| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 024604000 | Projection having movable connection between components thereof or variable configuration | 66 |
| 20090049664 | Self-locking connecting device - The connecting device comprises three elements: a core ( | 02-26-2009 |
| 20100011548 | Fasteners and Other Assemblies - The invention discloses several types of fastener, fastening systems, fastener assemblies and related areas. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20110283494 | HIDDEN-TYPE CONVERTIBLE SHOE - A shoe comprising a shoe upper including a male member and a shoe sole including a female receptor for locking with the male member. The male member locks with the female receptor by moving the male member with respect to the female receptor in a first direction, which locks the shoe upper with the shoe sole. The male member unlocks from the female receptor by moving the male member an additional distance further in the first direction, which unlocks the shoe upper from the shoe sole. The female receptor includes resilient arms to hold and release the male member and a stop to prevent movement of the resilient arms in a second direction. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20120131773 | FASTENER WITH RIBBED FLANGE - The invention relates to a fastener ( | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120246894 | SLIDABLE SEATBELT BUCKLE WITH INTEGRAL RIBBED COVER - A slidable buckle for a seatbelt includes a cover which has a number of ribs extending from the cover. The ribs function to limit noise caused by the buckle and webbing coming in contact with a vehicle's interior trim, while at the same time providing a softer, grippable surface for the buckle. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20140130316 | Fasteners and Other Assemblies - The invention discloses several types of fastener, fastening systems, fastener assemblies and related areas. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20160037898 | LEASH FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - One embodiment of the leash for an electronic device, with a data port, comprises: a connector; a singular cord; an elastomeric coating; and a protective element. The connector includes a broad face, an insertable member adjacent to the broad face and configured to engage the data port, and a latch configured to selectively lock the insertable member to the data port. The singular cord includes a first and second end and defines a spring-loop junction therebetween, wherein the second end is arranged proximal to the spring-loop junction to form a loop. The elastomeric coating is arranged over the cord between the first end and the spring-loop junction and defines a spring section therebetween. The protective element is arranged over the spring-loop junction and the second end of the cord. | 02-11-2016 |
| 024606000 | And operator therefor | 11 |
| 20110067209 | Slide Switch for Buckle Apparatus - A slide switch installed in a buckle apparatus includes a body | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110219590 | Quick release buckle assembly - A quick release buckle assembly has a male portion and a female portion. The female portion has a hollow body and at least one locking slot. The male portion has a base with at least one locking leg, such that inserting the male portion into the female portion causes the locking leg to engage the locking slot to lock the male portion to the female portion. The male portion has a lever pivotably connected to the male portion, and a free end with a tongue extending into an interior of the male portion. The male portion has an engaging element connected to a free end of the locking legs and contacting the tongue, so that lifting the free end of the lever causes the tongue to push the engaging element toward the base of the male portion and move the locking legs inward to release the male portion from the female portion. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110239419 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUICK RELEASE - The system and method for quick release can include a remote release enclosure having a connection side and a trigger side, at least one cable assembly traversing through the release enclosure from the connection side to the trigger side, a trigger assembly coupled the at least one cable assembly, and a plurality of attachment assemblies coupled the other end of the at least one cable assembly. The trigger assembly can be operatively coupled to each of the plurality of attachment assemblies via the cable assemblies. The attachment assemblies can have a male portion having an inner guide post between at least two outer guide posts and a female portion. The cable assemblies can couple the male portions of the attachment assemblies to the trigger assembly such that movement of the trigger assembly can release or disengage the male portion of the attachment assembly from the female portion. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20120030913 | Side Release Buckle - A side release buckle includes a plug and a socket into which the plug is inserted for engagement. The plug includes: a base provided with a belt attachment; a pair of legs projecting from the base; an engaging portion formed to the legs; and a connecting portion connecting the legs to each other. The socket includes: a body provided with a belt attachment and an insertion opening; a housing space formed in the body and housing the legs inserted from the insertion opening; an engaged portion formed in the body and engageable with the engaging portion; and a cutout dented toward the insertion opening from an edge of the belt attachment. The cutout is formed over an area surrounded by the legs and the connecting portion when the legs and the connecting portion are housed in the housing space while the engaging portion and the engaged portion are engaged. