Buckle
AssigneeNuna International B.V.
InventorsJonathan Kirk Mountz, Nathanael Saint
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Abstract
A buckle includes a buckle body, two first retainers, and two second retainers connected respectively and detachably to the first retainers. The buckle body includes an insert groove having two upwardly facing openings, two stop portions, and a resilient pressing arm. The first retainers are inserted into the insert groove via the openings, respectively. Each of the first retainers includes a resilient retaining plate biased to a retaining position to prevent removal of the corresponding first retainer from the buckle body. Each of the resilient retaining plates is removable from the retaining position. When the resilient pressing arm is pressed, each of the resilient retaining plates is removed from the retaining position by the resilient pressing arm.
Claims19
A buckle comprising:
- a buckle body including an insert groove having two upwardly facing openings, two stop portions disposed in said insert groove, and a resilient pressing arm;
- two first retainers inserted into said insert groove in said buckle body via said upwardly facing openings, respectively, each of said first retainers including a resilient retaining plate biased to a retaining position to thereby abut against a respective one of said stop portions of said buckle body so as to prevent removal of a corresponding one of said first retainers from said buckle body;
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- a biasing unit for providing a biasing force to eject said first retainers from said upwardly facing openings, respectively,
- wherein said resilient pressing arm of said buckle body includes two actuating portions that are positioned such that, when said resilient pressing arm is pressed, each of said resilient retaining plates of said first retainers is removed from said retaining position by a respective one of said actuating portions;
- wherein said buckle body further includes a first outer housing, a second outer housing, and a release member disposed between said first and second outer housings and including said resilient pressing arm and a connecting body connected to said first outer housing, said resilient pressing arm extending upwardly from a top end of said connecting body, being configured as a cantilever, and allowing for manual operation, and
- wherein said biasing unit includes two first plate bodies each having an end, and two second plate bodies extending respectively from said ends of said first plate bodies and pressing respectively against said first retainers, said second plate bodies cooperating to provide said biasing force, said buckle body further including two positioning brackets disposed in said insert groove for supporting said first plate bodies, respectively.
A buckle comprising:
- a buckle body including an insert groove having two upwardly facing openings;
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- two retainer sets each including a first retainer having a first coupling portion, and a second retainer having a second coupling portion connected removably to said first coupling portion, one of said first and second retainers of each of said retainer sets being configured as a groove having an open end that permits insertion of the other one of said first and second retainers of a corresponding one of said retainer sets thereinto and that is orientated in a direction different from that of each of said upwardly facing openings of said insert groove;
- wherein the other one of said first and second retainers of each of said retainer sets is configured as a tongue that is inserted into said groove and that has an end surface, said end surfaces of said tongues of said retainer sets facing toward and being adjacent to each other so as to prevent removal of said second retainers from said first retainers, and
- wherein the direction is perpendicular to that of each of said upwardly facing openings of said insert groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.