Buckle
AssigneeYKK Corporation
InventorsRyoko Kataguchi, Hitoshi Kaneko, Tomoko Yagami
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Abstract
A buckle with an enhanced efficiency in removing a foreign substance is provided. The buckle includes: a plug; and a socket provided with an insertion opening into which the plug is to be inserted. The socket includes: a pair of front pieces disposed side by side in a width direction intersecting with an insertion direction of the plug; a back piece disposed to face each of the front pieces; and a bottom piece that connects each of the front pieces and the back piece. A slit defined between the pair of front pieces extends in the insertion direction from the insertion opening across the bottom piece and the front pieces of the socket. Due to the presence of the slit, a cross section of the socket intersecting with the insertion direction is in a C-shape.
Claims11
A buckle comprising:
- a plug comprising a guide bar that extends in an insertion direction;
- and
- a socket provided with an insertion opening configured to receive the plug, the socket comprising:
- a pair of front pieces disposed side by side in a width direction intersecting with the insertion direction of the plug;
- a back piece disposed to face each of the front pieces;
- and
- a bottom piece disposed opposite to the insertion opening to connect the front pieces and the back piece, wherein
- a slit is defined between the pair of front pieces,
- the slit extends in the insertion direction from the insertion opening to the bottom piece,
- the front pieces each have a peripheral portion that faces the slit, wherein the peripheral portions abut against the guide bar when the plug is inserted into the socket, and
- the guide bar comprises a front surface configured to be continuous with an exterior surface of each of the front pieces when the guide bar is inserted into the slit and an end face configured to be continuous with an end face of the bottom piece when the guide bar is inserted into the slit.
A buckle comprising:
- a plug comprising a guide bar that extends in an insertion direction;
- and
- a socket provided with an insertion opening configured to receive the plug, the socket comprising:
- a pair of front pieces disposed side by side in a width direction intersecting with the insertion direction of the plug;
- and
- a slit defined between the pair of front pieces, wherein
- the slit extends in the insertion direction from the insertion opening throughout a front exterior surface of a body of the socket,
- the front pieces each have a peripheral portion that faces the slit, wherein the peripheral portions abut against the guide bar when the plug is inserted into the socket,
- the guide bar comprises a front surface configured to be continuous with an exterior surface of each of the front pieces when the guide bar is inserted into the slit,
- the slit has a width defined in a direction intersecting with the insertion direction of the plug, the width being gradually decreased from the insertion opening in the insertion direction of the plug, and
- a cross section of the socket intersecting with the insertion direction is in a C-shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.