| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 024593100 | Slot and tab or tongue | 53 |
| 20090000087 | RETAINING ARRANGEMENT - A retaining arrangement for securing an object to a surface includes a retaining element which is moveable between a stowed position and a retaining position. The retaining element is substantially level with, or below, the level of the surface. The retaining element protrudes from the surface and presents at least one elongate retaining slot above the surface which is substantially parallel with the surface, into which a part of an object to be retained maybe inserted. The retaining slot is at least partially formed by a retaining surface of the retaining element, the retaining surface facing, when the retaining element is in the retaining position, in a direction having at least a component that extends towards the plane of the surface in the vicinity of the retaining element. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090025193 | Belt Latch for a Safety Belt - A belt tongue for a safety belt having a connecting plate for connecting the belt tongue with a buckle, a tongue main body being rigidly connected to the belt tongue and a clamping element with a bending edge. The clamping element is mounted in the tongue main body in such a way that it rotates in relation to the tongue main body if the force in the belt exceeds a defined force. The clamping element forms a concave outer surface. In order to be able to achieve a low weight of the belt tongue and in particular of the bending element, the clamping element is supported on the tongue main body by means of its outer surface. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20100088865 | Holder For Two Plugs - A simple and secure holder for securing and releasing a first and second plug without requiring additional components. The holder includes a slide and a projecting, rigid securing member on the first plug. The rigid securing member is positioned at a distance away from the slide. The holder includes a slide receptacle and a resilient lock on the second plug, with the resilient lock being positioned at a distance away from the slide receptacle. The slide receptacle is configured in such a way that the slide is encompassed by the slide receptacle. A releasable connection is provided between the first plug and the second plug when the slide receptacle receives the slide and the rigid securing member engages the resilient lock locking into a final position. The holder is intended for use, for example, with plugs used in the vehicular industry. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100125983 | BUCKLE ASSEMBLY HAVING SINGLE RELEASE FOR MULTIPLE BELT CONNECTORS - A buckle assembly for a vehicle restraint system where the buckle assembly is adapted to receive a plurality of belt connectors, with the belt connectors being simultaneously released upon moving at least one handle to a release position. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100162538 | E-TRACK CONNECTOR - An improved e-track connector, or lockdown, is presented that can be installed in single locations instead of provided in tracks as in the industry. It also possesses a finished slot that accepts logistics straps buckles. The slot is a complete rectangle with no excess material folded under it and has been deburred and finished smooth. The device also possesses a drain slot along the side of the tang and drain holes in the buckle receiver such that liquid will drain out of the connector when it is mounted horizontally. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100175231 | Device with Releasable Attachment Means - A device has a fastening device providing a releasable locking action on a support rail and further has a securing lever having a locked position in which the releasable locking action is secured against release. The device has a housing, wherein the fastening device is slidably arranged on a bottom plate of the housing. The fastening device has a base plate with at least one lock member interacting with the support rail. The at least one lock member has a cutout for receiving a transverse leg of the support rail and further has a ramp for the support rail. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100180409 | TONGUE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In a tongue used in a seat belt system, a tongue main body | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100199470 | Buckle - A buckle includes a buckle body, two first retainers, and two second retainers connected respectively and detachably to the first retainers. The buckle body includes an insert groove having two upwardly facing openings, two stop portions, and a resilient pressing arm. The first retainers are inserted into the insert groove via the openings, respectively. Each of the first retainers includes a resilient retaining plate biased to a retaining position to prevent removal of the corresponding first retainer from the buckle body. Each of the resilient retaining plates is removable from the retaining position. When the resilient pressing arm is pressed, each of the resilient retaining plates is removed from the retaining position by the resilient pressing arms. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100257708 | BUCKLE DEVICE FOR SEAT BELT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A buckle device | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100263176 | SEATBELT BUCKLE WITH SHOCK-PROOF DEVICE - Disclosed is a buckle for a seatbelt apparatus provided in an automobile, airplane, etc., fastened around a seat to keep a passenger safely secured. More particularly, disclosed is a shockproof device installed to a seatbelt buckle. The shockproof device is installed behind a release button and lock pin, to prevent the release button from being unexpectedly released when the release button is moved in a non-release direction. Even when the release button and lock pin are moved in a release direction, on the basis of a rotation angular velocity of the inertia lever rather than a rotation torque thereof, surface contact between the lock pin and the inertia lever is accomplished and simultaneously, owing to an anti-rotation configuration thereof, the inertia lever reliably prevents unexpected disengagement between the tongue plate and the buckle under the influence of any magnitude of inertial force. