# US 2023/0263272 A1 · Buckle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0263272 A1 - Document ID: US20230263272A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/165,261 - Filed: 2023-02-06 - Published: 2023-08-24 - Earliest claimed: 2022-02-22 - Assignees: Lindnerhof-Taktik GmbH - Applicants: Lindnerhof-Taktik GmbH - Inventors: Martin SCHWAGER - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230263272A1 ## CPC - A44B 11/258: {fastening by superposing one part on top of the other (A44B11/2503 takes precedence)} - A44B 11/2584: {followed by sliding in the main plane of the buckle} - A41D 13/0568: {with straps} - A41F 1/00: Fastening devices specially adapted for garments {(for pairing socks A41B11/002; for fur garments A41D5/006)} - A44B 11/006: {Attachment of buckle to strap (for safety buckles A44B11/2553)} - A44B 11/2596: {the movement being transverse to the longitudinal direction of the strap or chain} - A45F 5/02: Fastening articles to the garment - F41H 5/013: Mounting or securing armour plates - F41C 33/046: {Webbing, harnesses, belts or straps for wearing holsters} - A44B: BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE (fastenings specially adapted for footwear A43C) - A41D: OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES - A41F: GARMENT FASTENINGS; SUSPENDERS - A45F: TRAVELLING OR CAMP EQUIPMENT: SACKS OR PACKS CARRIED ON THE BODY - F41H: ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL - F41C: SMALLARMS, e.g. PISTOLS, RIFLES (functional features or details common to both smallarms and ordnance, mountings therefor F41A; projecting missiles without use of explosive or combustible propellant charge F41B); ACCESSORIES THEREFOR ## Abstract The present disclosure comprises a buckle for connecting a functional element to a webbing loop, having a base element which comprises a bottom region and two web elements and can be inserted under the webbing loop in such a way that the bottom region is arranged below the webbing loop and the web elements engage around the webbing loop on both sides, and having a connecting element which can be latched to the web elements of the base element arranged on the webbing loop. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A buckle for connecting a functional element to a webbing loop, having a base element which comprises a bottom region and two web elements and which can be inserted under the webbing loop in such a way that the bottom region is arranged below the webbing loop and the web elements engage around the webbing loop on both sides, and having a connecting element which can be latched to the web elements of the base element arranged on the webbing loop. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The buckle according to claim 1, wherein the connecting element comprises at least one spring arm, at a free end of which a latch element is provided. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The buckle according to claim 2, wherein the at least one spring arm for connection to the base element is insertable under at least one retaining region of the web elements. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The buckle according to claim 2, wherein an engagement of the latch element with the base element is releasable by pressing the spring arm towards the bottom region and/or wherein the spring arm comprises a recess and or one or more bead members. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The buckle according to claim 2, wherein the at least one spring arm extends between the web elements in the connected state and/or the at least one retaining region projects inwardly from the web elements in each case and/or the latch element engages around the counter element from below. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The buckle according to claim 1, wherein the connecting element comprises a support element which engages around the web elements of the base element in the connected state. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The buckle according to claim 6, wherein end portions of the web elements engaged around by the support element are chamfered inwardly toward the bottom region. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The buckle according to claim 6, wherein the support element surrounds the web elements in the connected state in a frame-like manner on the outer sides thereof, wherein the spring arm extends between the web elements, and wherein further the web elements pass through two recesses arranged between the spring arm and the support element, and wherein the end portions of the recesses engage around the end portions of the web elements. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The buckle according to claim 6, wherein the support element in the connected state extends between the web elements, wherein two spring arms are provided, which extend on both sides of the support element between the support element and the web elements, wherein the support element engages around the end regions of the web elements and for this purpose comprises widened regions which engage around the end regions of the web elements with their inner edges. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The buckle according to claim 6, wherein the support element and the at least one spring arm extend parallel to each other in a deformation region of the support element and are separated from each other by a slot-shaped recess, so that the support element and the spring arm are deformable in opposite directions. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6) The buckle according to claim 6, wherein the connecting element and/or support element comprises at least one connecting region for connection to a webbing element, in the form of a recess through which the webbing element can be guided, in the form of an elongated hole. ### Claim 12 (depends on 6) The buckle according to claim 6, wherein the connecting element and/or support element is plate-shaped and extends parallel to the bottom region of the base element in the connected state. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) A base element for a buckle according to claim 1, wherein the base element comprises a bottom region and two web elements and can be inserted under the webbing loop in such a way that the bottom region is arranged below the webbing loop and the web elements engage around the webbing loop on both sides, wherein the web elements comprise retaining regions which project inwardly, and/or wherein the end regions of the web elements are chamfered inwardly toward the bottom region. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) A connecting element for a buckle according to claim 1, wherein the connecting element comprises at least one spring arm and at least one support element, wherein the support element and the at least one spring arm extend parallel to each other in a deformation region of the support element and are separated from each other by a slot-shaped recess. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) An article, comprising a buckle according to claim 1. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The article of claim 15, wherein the article is a ballistic protective vest, wherein the buckle is suitable for connecting a ballistic element to the ballistic protective vest, including for connecting a ballistic plate to a shoulder webbing loop of the ballistic protective vest. ### Claim 17 (depends on 2) The buckle according to claim 2, wherein the latch element can be latched to at least one counter element arranged on a web element of the base element. ### Claim 18 (depends on 3) The buckle according to claim 3, wherein the at least one spring arm for connection to the base element is insertable under at least one retaining region of the web elements and rests on the webbing loop, wherein the counter element of the latch element is formed by an end region of the retaining region. ### Claim 19 (depends on 7) The buckle according to claim 7, wherein the support element, when pulled away from the base member, braces with the end portions. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The buckle according to claim 11, wherein the at least one connecting region is provided in an edge region of the connecting element, wherein the connecting region is arranged outside a base area of the base element in the connected state, and/or wherein the connecting element comprises a connecting region in at least two opposite edge regions.