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120117768 | SNAP FASTENER - A snap fastener, for fastening a first thin wall to a second wall, has a base part and a head part extending away from this base part The head part presents a guide/channel for one or more push/holding elements. The ends of the push/holding elements project out of the guide/channel. The head part is provided as a housing with fastening projections. The housing can be snapped into through-openings in the first and second walls such that it grips only one wall. Unlocking devices are provided in the housing, which can pull the push elements back into the housing from the front, and which can disengage the housing from the other thin wall. According to the invention, a compression spring extending between the support plane of the base part and the associated edge plane of the thin wall (front panel) is arranged on the support plane of the base part. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124792 | CLIP AND CLIP DEVICE - The invention is a clip for fastening together and electrically connecting a coated metal panel and a metal plate. The clip includes a head part, and an insertion part for non-circular through-holes formed on the metal panel and metal plate. The insertion part L includes an insertable orientation and a non-insertable orientation into the through-holes, and includes an inclined side part for slide-contacting with a hole edge or hole wall of the through-hole of the metal panel by a twist operation after insertion into the through-hole, and sandwiching the metal panel and metal plate together with the head part at a prescribed twist position. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20130232742 | LOAD CARRIAGE CONNECTOR AND SYSTEM - A load carriage connector and system for rapid mounting and demounting of a user-carried load. The connector utilizes two mating halves comprising a male connector half and a female connector half. The connector is configured to allow mating under various angles of approach, allowing the user to reliably couple the system even under conditions in which the user is unable to view the orientation of the connectors. Additionally, the configuration of the connector system allows the user to quickly and efficiently decouple the connector halves, even while under tensile or shear load. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20140230200 | System and Method for Quick Release - The system and method for quick release can include a remote release enclosure having a connection side and a trigger side. at least one cable assembly traversing through the release enclosure from the connection side to the trigger side, a trigger assembly coupled the at least one cable assembly, and a plurality of attachment, assemblies coupled the other end of the at least, one cable assembly. The trigger assembly can be operatively coupled to each of the plurality of attachment assemblies via the cable assemblies. The attachment assemblies can have a male portion having an inner guide post between at least two outer guide posts and a female portion. The cable assemblies can couple the male portions of the attachment assemblies to the trigger assembly such that movement of the trigger assembly can release or disengage the male portion of the attachment assembly from the female portion. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20150354615 | REMOTELY CONTROLLABLE FASTENING DEVICE - A remotely controllable fastening device for the detachable connection of components has a longitudinal axis and at least one fastening body for insertion into a fastening base, wherein the fastening body has an anchor which is insertable into the fastening base, wherein, for the form-closing and/or frictional anchoring of the fastening device in the fastening base, the anchor is moveable in at least a first direction, and wherein, for the disengaging of the fastening device, the anchor is respectively moveable in a second direction which is contrary to the first direction, and wherein the anchor is connected with a drive which is remote operatable and which is provided for operation with a fluid and which is internally arranged, the anchor being moveable by the drive in at least the second direction. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20160198808 | Safety buckle with provision for emergency release | 07-14-2016 |
| 024607000 | Including camming or wedging element on projection member | 1 |
| 024608000 | Pivotally attached element | 1 |
| 20120198666 | Side Release Buckle - A side release buckle includes: a plug; and a socket, the plug including: a base; a pair of legs; and engaging portions, the socket including: a body; an insertion opening; a housing space; engaged portions; and a pair of guide surfaces. The guide surfaces, which are formed on an inner surface of the housing space and extend in an insertion direction of the legs while being opposed to each other, each include: a squeezing portion formed continuously with corresponding one of the engaged portions; and a guiding portion formed between the squeezing portion and the insertion opening. An interval between the guiding portions near the engaged portions is wider than an interval between the squeezing portions near the engaged portions. An inclination angle of each guiding portion to an insertion direction of the plug is smaller than an inclination angle of each of the squeezing portion to the insertion direction. | 08-09-2012 |
| 024609000 | Including pivotal connection between projection components | 4 |
| 20100000060 | FASTENER - A fastening assembly includes a first plate defining a first mounting hole therein, a second plate defining a second mounting hole therein, and a fastener for pivotably attaching the first plate to the second plate. The fastener includes a pivot portion engaged with the first mounting hole of the first plate and an shaft engaged with the second mounting hole of the second plate. The pivot portion includes a first end, a second end, and a neck connecting between the first end and the second end. The shaft extends from the second end of the pivot portion. A diameter of the second end is less than that of the first end, but greater than that of the second mounting hole of the second plate. | 01-07-2010 |
