Buckle construction having decorative material retention means
AssigneeCentury Products Company
InventorWilly Servay
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Abstract
A buckle comprising a decorative outer frame having a circumferential top wall and opposed depending side walls extending rearwardly of the top wall. A channel is defined between the depending side walls under the top wall. A casted back member is provided with a projection portion which is configured to be received in the channel. The outer frame is retained on the casted back member by bending the outer one of the side walls under the projection portion which is received at least in part in the channel. The casted back may have a variety of designs and attachments all formed in a single casting.
Claims12
A buckle comprising a decorative outer frame having a circumferential top wall and opposed depending side walls extending downwardly of said top wall, a channel defined between said depending side walls under said top wall, a metal casted back member having a projection portion which is configured to be received in said channel;
- retention means to retain said outer frame on said projection portion with said projection portion received, at least in part, in said channel;
- said back member having an integrally casted decorative metal part spaced from said projection portion and visible from the same side as said decorative outer frame top wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.