Movable belt buckle cover device and protector
AssigneeSafariland, LLC
InventorScott R. Carnahan
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Abstract
A protective device for attachment to a waist belt of a law enforcement officer to prevent inadvertent opening of the belt buckle, the device includes a sleeve adapted to slide along the belt to a position snugly covering the closed buckle and slidably movable away from that position to permit release of the buckle. The sleeve preferably has funnel ends and is formed of a rigid material. A slot in the inner wall of the sleeve permits temporary expansion of the sleeve to accommodate for the increased thickness of the loop of the belt about buckle end connections for the loop followed by a contraction of the sleeve to snugly encase the buckle. A stiff sleeve with releasable fasteners at its ends and with release fasteners between the buckle and sleeve are alternate embodiments.
Claims19
A protective device to disable inadvertent opening of a buckle held on by spaced loop attachments to a law enforcement belt adapted to carry holsters and weapons and the like and wherein the buckle includes at least one releasable member to open the buckle, said device comprising a cover adapted and arranged in its operative position to substantially enclose the buckle and to inhibit access to the at least one releasable member without removal of said cover from its said operative position said cover having opposite ends, each said end being funnel-shaped to facilitate the sliding onto and off of said buckle.
A protective device to disable an inadvertent attempt to open a buckle of a law enforcement belt adapted to carry holsters for handguns and the like wherein the buckle includes at least one releasable fastener operative to open the buckle, said device comprising a selectively slidable sleeve of a substantially rigid material attached about the belt and slidable to a protective position overlying the buckle to inhibit unlocking of the belt, and slidable to either side of the buckle to an unprotective position to allow unlocking of the belt without removal from the belt.
In combination a protective device to disable inadvertent opening of a buckle of a law enforcement belt adapted to carry holsters for handguns and the like, comprising an elongated belt and a buckle including at least one releasable fastener operative to open said buckle, said device including a selectively slidable sleeve of substantially rigid material attached about said belt and slidable to a protective position substantially overlying said buckle to inhibit unlocking of said buckle, said sleeve being forcibly slid from its protective position to unprotective positions adjacent said buckle on either side of said buckle while remaining on and carried by said belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.