Belt buckle
AssigneeChing Fung Apparel Accessories Co. Ltd.
InventorKwok Yun Gary Leung
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Abstract
A belt buckle includes a male plate with a cylindrical pin extending transversely from a back side of said male plate. A female plate includes a cylindrical cavity which is partially enclosed by a first inwardly-extending flange and a second inwardly-extending flange. The female plate is adapted for coupling to a male plate when the buckle is in use. An elastic ring is fittingly disposed inside the partially enclosed cavity. A hollow of the elastic ring is adapted to fittingly receive the pin during use of the buckle. The hollow of the elastic ring has a polygonal-shaped wall, whereby the elastic ring is in contact with the pin at a plurality of contact points during use of the buckle to prevent the pin from getting loose when the buckle is in use.
Claims11
A belt buckle comprising:
- a) a male plate comprising a pin extending transversely from a back side of said male plate;
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- b) a female plate adapted for coupling to said male plate when said buckle is in use comprising:
- i) a cavity;
- ii) a first open end of a front side of said cavity being partially enclosed by a first inwardly-extending flange;
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- iii) a second open end of a back side of said cavity being partially enclosed by a second inwardly-extending flange to create a partially enclosed cavity;
- wherein an elastic ring is fittingly disposed inside said partially enclosed cavity, a hollow of said elastic ring being adapted to fittingly receive said pin during use of said buckle, said hollow of said elastic ring having a polygonal-shaped wall, whereby said elastic ring is in contact with said pin at a plurality of contact points during use of said buckle, and wherein said male plate further comprising an insert tongue having a first end and an opposing second end, said first end of said insert tongue having said pin.
A belt buckle comprising:
- a) a male plate comprising a front side and a back side;
- and a cylindrical pin extending transversely from said back side of said male plate;
- said cylindrical pin having a first diameter;
- b) a female plate comprising a front and a back side;
- and adapted for coupling to said male plate when said buckle is in use;
- said female plate comprising a cylindrical cavity having a second diameter bigger than said first diameter, and a first inwardly-extending flange at a first open end flange hole at said front side of said cylindrical cavity;
- said first open end flange hole having a third diameter less than said second diameter but large enough for said cylindrical pin to pass through;
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- c) an elastic ring disposed inside said cylindrical cavity;
- said elastic ring having a regular polygonal shape further comprising a plurality of outer vertices and inner straight edges;
- said inner straight edges defining an inner circle that touches all said inner straight edges and said outer vertices defining an outer circle that touches all said outer vertices;
- said inner circle having a diameter smaller than said first diameter and said outer circle having a diameter larger than said third diameter but smaller than said second diameter so that when said cylindrical pin of said male plate is inserted into said cavity of said female plate, said cylindrical pin stretches all said inner straight edges of said elastic ring, creating frictional force between said cylindrical pin and inner straight edges so that said male plate and said female plate are securely and resiliently coupled together,
- wherein said female plate further comprises a second inwardly-extending flange at a second open end flange hole at said back side of said cylindrical cavity, and
- wherein said male plate further comprising an insert tongue having a first end and an opposing second end, said cylindrical pin affixed to said first end of said insert tongue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.