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US 6,681,453 B1Granted
Buckle for a personal adornment band and a personal adornment band
AssigneeCitizen Watch Co., Ltd.
InventorsNorio Hashimoto, Hideo Taguchi, Ryo Fujita
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Abstract
There is provided a supporting member connected to an end of the personal adornment band, a push button slidably mounted in the supporting member, and having a manipulating portion and a hook, a lock member provided in the buckle so as to be engaged with the hook of the push button, and a spring provided in the supporting member for urging the push button outward. An opening is formed by cutting a side wall of the supporting member from an upper plate of the supporting member, thereby leaving a remaining portion at a lower portion of the side wall, and the manipulating portion of the bush button is exposed in the opening.
Claims21
A buckle for a personal adornment band comprising:
- a supporting member having an upper plate, a pair of side walls and an opening formed in at least one of the side walls and connected to an end of the personal adornment band;
- a push button slidably mounted in the supporting member, and having a manipulating portion and an engaging portion;
- a lock member provided in the buckle so as to be engaged with the engaging portion of the push button;
- an elastic member provided in the supporting member for urging the push button toward the opening wherein,
- the push button urged by the elastic member is engaged with the lock member to lock the buckle in a closed state,
- the push button is disengaged from the lock member when the push button is pushed in against the urging of the elastic member;
- characterized in that
- the opening is formed in a range between a part of the upper plate of the supporting member and an intermediate portion of the side wall so as to expose the manipulating portion of the push button in a recess at the part of the upper plate, thereby leaving a remaining portion at a lower portion of the side wall,
- the push button being disengaged from the lock member by inserting the manipulating portion into the recess.
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A buckle for a personal adornment band comprising:
- a supporting member having an opening and connected to an end of the personal adornment band;
- a push button slidably mounted in the supporting member, and having a manipulating portion and an engaging portion;
- a lock member provided in the buckle so as to be engaged with the engaging portion of the push button;
- an elastic member provided in the supporting member for urging the push button toward the opening wherein,
- the push button urged by the elastic member is engaged with the lock member to lock the buckle in a closed state,
- the push button is disengaged from the lock member when the push button is depressed against the urging of the elastic member;
- characterized in that
- the manipulating portion comprises an upright portion and a folded portion extending inward from the upright portion and has a substantially L shaped section.
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A buckle for a personal adornment band comprising:
- a supporting member having an opening and connected to an end of the personal adornment band;
- a push button slidably mounted in the supporting member, and having a manipulating portion and an engaging portion;
- a lock member provided in the buckle so as to be engaged with the engaging portion of the push button;
- an elastic member provided in the supporting member for urging the push button toward the opening wherein,
- the push button urged by the elastic member is engaged with the lock member to lock the buckle in a closed state,
- the push button is disengaged from the lock member when the push button is depressed against the urging of the elastic member;
- characterized in that
- a guide housing for housing the push button and the elastic member is provided in the supporting member and
- the guide housing is vertically supported by projections projecting from inner walls of the supporting member.
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A buckle for a personal adornment band comprising:
- a supporting member having an opening and connected to an end of the personal adornment band;
- a push button slidably mounted in the supporting member, and having a manipulating portion and an engaging portion;
- a lock member provided in the buckle so as to be engaged with the engaging portion of the push button;
- an elastic member provided in the supporting member for urging the push button toward the opening wherein,
- the push button urged by the elastic member is engaged with the lock member to lock the buckle in a closed state,
- the push button is disengaged from the lock member when the push button is depressed against the urging of the elastic member;
- characterized in that
- the manipulating portion of the push button is made of a metal unlikely to cause metal allergy on skin, and
- an abutting portion abutting against the lock member is made of metal different from metal of the manipulating portion.
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A personal adornment band having a buckle, the buckle comprising:
- a supporting member having an upper plate, a side wall and an opening formed in at least one of the side walls and connected to an end of the personal adornment band;
- a push button slidably mounted in the supporting member, and having a manipulating portion and an engaging portion;
- a lock member provided in the buckle so as to be engaged with the engaging portion of the push button;
- an elastic member provided in the supporting member for urging the push button toward the opening wherein,
- the push button urged by the elastic member is engaged with the lock member to lock the buckle in a closed state,
- the push button is disengaged from the lock member when the push button is pushed in against the urging of the elastic member;
- characterized in that
- the opening is formed in a range between a part of the upper plate of the supporting member and an intermediate portion of the side wall so as to expose the manipulating portion of the push button in a recess at the part of the upper plate, thereby leaving a remaining portion at a lower portion of the side walls,
- the push button being disengaged from the lock member by inserting the manipulating portion into the recess.
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A personal adornment band having a buckle, the buckle comprising:
- a supporting member having an opening and connected to an end of the personal adornment band;
- a push button slidably mounted in the supporting member, and having a manipulating portion and an engaging portion;
- a lock member provided in the buckle so as to be engaged with the engaging portion of the push button;
- an elastic member provided in the supporting member for urging the push button toward the opening wherein,
- the push button urged by the elastic member is engaged with the lock member to lock the buckle in a closed state,
- the push button is disengaged from the lock member when the push button is depressed against the urging of the elastic member;
- characterized in that
- the manipulating portion comprises an upright portion and a folded portion extending inward from the upright portion and has a substantially L shaped section.
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A personal adornment band having a buckle, the buckle comprising:
- a supporting member having an opening and connected to an end of the personal adornment band;
- a push button slidably mounted in the supporting member, and having a manipulating portion and an engaging portion;
- a lock member provided in the buckle so as to be engaged with the engaging portion of the push button;
- an elastic member provided in the supporting member for urging the push button toward the opening wherein,
- the push button urged by the elastic member is engaged with the lock member to lock the buckle in a closed state,
- the push button is disengaged from the lock member when the push button is depressed against the urging of the elastic member;
- characterized in that
- a guide housing for housing the push button and the elastic member is provided in the supporting member, and
- the guide housing is vertically supported by projections projecting from inner walls of the supporting member.
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A personal adornment band having a buckle, the buckle comprising:
- a supporting member having an opening and connected to an end of the personal adornment band;
- a push button slidably mounted in the supporting member, and having a manipulating portion and an engaging portion;
- a lock member provided in the buckle so as to be engaged with the engaging portion of the push button;
- an elastic member provided in the supporting member for urging the push button toward the opening wherein,
- the push button urged by the elastic member is engaged with the lock member to lock the buckle in a closed state,
- the push button is disengaged from the lock member when the push button is depressed against the urging of the elastic member;
- characterized in that
- the manipulating portion of the push button is made of a metal unlikely to cause metal allergy on skin, and
- an abutting portion abutting against the lock member is made of metal different from metal of the manipulating portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.