| 024611000 | And spring or resilient extension biasing about pivot | 3 |
| 20110030180 | BUCKLE - A releasable buckle including a latch having locking arms adapted to lockingly engage a female component. A folding bridge structure extends between the locking arms. The bridge structure includes a pivot connection zone adapted to engage an elongate release member. Upon tensioning the elongate release member the locking arms are pulled inwardly to disengage from the female component. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20120131774 | RETAINER STRUCTURE - A retainer structure having excellent workability of attaching to and removing from a panel is obtained. In an approximately cylindrical retainer main body ( | 05-31-2012 |
| 20160174667 | Buckle Assembly | 06-23-2016 |
| 024612000 | Including slidably guided connection between nonself-biasing projection components | 2 |
| 20160166015 | Convenient Buckle | 06-16-2016 |
| 024613000 | And distinct spring biasing component | 1 |
| 20120073096 | INSERT BUCKLE HEAD AND INSERT BUCKLE - The invention relates to the technical field of insert buckles, in particular to an insert buckle head and an insert buckle, wherein one end of the insert buckle head is an inserting end; left and right sides of the inserting end are slidably provided with a detachable buckle pin respectively; and the insert buckle comprises an insert buckle body and the insert buckle head which are inserted, buckled and matched with each other. The insert buckle head and the insert buckle have the advantages that: as the insert buckle head in the insert buckle adopts the detachable buckle pins, the buckle pins are difficult to break off or damage; the insert buckle head can be maintained; and the buckle pins can be replaced. | 03-29-2012 |
| 024614000 | Including resiliently biased projection component or surface segment | 42 |
| 20080222860 | BUCKLE ASSEMBLY - A buckle assembly includes a first housing and a second housing removably connected to the first housing. Each of the first and second housings may include a main body connected to an outwardly bowed strap bar through outwardly angled lateral walls, such that a strap channel is formed between the main body, the outwardly bowed strap bar and the outwardly angled lateral walls. The strap bar may provide a strap clearance area between a strap secured to the strap bar and a body to which the buckle assembly is secured. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080263836 | Quick release buckle - A quick release buckle has male and female components releasably joined in snap engagement. A release lever on the female component provides a means of disengaging the components. The release lever may be actuated either by pulling on a lanyard cord to which it is connected, or by accessing a lift tab projecting from its forward end. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090000088 | MOUNTING FIXTURE FOR DETACHABLY FASTENING A COVER PLATE IN AN AIRCRAFT - A mounting fixture for detachably fastening cover plates in an aircraft. For fixing, a retaining bracket fixed on the cover plate is snap-fitted onto a retaining pin fixed on a substructure of the fuselage cell. A first holder is fixed on the retaining pin for receiving at least one connecting element, and a second holder is displaceably fitted in a forked holder on the retaining bracket. The forked holder has a roughly U-shaped form with two upright arms each connected at their lower ends by a base plate. Two connecting elements are preferably each fixed in the holders. The connecting elements are formed as electrical and/or optical sockets and plugs each with cabling attached. By swiveling a contacting lever the second holder can be moved linearly to and fro in relation to the first holder and can be introduced and pushed at least in part into the first holder whereby the final electrical and/or optical contact is produced by means of the sockets and the plugs. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090144951 | Package Fastening Clip with Tamper Evident Feature - A product package clip has tamper evident protection which is formed integrally with the clip. Breakage of a frangible occluding portion indicates that the integrity of the package has been jeopardized. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090241306 | BUCKLE ASSEMBLY - A buckle assembly including a first buckle portion having an outwardly projecting engagement member. The assembly further includes a second buckle portion including an extended socket structure with one or more resilient biasing arms disposed radially outboard of the extended socket structure. A sleeve member is disposed in reciprocating relation to the second buckle portion at least partially about the extended socket structure. A camming surface is disposed in substantially fixed relation to the sleeve member radially outboard from the resilient biasing arms. The camming surface includes at least one concavity engaging one or more of the resilient biasing arms. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090255101 | Safety buckle - A safety buckle includes an intermediate buckle member, which has two opposite receiving holes and two smoothly arched grooves on the top and bottom sides in each receiving hole, and two connecting buckle members each having a plug insertable into the receiving holes of the intermediate buckle member and raised portions protruded from the top and bottom sides of the plug for engaging the smoothly arched grooves to secure the respective connecting buckle member to the intermediate buckle member for allowing the connecting buckle members to be biased relative to the intermediate buckle member within a predetermined angle. In an alternate form of the safety buckle, the locations of the raised portions and the locations of the smoothly arched grooves are exchanged. