US 6,886,724 B2 · Removable cover piece for belt buckle

Abstract

The invention herein relates to a removable cover piece for belt buckle which is devised in two parts: a buckle head and a cover piece where the buckle head has a recessed trap precisely dimensioned to receive the cover piece. A nail grip is devised at the open end of the recessed trap so that the multi-functional cover piece inlayed in the trap can easily be gripped, removed or replaced with another cover piece. Upon the recessed trap contact faces are several magnet elements to meet the opposing magnet elements on the cover piece in order to secure the cover piece into the recessed trap. The present invention also features two slide guides at the base of recessed trap contact faces in response to the slide edges on the base of the cover pieces to form a track fitting assembly relationship, further securing the multi-functional cover pieces.

Claims2

Dependent claims

A belt buckle comprising:

a removable cover piece and a buckle head, said buckle head having a recessed trap sized to receive said cover piece and a nail grip at an open end of said trap to assist removing the cover piece from the trap;
said cover piece and buckle head are formed with corresponding contact faces, wherein said contact faces include matching magnet elements in one of dot and stripe form to securely anchor the cover piece within the trap.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/406,553Filed 4 Apr 2003

Published

US 2004/0195281 A17 Oct 2004

Granted

3 May 2005

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

A44B 11/001
Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts: ornamental buckles
A44B 11/005
Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts: buckles combined with other articles, e.g. with receptacles
G04B 37/12
Cases: cases for special purposes, e.g. watch combined with ring, watch combined with button
G04B 37/1433
Means for fixing the clockwork pieces on other objects: fixation on items of clothing, e.g. with clips

Removable cover piece for belt buckle

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Removable cover piece for belt buckle

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Abstract

Claims2