.