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20100005635 | Package Fastening Clip with Secure Latching - A product package clip has cooperating locking tabs and openings which facilitate secure assembly of the clip and resistance to forces imposed by mishandling during shipment. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100018016 | SHOULDER POSITION ADJUSTER DEVICE - A button of a shoulder position adjuster device is provided including an outer surface portion which, at a normal state, is generally continuous with an outer surface of a cover facing an inner space of a passenger compartment. Flexible left and right outer lateral walls are formed continuously with the outer surface portion and have lock portions which are locked on to a side member at the normal state and which are released from the locked state at the time of a pulling operation. Additionally, a pair of connecting walls are provided which extend from the outer surface portion towards a guide rail side in the left and right outer lateral walls and connect the latch pin. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100293763 | BUCKLE - A buckle has plug and socket members which are detachably coupled to each other. The plug member having a base part, a pair of lock arms which project from the base part to be elastically coupled to the socket member, a guide rod which projects from the base part between the pair of lock arms, and bridges which extend from the base part inside the pair of lock arms and are connected to distal ends or middle portions of inner surfaces of the lock arms. The socket member have a chamber which is defined by an upper plate, a lower plate and sidewalls connecting the upper and lower plates and is open at a distal end thereof to receive the pair of lock arms and the guide rod, and engagement parts which are formed outside the chamber to allow distal end portions of the lock arms to be engaged therewith. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20130025097 | Side Release Buckle - A side release buckle includes a plug and a socket into which the plug is inserted for engagement. The plug includes: a base provided with a belt attachment; a pair of legs projecting from the base; an engaging portion formed to the legs; and a connecting portion connecting the legs to each other. The socket includes: a body provided with a belt attachment and an insertion opening; a housing space formed in the body and housing the legs inserted from the insertion opening; an engaged portion formed in the body and engageable with the engaging portion; and a cutout dented toward the insertion opening from an edge of the belt attachment. The cutout is formed over an area surrounded by the legs and the connecting portion when the legs and the connecting portion are housed in the housing space while the engaging portion and the engaged portion are engaged. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130031754 | Side Release Buckle - A side release buckle includes a plug and a socket into which the plug is inserted for engagement. The plug includes: a base being provided with a belt attachment and a pair of legs; and an engaging portion being formed to each of the legs. The socket includes: a body being provided with a belt attachment and an insertion opening; a housing space being formed in the body and capable of housing the legs inserted from the insertion opening (22); and an engaged portion being formed in the body and engageable with the engaging portion. The body includes an undulation being continuously formed in an insertion direction of the legs on at least one of top and bottom surfaces of the body. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130091670 | Side Release Buckle - A side release buckle includes: a plug; and a socket, the plug including: a base; a pair of legs; and engaging portions, the socket including: a body; an insertion opening; a housing space; engaged portions; and a pair of guide surfaces. The guide surfaces, which are formed on an inner surface of the housing space and extend in an insertion direction of the legs while being opposed to each other, each include: a squeezing portion formed continuously with corresponding one of the engaged portions; and a guiding portion formed between the squeezing portion and the insertion opening. An interval between the guiding portions near the engaged portions is wider than an interval between the squeezing portions near the engaged portions. An inclination angle of each guiding portion to an insertion direction of the plug is smaller than an inclination angle of each of the squeezing portion to the insertion direction. | 04-18-2013 |
| 024615000 | Requiring manual force applied against bias to interlock or disengage | 16 |
| 20090070973 | SNAP CLIP LUG - A snap clip lug, including receptacle member, clasp member and a post. Receptacle member has a body including a sleeve, first post formation means connected to the body, and a locking slot disposed in relation to the sleeve. The sleeve includes a retaining wall and an opening at one end for receiving the clasp member. Clasp member has a base, second post formation means connected to the base, and a resilient arm extending outwardly from the base and having a locking tab for engaging the locking slot. The locking tab is adapted to slidingly engage the retaining wall and to be received by the locking slot. The post, which is disposed perpendicularly between the receptacle member and the clasp member, is formed from first and second post formation means having engaged one another when the resilient arm is inserted in the sleeve. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20110173783 | Buckle - A buckle includes a male member (A) and a female member (B). The male member (A) includes: a base ( | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110271499 | BUCKLE - A buckle includes first and second lateral latch connections formed by a male component in a female component, and a third latch connection between the lateral latch connections. The third latch connection includes a cantilevered latch hook disconnected by pressing against a portion of the upper surface of the buckle. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20120210546 | FASTENER AND DISASSEMBLING APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - The present invention relates to a fastener and a disassembling apparatus for the same. The fastener ( | 08-23-2012 |
