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US 9,521,880 B2Granted
Belt buckle
OwnerChristopher T. Nealoninventor
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Abstract
A belt and belt buckle design that opens to the front where the strap enters the belt buckle from below. The buckle is made from a single buckle member that is formed and that uses force and/or guidance from the buckle to hold the belt in place. The buckle has a hook region to support the strap of the belt and has a body passing around the strap from the back region of the strap to the front region of the strap.
Claims26
A belt comprising:
- a strap, the strap comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the strap having an engagement region and the distal end of the strap having at least one hole, the strap having a front side and a back side;
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- a buckle member, the buckle member being formed and having a proximal section, a middle section and a distal section,
- the proximal section of the buckle member passing through the engagement region of the proximal end of the strap to engage the buckle member to the strap, the proximal section of the buckle member having a hook region that provides support for the distal end of the strap,
- the middle section of the buckle member being formed, the middle section of the buckle member passing around the distal section of the strap from the back region of the strap to the front region of the distal end of the strap, and
- the distal section of the buckle member passing in the front region of the distal end of the strap, the distal section of the buckle member engaging the at least one hole on the distal end of the strap;
- wherein the hook region in the proximal section of the buckle member has a right angle bend, wherein the hook region, when the buckle is engaged, passes below the distal section of the strap from the back region of the distal end of the strap to the front region of the distal end of the strap.
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A belt comprising:
- a strap, the strap comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the strap having an engagement region and the distal end of the strap having at least one hole, the strap having a front side and a back side;
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- a buckle member, the buckle member being formed and having a proximal section, a middle section and a distal section,
- the proximal section of the buckle member passing through the engagement region of the proximal end of the strap to engage the buckle member to the strap, the proximal section of the buckle member having a hook region that provides support for the distal end of the strap,
- the middle section of the buckle member being formed, the middle section of the buckle member passing around the distal section of the strap from the back region of the strap to the front region of the distal end of the strap, and
- the distal section of the buckle member passing in the front region of the distal end of the strap, the distal section of the buckle member engaging the at least one hole on the distal end of the strap;
- wherein the hook region in the proximal section of the buckle member rotates into an engaged position by attaching the hook at the distal end of the buckle into the one of the at least several holes in the distal end of the strap.
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A belt comprising:
- a strap, the strap comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end of the strap having at least one hole, the strap having a front side and a back side;
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- a buckle member, the buckle member having a proximal section and a distal section,
- the proximal section of the buckle member being formed and engaging the buckle member to the strap, the proximal section of the buckle member having a hook region that provides support for the distal end of the strap and having a body passing around the distal section of the strap from the back region of the strap to the front region of the distal end of the strap, and
- the distal section of the buckle member passing in the front region of the distal end of the strap, the distal section of the buckle member engaging the at least one hole on the distal end of the strap;
- wherein the hook region in the proximal section of the buckle member having a right angle bend, wherein the hook region, when the buckle is engaged, passes below the distal section of the strap from the back region of the distal end of the strap to the front region of the distal end of the strap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.