Web strap buckle with locking mechanism
AssigneeBuckles International, Inc.
InventorsJohn L. MORRIS, David KAISER
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Abstract
A buckle including a housing with a cavity having a proximal end and distal end, a first sidewall extending at least partially between the proximal end and the distal end, and a second sidewall, opposite the first sidewall, extending at least partially between the proximal end and the distal end, a detent on at least one of the first sidewall or the second sidewall, and a slide lock positioned in the cavity and slidable between an unlocked position on a proximal side of the detent and a locked position on a distal side of the detent.
Claims20
A buckle, comprising:
- a housing including a cavity having a proximal end and distal end, a first sidewall extending at least partially between the proximal end and the distal end, and a second sidewall, opposite the first sidewall, extending at least partially between the proximal end and the distal end;
- a detent on at least one of the first sidewall or the second sidewall;
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- a slide lock positioned in the cavity and slidable between an unlocked position on a proximal side of the detent and a locked position on a distal side of the detent.
A buckle, comprising:
- a housing including a cavity having a proximal end and distal end, a first sidewall extending at least partially between the proximal end and the distal end, and a second sidewall, opposite the first sidewall, extending at least partially between the proximal end and the distal end;
- a first detent on the first sidewall;
- a second detent on the second sidewall, opposite the first detent;
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- a slide lock positioned in the cavity, the slide lock having a body with a tab extending upward from the body, the slide lock being slidable between an unlocked position on a proximal side of the first and second detents and a locked position on a distal side of the first and second detents.
A method of selectively securing a web strap, comprising steps of:
- feeding the web strap into a buckle, the buckle including a housing with a cavity having a proximal end and distal end, a first sidewall extending at least partially between the proximal end and the distal end, and a second sidewall, opposite the first sidewall, extending at least partially between the proximal end and the distal end, a detent on at least one of the first sidewall or the second sidewall, and a slide lock positioned in the cavity and slidable between an unlocked position on a proximal side of the detent and a locked position on a distal side of the detent;
- wrapping the web strap around the slide lock in the cavity with a portion of the web strap extending between a distal edge of the slide lock and the distal end of the cavity;
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- sliding the slide lock towards the distal end of the cavity and past the detent, thereby pinching the portion of the web strap between the distal edge of the slide lock and the distal end of the cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.