| 20140150220 | Fishtail fastener - The invention disclosed herein is a fastener which is embedded into a sturdy fabric. Once embedded into a sturdy fabric the fastener may be joined making a bag which can be used to contain items such as yard debris, sporting equipment, and many other items. In another embodiment, the fastener may be embedded into a strap and used to secure items to trailers, boats, and cars or to securely bundle items such as sticks, firewood, baseball bats, hockey sticks, tools and the like. The invention disclosed herein is composed of a fastener spring and a fastener spring receiver embedded into the opposite corners of a sturdy fabric. The fastener spring consist of a spring from which two lateral struts extend. At the end of the lateral struts, circular stops are attached. The fastener spring receiver is rectangular. The lateral struts of the fastener spring are compressed and the circular stops are inserted into the spring receiver. The circular stops are designed to remain in the spring receiver until the lateral struts are again compressed to permit removal from the spring receiver of the circular stops. By this method the corners of a fabric may be joined by inserting the circular stops of the fastener spring into the opposite receiver forming a bag or container. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20150327632 | Attachment Device - A fastening device has a female component having a female opening featuring a broader female width at a first depth and a narrower female width at a second depth. The female component also has a female attachment surface with an interior slope rising away from the female opening. The fastening device also has a male component with a male attachment member that at least partially conforms to the interior slope of the female attachment surface. The male attachment member also has a broader male width larger than the narrower female width. The male attachment member also features a narrower male width that is not larger than the narrower female width. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150351500 | SIDE-RELEASE BUCKLE ASSEMBLY - A buckle assembly may include a first connection member, and a second connection member configured to receive at least a portion of the first connection member in order to removably connect the first connection member to the second connection member. The second connection member includes an outer frame defining a central opening that is configured to allow monitoring of alignment and connection between the first and second connection members. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20160021988 | Buckle - A buckle including a male member; and a female member into which the male member can be inserted for engagement, when an external force in a direction opposite to the insertion direction is exerted on the male member after an engaging face of the male member and an engaged face of the female member being engaged, an engagement width between the engaging face and the engaged face becomes larger than an engagement width before the external force being exerted due to the elastic deformation of legs of the male member exposed through openings in an opposite direction to a side on which the legs faces each other. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160150857 | Closure Device Having an Actuating Element | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160183644 | Jewelry Clasp - A clasp for connecting one or more jewelry items together has a male body and a female body. The male body engages with the female body by placing an insert of the male body into an insert-receiving volume of the female body. The insert-receiving volume is defined by a shell, the shell being formed by a first surface and a second surface which are joined by a lateral surface. The insert has a planar body and a spring arm which is hingedly connected to the planar body. A lip of the shell normally prevents the insert from being moved into or out of the shell, but the free end can be pressed down by a connected tab, such that the free end does not encounter the lip. The spring arm returns to a default equilibrium position when external force is not applied via the tab. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160198807 | BELT BUCKLE | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160374436 | BUCKLE HAVING EASY SEPARATION OPERATION - A buckle includes a male buckle member and a female buckle member. The male buckle member has: a male buckle body having a first coupler at a first end; a guide formed at a second end of the male buckle body and having a first guide surface; and an elastic arm formed at the second end of the male buckle body at a predetermined distance from the guide, being bendable toward the guide, and having a projection and a second guide surface. The female buckle member has: a female buckle body having a second coupler at a first end; a housing formed at a second end of the female buckle body and having a space for receiving the guide and the elastic arm; and a side hole formed to secure the projection of the elastic arm when the guide and the elastic arm are inserted in the space. | 12-29-2016 |
