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US 2017/0318912 A1Published application
Variable-shape connection device for straps, objects, portions of garments and accessories
OwnerYann LE BRETONinventor
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The present invention relates to a device for connecting straps, objects or portions of garments and accessories forming a quick-snap buckle. The device according to the invention comprises, in accordance with a first feature, two strictly identical and complementary parts, such that said parts may be combined to thus form a single assembly. To achieve said assembly, said parts have a main body provided with two or three parallel lobes (2-5) that are flat and curved portions that fit into one another, wherein said lobes have circular movable members that bend in order to lock the device, for the male portion of said members, and circular movable members that bend and are equivalent to push buttons (6) to release the device, for the female portion of said members. The architecture and the mode of connection of the parts make it possible to assemble not just two parts, but also three, four, five parts or more, and simultaneously make it possible to work with special functionalities or specific strap shapes.
A device intended for ensuring the connection of straps, objects or portions of garments and of accessories characterised in that it includes two strictly identical and complementary parts, so that they may be associated so as to thereby form a consistent assembly, to do this these parts have a main body provided with two or three parallel lobes which are flat and curved portions which will nest into each other, these lobes are equipped on the one hand with mobile members of a circular shape working in flexure and ensuring the locking of the device for their male portion and on the other hand with mobile members of a circular shape working in flexure assimilated with push buttons, ensuring the unlocking of the device for their female portion, the architecture of the parts and their connection mode not only allows assembling of both parts but also of three, four, five parts, or more, simultaneously thereby giving the possibility of meeting particular functionalities or specific strap geometries.
The device according to claim 1, characterised in that each part consists of a stack of rounded portions allowing their mutual nesting, these rounded portions are lobes (2), for which the plot is defined according to a curve of a sinusoidal type. cm 3. The device according to claim 2, characterised in that three lobe types are distinguished:
The device according to claim 3, characterised in that the upper lobe (3) is provided in its central portion with a cut-out crossing it right through and forming a push button (6), provided with a circular pierced hole (7).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.