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100281660 | Seat Belt Connector - A seat belt connector has a tongue and a protection. The tongue has an insertion portion formed on a front end, a tongue hole formed through the insertion portion and a handle mounted on a rear end of the tongue. The protection is mounted between the insertion portion of tongue and the handle. The protection can cover gaps formed between an opening of a buckle and the tongue and thereby prevent sand, debris or muddy water from entering a casing of the buckle. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100306973 | PLUG-IN LOCK - The invention relates to a plug-in lock for the detachable connection of two belt ends for a climbing harness having a lock part and an insertion part, wherein the lock part has an end on the insertion side for inserting the insertion part, and an end on the belt side for fastening a belt, wherein the insertion part has a snap-in pin, which engages into a first latch mechanism in the lock part upon inserting the insertion part into the lock part such that the insertion part is secured against being pulled out of the lock part (in the direction opposite of the insertion direction in the lock part. The first latch mechanism is configured manually non-detachable, and a second manually detachable latch mechanism is arranged and configured such that the insertion part can be detached from the lock part by sliding out the same in the insertion direction. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110010901 | Ejector Mechanism for Rotary Buckle Assembly - Disclosed is a rotary buckle assembly for harness. The assembly is adapted to selectively secure or eject the tongue plates for the straps of the harness. Although the invention finds particular application for use with a five point harness, it can be adapted for use with other harness arrangements. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110107564 | COUPLING MEANS - Coupling unit between the two ends of a strap, between two straps or between a strap and a structure such as a wall includes two correspondingly shaped elements and a cover to slide over the elements once they are connected. One element is in the form of a cylinder and the other in the form a semicircle of a size to receive the cylinder; after which the cover is slid over the element to prevent disengaging. The unit is adapted to automatically disengage when the cover is slid away from the connection, or when the coupling is hinged upward—especially when the straps are under tension. Downward hinging has no effect on the coupling. The coupling unit may also be helpful as a connector for ropes, bands, belts, leashes or the like. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110154624 | Tongue | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110162175 | SAFETY BELT FASTENING AND QUICK-RELEASE DEVICE - A multiple safety belt fastening and quick release device includes a housing that may be configured to receive one or more safety belt buckles. Tongues of the safety belts may be secured in the housing by a locking mechanism of the device. Each secured safety belt tongue may be associated with a locking mechanism that operates independently of other present locking mechanisms. A release mechanism may simultaneously release all secured safety belts. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110232051 | SEAT BELT BUCKLE MECHANISM - A seat belt system includes a tongue member, a latch member for detachably engaging the tongue member, a release member for releasing engagement between the tongue member and the latch member and a slide switch configured to communicate whether the tongue member is engaged with the latch member. The slide switch includes a sliding member configured to slide between first and second positions and a printed circuit board. The sliding member includes a first sliding contact member and a second sliding contact member. The printed circuit board includes a first printed circuit board contact member that contacts both the first and second sliding contact members when the sliding member is in the first position. When the sliding member moves from the first position to second position the first sliding contact member is configured to break contact with the first printed circuit board contact member before the second sliding contact member. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110247182 | Quick release buckle assembly - A quick release buckle assembly has a male portion that is inserted into a female portion. Each female portion has a cavity and at a spring-loaded locking device disposed within the cavity. Each male portion has a base with a locking tongue having an aperture, such that inserting the male portion into the open top of the female portion causes the locking device to snap into the aperture in the locking tongue to lock the two buckle portions together. To release the buckle portions, the locking device is pulled upward, in a direction that is between 45 to 90 degrees to the insertion plane of the female portion, until the locking device clears the aperture in the locking tongue. The motion required to release the male portion from the female portion ensures that the buckle will not be inadvertently released by catching on something in the environment. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110258822 | BUCKLE DEVICE - A buckle device for a motor vehicle is provided. The buckle device comprising a locking tongue for inserting into a buckle and a deflecting body connected to the locking tongue, which is configured to subdivide a safety belt into a shoulder portion and a lap portion and to deflect said safety belt such that the two portions extend away from the deflecting body in different directions. The deflecting body is connected to the locking tongue via at least one elongate element, which is at least partially wound around the deflecting body. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110283493 | SEAT BELT BUCKLE - A buckle assembly includes a first plate and a second plate defining a gap therebetween. A button assembly defines a slot aligned with the gap, and is coupled to the first plate and the second plate for movement along a longitudinal axis of the first plate. The button assembly includes a door transversely moveable relative to the longitudinal axis between a closed position covering the slot and a retracted position spaced from the slot. The door includes an angled ledge, that directs fluid through at least one aperture in a sidewall of the button assembly when the door is in the closed position. A block is disposed within the gap. The first plate and the second plate define undulations extending along the longitudinal axis and into the gap. The block mates with the undulation in the first plate and the second plate to fill the gap. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20120011687 | BUCKLE WITH PIVOT PAWL AND NON-INTERLOCKING TONGUES - A web buckle | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120017406 | QUICK RELEASE APPARATUS FOR AN SCBA FRAME - An apparatus for a rescue worker's waist belt for connecting to and rapidly disconnecting from a self-contained breathing apparatus waist belt. The rescue worker's waist belt includes buckles disposed on its side that complement the buckles disposed on the SCBA waist belt. An SCBA wearer connects the SCBA waist belt directly to the rescue worker's waist belt rather than buckling the waist belt around the wearer's waist. Rapid disconnection is effected with the push of two buttons, thereby allowing the wearer to entirely remove the SCBA from his or her body while leaving the rescue worker's waist belt and any accoutrements attached thereto in place and on his or her person. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120090140 | SNAP LOCKING COUPLING SYSTEM FOR PIECES OR COUPLING MEMBERS - A snap coupling system for pieces or metallic or non metallic coupling members, that require to be attached perpendicularly in a “T” fashion, in a cross “+” fashion or angularly, by which a tubular male coupling member having one or more retention tabs that are temporally flexed, enters in slots or receiving apertures of another piece or female coupling member, tubular or planar, where they engage, by which they can be readily attached two tubular members or one tubular member and one planar member, in a perpendicular way, in a cross fashion or angularly, without the necessity of using skilled labor. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120110800 | BUCKLE FOR RESTRAINT SYSTEMS FOR CAR SAFETY SEATS FOR CHILDREN, PROVIDED WITH A DEVICE FOR INDICATING THE CORRECT TENSIONING - A buckle includes a case connected to a restraint system lower belt. A coupling mechanism releasably engages tongue-like coupling elements connected to respective upper belts. An indicator indicates correct belt tensioning and has a visual symbol visible through openings in the case. The indicator moves in the case between a first position in which the visual symbol is not visible, for loose belts, and a second position in which the visual symbol is visible, for correctly tensioned belts. First springs urge the indicator towards the first position. A locking element in the case connects to an end of the lower belt. Second springs between the case and the locking element are resiliently deformed from tension on the lower belt. The locking element cooperates with the indicator so that when the indicator is in the second position, it is locked. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120124790 | Dual Release Buckle - A dual release buckle can be released either as a side-release buckle or as a remotely-released cable actuated buckle and can be incorporated into a garment, for example, a soldier's vest. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120137478 | BUCKLE DEVICE - A frame member, which is approximately U-shaped in side view, has an ejector having elastic locking pieces whose tips are configured to move along long holes formed in an upper plate, mounted thereon. A permanent magnet is mounted on a slider member, at the end portion closer to a Hall IC switch. Pairs of elastic engagement pieces are inserted through the long holes respectively, and engaged with engagement portions provided at the tips of elastic engagement pieces of the ejector respectively and thus assembled. In a base member formed approximately rectangular-frame-shaped in plan view, the Hall IC switch is fitted on a Hall IC switch supporting extension, extended approximately perpendicularly outward from an end portion closer to the frame member of an outer plate positioned adjacent to the permanent magnet. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120144630 | BUCKLE DEVICE - When a pretensioner is activated, a buckle main body experiences abrupt acceleration in a direction toward webbing. An inertial amass body of a stopper member is then rotated toward a frame member against an urging force of a torsion spring urged through a lever member. Further, the lever member abutting on the stopper member is also rotated toward the frame member, making each projecting piece face each abutment portion of a slide button. Further, when the slide button is slidingly moved against an urging force of a button spring, each abutment portion makes contact with each projecting piece of the lever member, stopping the slide movement of the slide button. Thus, unintentional disengagement between a latch and a tongue plate can be prevented. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120174353 | BUCKLE AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING THE BUCKLE FROM BEING RELEASED BY AN IMPACT - The present invention relates to a buckle including a frame, a tongue inserted into the frame and locked with the frame, an ejector provided in the frame to push the tongue outward from the frame, a holder that prevents the ejector from pushing the tongue outward from the frame by being displaced forward the ejector, thereby maintaining locking of the tongue, and a withdrawal prevention unit that prevents the holder from moving back beyond withdrawing and being displaced backward the ejector when an impact is applied from an outside of the frame, thereby preventing the locking of the tongue from being released by the impact. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120198665 | SEAT BELT BUCKLE - A seat belt buckle has a frame that forms an insertion path for a buckle tongue of a seat belt. The seat belt buckle includes a locking device having a locking member for locking the buckle tongue) in the locked state. A retaining member is tensioned by a spring for securing the locking member in a locked state. An ejector for the buckle tongue is tensioned by a spring that is provided with at least one damping device to reduce the noise generated when the seat belt buckle changes from a locking state to a released state. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120291239 | TONGUE - A tongue comprises a housing case in a substantially box form for housing a tongue plate and inclusive of a through hole formed at a position facing an insertion hole of the tongue plate so as to allow insertion of a webbing, and a stopper bar, with a folded portion of the webbing hung therearound, which is arranged striding over the insertion hole of the tongue plate, allowed to slide back and forth with reference to the tongue plate and urged rearward by a urging unit in contact with a pair of front end surfaces on a pair of engagement parts provided at longitudinal ends of the stopper bar. The housing case includes a plurality of ribs arranged upright on an inner surface thereof along a front-rear direction so as to press the webbing which is arranged to face the inner surface and hung around the stopper bar meets. The plurality of ribs are arranged in parallel to one another in a direction orthogonal to a sliding direction of the stopper bar. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20130000089 | FASTENING STRUCTURE - Disclosed herein is a fastening structure which enables objects to be easily coupled to or removed from each other, and which enables the relative positions between the objects to be changed in the longitudinal position of zipper rails. The fastening structure includes a first zipper rail unit which is provided on a planar portion of a first object and has zipper rails arranged parallel to each other, and a second zipper rail unit which is provided on a planar portion of a second object and has zipper rails arranged parallel to each other. While the zipper rails of the first zipper rail unit are individually coupled to the corresponding zipper rails of the second zipper rail unit in a female-male engagement manner, relative positions between the first object and the second object can be changed in the longitudinal direction of the zipper rails. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130097827 | SEAT BELT LATCH PLATE ASSEMBLY - A seat belt system includes a belt having an upper end mounted adjacent the occupant shoulder and a lower end mounted adjacent the occupant lap. A latch plate assembly is carried by the belt for engagement with a buckle and includes a housing having a base wall with a tongue for latching engagement by the buckle and a pair of flanges extending at a lateral spacing greater than the width of the belt. A lock bar is pivotally mounted on the flanges. The lock bar has a clamping surface moving toward and away from the base wall upon pivoting of the lock bar to clamp and unclamp the belt against the base wall to prevent transference of the belt through the latch plate assembly. A detent mechanism between the lock bar and the housing locks the lock bar at a pivotal position clamping the belt against the housing. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130318753 | TONGUE FOR A SEATBELT DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A tongue for a seatbelt device includes: a metal core at which an insertion portion is formed continuously from a metal core base portion; a molded portion formed by the metal core base portion of the metal core being covered with a synthetic resin material; a webbing pass-through portion, one end of which opens along the thickness direction of the metal core base portion in one face of the molded portion, and another end of which opens in an end portion of the molded portion at a side opposite to the insertion portion; and a groove portion formed between the metal core base portion and the webbing pass-through portion, the groove portion opening in the end portion of the molded portion at the side opposite to the insertion portion and opening in an inner periphery face of the webbing pass-through portion. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140123446 | DETECTOR DEVICE FOR DETECTING THE LOCKING STATE OF A SEAT BELT LOCK, INSERT, AND SEAT BELT LOCK EQUIPPED WITH A DETECTOR DEVICE - A detector device for detecting the locking state of a seat belt lock, such as for an automobile restraint system, is disclosed, which has a swivel lever that is designed like a strap and that is hinged to a switch housing via a swivel axis (A) that is arranged eccentrically and that has at least one operating arm projecting from the swivel axis (A), which arm extends above the switch housing and can move into a second end position by interaction with a component of a locking mechanism of the seat belt lock that can move in translation against a return force from a first end position, in which its at least one operating arm extends above the switch housing. The detector device has a sensor device for detecting the change in position of a section of the swivel lever that can swivel from the starting position into its laterally and vertically changed end position. