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US 5,687,890 AGranted
Belt buckle with a compartment
OwnerRandy Lee Wannerinventor
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Abstract
A belt buckle with a compartment includes a receptacle having an open end. The receptacle is generally cylindrical, thereby allowing a standard-sized container of smokeless tobacco to be placed in the receptacle. A spring attached within the receptacle pushes the tobacco out of the receptacle. The receptacle has a lid which has at least two grooves that engage corresponding pins attached to the receptacle. A flange is secured about the receptacle. The flange has an inner arcuate surface. A retaining hook and retaining structure are secured at opposite ends of the inner surface to permit attachment of the belt buckle to a belt.
Claims15
A belt buckle, comprising:
- a receptacle having an open end;
- a lid configured to releasably engage the open end, such that when the lid engages the open end a chamber within the receptacle is substantially fully enclosed;
- a flange secured about the receptacle;
- and
- biasing means attached within the receptacle for urging an object contained within the receptacle toward the open end of the receptacle, wherein a plurality of pins are attached to the receptacle adjacent the open end of the receptacle and a corresponding plurality of L-shaped locking grooves are disposed within the lid such that when the lid is positioned for locking engagement with the receptacle, each pin is slidable within one of the respective grooves from a first end of the groove to a locked end of the groove to secure the lid to the receptacle.
2 more elements
A belt buckle, comprising:
- a receptacle having an open end;
- a lid configured to releasably engage the open end, such that when the lid engages the open end a chamber within the receptacle is substantially fully enclosed;
- a flange secured about the receptacle;
- and
- biasing means attached within the receptacle for urging an object contained within the receptacle toward the open end of the receptacle, wherein the receptacle comprises a cylinder.
2 more elements
A belt buckle, comprising:
- a receptacle having an open end;
- a lid configured to releasably engage the open end, such that when the lid engages the open end a chamber within the receptacle is substantially fully enclosed;
- a flange secured about the receptacle, the flange comprising an inner arcuate surface;
- biasing means attached within the receptacle for urging an object contained within the receptacle toward the open end of the receptacle;
- and
- a retaining hook secured at a first end of the inner arcuate surface of the flange and a retaining structure secured at an opposite end of the inner arcuate surface of the flange.
3 more elements
A belt buckle, comprising:
- a receptacle having an open end;
- a lid configured to releasably engage the open end, such that when the lid engages the open end a chamber within the receptacle is substantially fully enclosed;
- a flange secured about the receptacle;
- and
- biasing means attached within the receptacle for urging an object contained within the receptacle toward the open end of the receptacle, wherein the biasing means comprises foam rubber.
2 more elements
A belt buckle, comprising:
- a receptacle having an open end;
- a lid configured to releasably engage the open end, such that when the lid engages the open end a chamber within the receptacle is substantially fully enclosed;
- a flange secured about the receptacle;
- and
- biasing means attached within the receptacle for urging an object contained within the receptacle toward the open end of the receptacle, wherein the receptacle is configured to receive a standard-sized container of smokeless tobacco.
2 more elements
A belt buckle comprising:
- a receptacle having an open end, the receptacle comprising a cylinder;
- a plurality of pins attached to the receptacle adjacent the open end of the receptacle;
- a lid configured to releasably engage the open end, a plurality of L-shaped locking grooves corresponding to the plurality of pins being disposed within the lid such that when the lid is positioned for locking engagement with the receptacle each pin is slidable within one of the respective grooves from a first end of the groove to a locked end of the groove to secure the lid to the receptacle;
- a flange secured about the receptacle;
- and
- biasing means attached within the receptacle for urging an object contained within the receptacle toward the open end of the receptacle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.