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US 6,487,761 B2Granted
Quick release buckle for divers
OwnerCharles E. Van Tasselinventor
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Abstract
A buckle apparatus for rapid disengagement of male and female members has deformable portions of a male pull member extending into the female member and retained in openings of the female member. An elongate pull element extends from the deformable portion or portions for pulling thereon to deform the deformable portions to disengage the male and female members.
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A buckle apparatus for rapid disengagement of buckle components, comprising:
- a female buckle member having side walls defining an opening to receive a male buckle member and having one of said side walls being deformable, said deformable side wall having a slot formed therein,
- a male buckle member having a deformable tab portion adapted to extend through and to be retained in said female buckle slot to retain the male and female members together, and
- an elongated pull element attached to and extending from said deformable side wall for manual pulling thereon to deform said side wall to disengage said deformable tab portion from said slot and to further disengage the male member from the female member.
A buckle apparatus for rapid disengagement of members thereof, comprising:
- a female member having an entry opening and at least one lateral opening,
- a male member having at least one deformable protuberance portion adapted to extend into said end opening of the female member and to extend outwardly through said at least one lateral opening of the female member to retain the members together,
- the male member being disengageable from the female member by depression of said at least one male deformable portion to exit the female member via the female member end opening, and
- an elongated pull element connected with the at least one male member protuberance for manual pulling thereon to deform and urge inwardly the male member protuberance to disengage the male and female members from each other.
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A buckle apparatus for rapid disengagement of members thereof, comprising:
- a female member having an end opening and having lateral openings at opposite sides thereof,
- a male member having two oppositely disposed deformable protuberances engageable in opposite lateral openings of the female member to releasably retain together the male and female members,
- said male deformable protuberances being manually deformable inwardly of the female member via said lateral openings to disengage the male and female members, and
- an elongated pull element connected with the male deformable protuberances for manual pulling to deform inwardly the male member protuberances relative to the female member lateral openings to disengage the male and female members from each other.
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A buckle apparatus for rapid disengagement of members thereof, comprising:
- a female member having an end opening and having lateral openings at opposite sides thereof,
- a male member having two oppositely disposed deformable protuberances engageable in opposite lateral openings of the female member to releasably retain together the male and female members,
- said male deformable protuberances being manually deformable inwardly of the female member via said lateral openings to disengage the male and female members,
- an elongate pull element connected with the male deformable protuberances for manual pulling to deform inwardly the male member protuberances relative to the female member lateral openings to disengage the male and female members from each other, and
- said elongate element having bifurcated end portions, one end portion being connected with a respective one of the male deformable protuberances to deform the spring arms inwardly of the female member lateral openings.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.