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140290013 | Pet Health Monitor With Collar Attachment and Charger - In one embodiment, a collar attachment comprising a disk having a first collar band loop integrally formed with the disk along a first arcuate perimeter portion of the disk and a second collar band loop integrally formed with the disk along a second arcuate perimeter portion of the disk that is opposite the first arcuate perimeter portion of the disk; a keyhole in the disk; friction attachment means formed in an underside of the disk and configured to receive at least a first tab of an attached device and to snugly hold the first tab against the underside of the disk after rotation of the attached device in the keyhole. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20150013121 | Buckle - This buckle ( | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150047155 | Buckle Assembly with Resetting Arrangement - A buckle assembly includes at least one socket to receive and retain at least one lug therein, and an emergency release arrangement. The emergency release arrangement is operable to release the at least one lug from the socket in response to a predetermined trigger signal. The assembly also includes a manually operable resetting arrangement that is operable to retain the lug(s) re-inserted into the socket(s), following the triggering of the emergency release arrangement. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150074957 | ROTATABLE BUCKLE ASSEMBLY - A rotatable buckle assembly may include a male buckle member, and a female buckle member configured to rotatably connect to the male buckle member. The female buckle member may include a handle that is configured to be pulled to disconnect the first buckle member from the second buckle member. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150082587 | SEAT BELT LOCK WITH HALL SENSOR - A seat belt lock with a Hall sensor for detection of a locking state of a seat belt lock having a metal seat belt lock frame arranged in a housing. The seat belt lock frame has an upper part and a lower part, connected to a define slit-like channel. A spring-loaded locking device for an inserted seat belt latch is mounted on the seat belt lock frame. A spring-loaded ejector for the inserted seat belt latch is arranged in the channel. The Hall sensor interacts with a permanent-magnetic component, whose distance relative to the Hall sensor is changeable based on translatory movement of the ejector in the case of actuation of the locking mechanism. The Hall sensor is arranged on or in the seat belt lock frame and is covered by a metal shielding element, which extends essentially parallel to the seat belt lock frame and forms a flow concentrator. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150089777 | SAFETY BELT BUCKLE - A safety belt buckle includes a buckle member, a hook, a stop member, and a latch member. The buckle member has a chamber therein, which is communicated with an opening. The latch member has a tongue plate which is inserted into the chamber through the opening. The stop member and the hook are provided in the chamber, and the latch member is not able to be detached from the buckle member because that the stop member stops the hook from moving to engage the tongue plate. By pressing a press button on the stop member, the stop member is moved to a predetermined position, and no longer stops the hook from disengaging the tongue plate. The latch member is able to be detached from the buckle member at this time. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150135487 | ADAPTABLE MATING FASTENER ASSEMBLY - A fastening assembly is configured to secure a first component to a second component through a range of connection angles. The fastening assembly may include a female fastening member having at least one retention stud, and a male fastening member having an internal opening configured to pivotally retain the at least one retention stud. The retention stud(s) is configured to be pivotally adjusted within the internal opening in order to securely connect the female fastening member to the male fastening member through the range of connection angles. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150135488 | Curtain Buckle Device - A curtain buckle device has a buckle unit and a buckle stick. The buckle unit is mounted on a crank and has a buckle tube portion, a buckle hole formed through the buckle tube portion, multiple slits formed in an end of the buckle tube portion at interval, and a buckle claw formed on an inner surface of the buckle tube portion. The buckle stick is inserted into the buckle tube portion and has a stick body inserted into the buckle hole, a fixing end connected with an end of the stick body and mounted on the base, and a buckle groove annularly formed in an outer surface of the stick body. The buckle groove is engaged with the claw bodies. Therefore, the curtain buckle device is provided for a car curtain to use. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150296927 | Buckle for Connector, and Method for Assembling Same - [Problem] To provide a buckle for a connector having a small simple structure and a favorable productivity, and a method for assembling the same. