Buckle device
AssigneeBaby Bjorn AB
InventorHåkan Bergkvist
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Abstract
A buckle arrangement for releasably connecting two parts of an object that includes a post which projects out at right angles from one part, and a ring-shaped body which is connected to the other part and which is received by the post. The ring-shaped body carries latching shoulders which engage with a waist in the post and which can be released from the post by applying pressure against two exposed press keys connected to the latch shoulders. The buckle arrangement can be used between a lateral end-part of an upper edge-region of a carrier pouch in a child-supporting harness and a chest strap included in the harness, or for mutually connecting the ends of a belt belonging to a babysitter.
Claims14
A buckle arrangement for releasably connecting first and second parts of an object comprising:
- a first buckle part including a post which is carried by said first object part, said post having a waist;
- a second buckle part including a ring-shaped body which is connected to the second object part, said ring-shaped body having a housing with a diametrical through-passing channel that extends perpendicular to a ring opening axis of said ring-shaped body;
- said second buckle part including a latch arrangement that enables the ring-shaped body to be latched axially in relation to the post, said latch arrangement having two mutually identical, ring-shaped latch elements each with a respective opening therein, each latch element including a latch shoulder, a press key and an integral spring, the latch elements being parallel and brought in mutually opposite directions with the respective openings thereof in general alignment such that a cross-section of said two latch elements corresponds to a cross-section of said channel, said press keys being exposed on an outside of the ring-shaped body and located in diametrically opposite positions in relation to said openings with the spring of one latch element supporting against a radially inner side of the press key of the other latch element, and vice versa, said springs biasing said latch elements so as to bring the latch shoulders into engagement with mutually opposite sides of said waist and allowing the latch shoulders to move free from the waist when the press keys are pressed diametrically towards each other.
A combination of an object having a waist belt and buckle arrangement for releasably connecting first and second parts of the object comprising:
- a first buckle part including a post which is carried by said first object part, said post having a waist;
- a second buckle part including a ring-shaped body which is connected to the second object part, said ring-shaped body, as latched to the post, being rotatable therearound;
- said second buckle part including a latch arrangement that enables the ring-shaped body to be latched axially in relation to the post and having two latch elements, each latch element including a latch shoulder and a press key that is exposed on an outside of the ring-shaped body, the latch elements being mutually spring-biased so as to bring the latch shoulders into engagement with mutually opposite sides of said post waist, said latch elements allowing the latch shoulders to move free from the waist when the press keys are pressed diametrically towards each other;
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- said first and second buckle parts being fitted to said first and second object parts at respective ends of the waist belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.