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US 9,943,141 B2Granted
Convenient buckle
AssigneeChing Fung Apparel Accessories Co. Ltd.
InventorKwok Yun Gary Leung
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Abstract
A buckle for binding two items together that includes a male plate and a female plate. The male plate further includes a locking member that is movable between a locking position and an unlocking position, wherein the locking member in the locking position interacts with the locking mechanism to lock the male plate to the female plate along a longitudinal axis that is perpendicular to the binding axis. The female plate includes a locking mechanism that includes two arms extending from opposing ends of the female plate respectively and is adapted to slidably receive the male plate therewithin to secure the male plate face-to-face to the female plate along a binding axis.
Claims5
A buckle comprising:
- a male plate that includes:
- an engagement member that includes:
- a housing;
- and
- a rail that connects to a bottom of the housing;
- a tongue member that movably disposes within the housing of the engagement member along a binding axis and includes:
- a flat end that disposes on a first end along the binding axis;
- a trapezoidal shaped tongue that disposes on a second end along the binding axis and extends through a tongue opening of the housing;
- and
- a washer holder that disposes at a center of the tongue member;
- a support member that disposes on top of the tongue member along a transverse axis and secures to the engagement member;
- and
- a press member that disposes on top of the support member along the transverse axis and couples to the tongue member;
- a female plate that includes:
- a base that opens at a first end along a longitudinal axis, and that includes:
- a flange arm that disposes on a second end along the binding axis;
- a hook arm that disposes on a first end along the binding axis;
- and
- a sidewall that disposes on a second end along the longitudinal axis,
- wherein a slant end of the tongue of the male plate is complementary to a slant portion of the hook arm of the female plate, and when the male plate approaches the female plate along the longitudinal axis, the slant end can smoothly engage with the slant portion and so the tongue can swiftly enter a tongue receiving port of the hook arm and be securely locked within the tongue receiving port, such that the male plate can securely couple to the female plate in a locking position;
- wherein at least one spring that disposes within the housing, and that abuts against a spring sidewall of the engagement member along the binding axis, and that abuts against a spring support of the tongue member along the transverse axis;
- and
- wherein a resilient action of the spring drives the tongue member to move within the housing along the binding axis.
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A buckle comprising:
- a male plate that includes:
- an engagement member that includes:
- a housing;
- and
- a rail that connects to a bottom of the housing;
- a tongue member that movably disposes within the housing of the engagement member along a binding axis and includes:
- a flat end that disposes on a first end along the binding axis;
- a trapezoidal shaped tongue that disposes on a second end along the binding axis and extends through a tongue opening of the housing;
- and
- a washer holder that disposes at a center of the tongue member;
- a support member that disposes on top of the tongue member along a transverse axis and secures to the engagement member;
- and
- a press member that disposes on top of the support member along the transverse axis and couples to the tongue member,
- wherein the press member includes a press plate;
- and a press protrusion that disposes on the press plate, wherein the press protrusion inserts into the washer holder of the tongue member via a T-shaped opening of the support member, such that the press member can securely couple to the tongue member;
- and
- a female plate that includes:
- a base that opens at a first end along the longitudinal axis, and that includes:
- a flange arm that disposes on a second end along the binding axis;
- a hook arm that disposes on a first end along the binding axis;
- and
- a sidewall that disposes on a second end along the longitudinal axis,
- wherein a slant end of the tongue of the male plate is complementary to a slant portion of the hook arm of the female plate, and when the male plate approaches the female plate along the longitudinal axis, the slant end can smoothly engage with the slant portion and so the tongue can swiftly enter a tongue receiving port of the hook arm and be securely locked within the tongue receiving port, such that the male plate can securely couple to the female plate in a locking position.
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A buckle comprising:
- a male plate that includes:
- an engagement member that includes:
- a housing;
- and
- a rail that connects to a bottom of the housing;
- a tongue member that movably disposes within the housing of the engagement member along a binding axis and includes:
- a flat end that disposes on a first end along the binding axis;
- a trapezoidal shaped tongue that disposes on a second end along the binding axis and extends through a tongue opening of the housing;
- and
- a washer holder that disposes at a center of the tongue member;
- a support member that disposes on top of the tongue member along a transverse axis and secures to the engagement member;
- and
- a press member that disposes on top of the support member along the transverse axis and couples to the tongue member;
- a female plate that includes:
- a base that opens at a first end along the longitudinal axis, and that includes:
- a flange arm that disposes on a second end along the binding axis;
- a hook arm that disposes on a first end along the binding axis;
- and
- a sidewall that disposes on a second end along the longitudinal axis,
- wherein a slant end of the tongue of the male plate is complementary to a slant portion of the hook arm of the female plate, and when the male plate approaches the female plate along the longitudinal axis, the slant end can smoothly engage with the slant portion and so the tongue can swiftly enter a tongue receiving port of the hook arm and be securely locked within the tongue receiving port, such that the male plate can securely couple to the female plate in a locking position;
- and
- at least one cylindrically shaped pillar that disposes within the housing,
- wherein the support member secures to the engagement member through a coupling between the pillar and a pillar opening of the support member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.