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US 4,281,440 AGranted
Belt buckle construction
OwnerJeffrey E. Britzinventor
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Improved belt buckle construction adapted to receive a removable flexible belt loop and having material covering fixedly secured onto a belt buckle frame, the frame having raised sides on two opposite edges forming a recessed flat section for protecting a material covering wrapped around the buckle frame and extending between said opposite edges, extensions at one end of the belt buckle extending in opposite directions of the raised edges for forming a hinge element for engaging a flanged locking member disposed to have a claw grabbing surface for securing a belt strap end against the adjacent surface of the mating material covering, the flanged locking member having snap tabs at the free end thereof and for engaging snap formed tabs extending in an opposite direction of the raised sides located or positioned at the other end of the belt buckle from the hinged elements, and intermediate clamp elements for engaging a folded strap section in fixed relation to the belt frame.
Improved belt buckle construction for receiving a removable flexible belt loop and material covering on a buckle frame comprising a generally flat frame having raised sides on two opposite edges for forming a recessed flat section intermediate the raised sides, said raised sides having extensions in an opposite direction forming mating hinge elements at an end thereof, a flanged locking member pivotally mounted onto said mating hinge elements adjacent a flange-formed portion thereof, a claw grabbing surface disposed between said mating hinge elements on said flanged locking member for engaging a belt strap end, snap formed tabs at the other end of said flanged locking member, said raised sides further having mating snap elements extending from the other end thereof and for lockingly engaging with said snap formed tabs, and clamp elements extending from intermediate portions of the raised sides adapted to be folded over and retain a leather member in fixed relation.
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