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20160031413 | BELT BUCKLE ARRANGEMENT WITH A BELT BUCKLE PIVOTABLY MOUNTED ON A HOLDER - A belt buckle arrangement for a seat belt system includes a belt buckle ( | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160120268 | SEATBELT BUCKLING DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A seatbelt buckling device and system includes a buckle and a latch plate. The latch plate includes a pair of fingers that extend from a base portion. The buckle includes buckle housing that defines a slot that is configured to receive the fingers of the latch plate. The buckle also includes a blocking member disposed in the slot that splits the slot into first and second slot portions. The first and second slot portions are sized to receive the fingers. The blocking member restricts debris from entering a cavity of the buckle housing. The buckle further includes a depressible button for releasing the latch plate. The blocking member is arranged as a blockout portion integrated into the button or an ejector protrusion extending from an ejector disposed within the buckle. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160129877 | BUCKLE GUIDE - A guide mechanism may be provided in a buckle assembly including an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve. The guide mechanism in one example includes notches in the outer sleeve mateable to notches in a tongue piece. In another example, the guide mechanism includes ribs formed on an interior of the outer sleeve, that together with a wall of an outer button included in the outer sleeve, form a slot for receiving a tongue piece. In yet another example, the guide mechanism includes a pair of leaf springs having openings therein forming a slot for receiving a tongue piece. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160157563 | Belt Buckle for a Safety Belt System - A belt buckle for a safety belt system for latching a belt buckle ( | 06-09-2016 |
| 20170232927 | BUCKLE DEVICE | 08-17-2017 |
| 024593110 | Having teeth or serrations (e.g., sliding with respect to each other) | 5 |
| 20100281661 | Slide Adjuster - A belt has a rack having a plurality of engaging grooves on a top side thereof. A buckle has a base, a pair of side walls and an operation member. The operation member has an engaging claw and a press section on both ends thereof and is supported on the side walls via a connecting shaft. The buckle has a frame that is fixed on the base and is arranged along a periphery of the press section. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20140310925 | ASYMMETRICALLY RELEASABLE FASTENER SYSTEM AND CUFF FOR USE THEREWITH - A fastener system comprising a strap incorporating a plurality of teeth and comprising a buckle incorporating a plurality of slots. The strap can be engaged by the buckle such that the strap resists disengagement by a separating force applied generally equally across the width of the strap and the buckle, but will disengage upon application of an asymmetrical force applied proximate either just to the top edge or just to the bottom edge of the buckle and strap. The fastener system can be associated with a cuff or other article so as to releasably maintain two opposing side edges of the cuff in proximity to each other. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140345095 | Fastening Arrangement With Interlocking Members - A fastening arrangement comprises a first fastening member connected to a first strap and a second fastening member connected to a second strap. The first fastening member includes a first surface comprising at least one first interlocking member. The second fastening member includes a channel positioned between a second surface and a biasing member. The channel is configured to receive the first fastening member with the first surface facing the second surface. The second surface includes at least one second interlocking member configured to engage the first interlocking member in a manner that blocks the first interlocking member from moving relative to the second interlocking member in at least one direction. The biasing member is configured to urge the first interlocking member into engagement with the second interlocking member when the first fastening member is inserted into the channel of the second fastening member. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20150013122 | STRAP LATCHING DEVICE - A latching device secures a strap to a piece of sports equipment. The latching device includes a buckle and a base. The buckle has a main body portion. The main body portion has an integrally formed collet and has a first slot and a second slot. The first and second slots each having a plurality of teeth shaped members that are configured to secure the strap to the buckle. The base is attached to the piece of sports equipment. The base has a first shaft and an annular ring. The first shaft has a first end and a second end. A ball shaped member is attached to the first end of the first shaft. The annular ring is formed on a periphery of the base surrounding the first shaft. The ball shaped member is releasably received in the collet to releasably engage the buckle with the base. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150026935 | WHEEL HOLDER WITH MULTIPLE POSITION ADJUSTABLE STRAP - A bicycle wheel anchor for securing differently sized bicycle wheels onto a load carrier is disclosed. A bicycle wheel anchor can include a bicycle wheel receiver configured to accept bicycle wheels of different sizes. The anchor can include an elongate wheel securement strap having a tongue portion which is spaced apart from a tail portion located on an opposite side of an intermediate extension portion of the strap. The tail portion of the strap can comprise a catch to be anchored at different locations on the anchor in a plurality of variously located catch-trap. The anchor can include a first catch-trap positioned a distance away from a second catch-trap, such that a different length of the strap is available for extension about the wheel receiver in a first installed configuration than in a second installed configuration. | 01-29-2015 |
