Fastener
AssigneeYKK Corporation
InventorAsahiko Sakai
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Abstract
A buckle includes connecting members, and the connecting members each include a base, a plug and a socket. The plug is arranged to be insertable into the socket in an X direction. The plug is arranged to be insertable into the socket in the X direction. The buckle includes at least one biasing portion of a first biasing portion or a second biasing portion. The first biasing portion is provided in an inner portion of the socket and biases the plug in an insertion state toward the plug in a Y direction. The second biasing portion is provided in an inner portion of the socket and biases the plug in an insertion state toward the plug in the Y direction. The other buckles are also configured substantially similar to the above-described buckle.
Claims20
A connector comprising
- a first connecting member and a second connecting member, the first connecting member and the second connecting member being separably connectable to each other, wherein
- the first connecting member includes a first base, and a first plug and a first socket that extend from the first base,
- the second connecting member includes a second base, and a second plug and a second socket that extend from the second base,
- the first plug is arranged to be insertable into the second socket in an insertion direction,
- the second plug is arranged to be insertable into the first socket in the insertion direction, and
- the connector comprises at least one biasing portion of a first biasing portion or a second biasing portion, the first biasing portion being provided in an inner portion of the first socket and biasing the first plug in an insertion state toward the second plug in a width direction, the second biasing portion being provided in an inner portion of the second socket and biasing the second plug in an insertion state toward the first plug in the width direction, the width direction intersecting the insertion direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.