Side release buckle
AssigneeYKK Corporation
InventorsRyoichiro Uehara, Yasutaka Nishida
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Abstract
A side release buckle includes a plug and a socket into which the plug is inserted for engagement. The plug includes: a base being provided with a belt attachment and a pair of legs; and an engaging portion being formed to each of the legs. The socket includes: a body being provided with a belt attachment and an insertion opening; a housing space being formed in the body and capable of housing the legs inserted from the insertion opening (22); and an engaged portion being formed in the body and engageable with the engaging portion. The body includes an undulation being continuously formed in an insertion direction of the legs on at least one of top and bottom surfaces of the body.
Claims20
A side release buckle comprising:
- a plug;
- and a socket into which the plug is inserted for engagement, wherein the plug comprises:
- a base being provided with a belt attachment and a pair of legs;
- and an engaging portion being formed to each of the legs, the socket comprises:
- a body being provided with a belt attachment and an insertion opening;
- a housing space being formed in the body and capable of housing the legs inserted from the insertion opening;
- and an engaged portion being formed in the body and engageable with the engaging portion, and the body comprises an undulation being continuously formed in an insertion direction of the legs on at least one of top and bottom surfaces of the body, the undulation being provided by a linear concave formed on an outer surface of the body and a linear convex formed on an inner surface of the body along the linear concave.
A side release buckle, comprising:
- (a) a socket comprising:
- (i) a belt attachment;
- and
- (ii) a body associated with the belt attachment, the body comprising a top surface and a spaced apart bottom surface, wherein outer portions of the top surface are connected by a relatively narrow central portion of the top surface that is recessed relative to the outer portions of the top surface, wherein outer portions of the bottom surface are connected by a relatively narrow central portion of the bottom surface that is recessed relative to the outer portions of the bottom surface, and wherein at least parts of the central portions are spaced closer together than the outer portions of the top and bottom surfaces;
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- (b) a plug comprising a belt attachment and a pair of resilient legs, the legs configured to insert into the body of the socket such that the socket and plug are engaged.
The side release buckle of 16, wherein the plug further comprises a connecting portion extending between the legs and connected proximate the tips of the legs, the connecting portion defining an at least partially open area partially surrounded by the connecting portion;
- and, wherein, when the plug and socket are engaged, the first and second cutout areas of the socket at least partially overlap the open area of the plug.
A side release buckle, comprising:
- (b) a plug comprising:
- (i) a belt attachment;
- (ii) a pair of resilient legs, each leg including an engaging portion proximate a tip of the leg;
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- (iii) a connecting portion connected proximate the tip of each leg, at least a portion of the connecting portion defining a u shape, the connecting portion defining an at least partially open area partially surrounded by the connecting portion;
- and
- (b) a socket comprising:
- (i) a belt attachment;
- (ii) a body associated with the belt attachment, the body comprising a top surface and a spaced apart bottom surface, wherein outer portions of the top surface are connected by a relatively narrow central portion of the top surface that is recessed relative to the outer portions of the top surface, wherein outer portions of the bottom surface are connected by a relatively narrow central portion of the bottom surface that is recessed relative to the outer portions of the bottom surface, and wherein the central portions are spaced closer together than the outer portions of the top and bottom surfaces;
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- (iii) a first cutout area between the top surface and the belt attachment and a second cutout area between the bottom surface and the belt attachment, wherein the second cutout area is larger than the first cutout area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.