| 024616000 | Having connected leading edge and separated trailing arms | 4 |
| 20090056089 | BUCKLE - The male member comprises a base to which a string member can be attached, a pair of legs that project from the base, and an engaging portion that projects from a top surface and a bottom surface of a distal end of each of the pair of legs. The female member comprises: a hollow female member body that comprises an inserting opening into which the male member is inserted and an accommodating space that accommodates the pair of legs of the male member inserted through the inserting opening; an engaged portion provided to an interior of the accommodating space of the female member body with which the engaging portion of the male member is engaged; and a guiding receptacle provided to the interior of the accommodating space to guide the engaging portion to the engaged portion. A guide that abuts to the engaging portion of the male member to guide the engaging portion to the guiding receptacle is provided to the inserting opening of the female member. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20100313392 | Quick release buckle assembly - A quick release buckle assembly has a male portion and a female portion. The male portion is inserted into the female portion to lock the buckle assembly together. The male buckle portion is connected to a cable. Pulling the cable with sufficient force causes the male portion to release from the female portion. Several buckle assemblies can be simultaneously released if the cables are connected to a single handle. Pulling on the handle then releases all of the male portions at once. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20130042445 | Anti-Pinch Apparel Closure - A buckle closure assembly having a male part and a female part that snap-fittingly cooperate with one another. The male part and the female part selectively interact with one another along an operating direction to connect and disconnect alternate portions of a strap system. One or both of the male part and the female part include an offset or a standoff that extends from the respective part in a crossing direction relative to the operating direction to maintain a spacing between the buckle assembly and adjacent anatomy and/or clothing. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130212846 | RELEASABLE TWO-PART BUCKLES - A releasable two-part buckle having a first part and a second part is provided. The first and second parts have forward and rearward ends. A hook extends towards the forward end of the first part, while an arm extends towards the forward end of the second part. The hook has a first engagement surface. The arm has a center axis and a loop with a second engagement surface. The arm moves between an engaged state having the engagement surfaces engaged at a contact surface and a disengaged state having the engagement surfaces disengaged. In some embodiments, the buckle is configured so that the contact surface bisects the center axis in the engaged state. In other embodiments, the buckle is configured so that, when in the engaged state, a tension applied to the buckle induces substantially no bending moment in the arm towards the disengaged state. | 08-22-2013 |
| 024618000 | Forming total external surface of projection | 14 |
| 20130091671 | Front Release Buckle - A front release buckle of the invention includes a plug and a socket. The plug includes: a base; a leg that projects from the base; and an engaging portion formed to the leg. The socket includes: a body having an insertion opening; a housing space that is defined inside the body and capable of housing the leg inserted through the insertion opening; an engaged portion that is formed on the body and engageable with the engaging portion; and a manipulation portion that disengages an engagement between the engaging portion and the engaged portion. The plug and the socket are formed to be flat. The leg is flat and flexible in a thickness direction. The engaging portion and the engaged portion are engaged with each other in the thickness direction. The engaging portion projects in a width direction of the leg and is formed within the thickness of the leg. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20140373321 | ACCESSORY COUPLING STRUCTURE - A coupling structure includes: a rod-shaped rod attached to a first end of an accessory; and a receiving portion attached to a second end of the accessory and an insertion hole portion, which receives the rod, and an accommodating portion. The receiving portion includes: a cylindrical slider into which at least a tip end portion of the rod is inserted and which is slidable and rotatable in the insertion hole and the accommodating portion; a guide groove configured to restrict the movement of the slider to switch the position of the slider to a first position or a second position; and a locking pin that inhibits the movement of the rod in the receiving portion in a pull-out direction when the slider is located at the first position and that allows the rod to move when the slider is located at the second position. | 12-25-2014 |
| 024625000 | Having inserted end formed by oppositely biased surface segments | 12 |
| 20090094809 | BUCKLE - A buckle includes a female buckle member, which has a top-open receiving chamber, a front receiving portion, and a rear locating groove for the mounting of a fastening member to fasten the female buckle member to a product, a male buckle member, which has a base fitting a front side of the female buckle member, a rear mounting hole in the rear bottom side of the base for the mounting of a cord member, and a plug extending from the front side of the base and insertable through the front receiving portion into the top-open receiving chamber to lock the male buckle member to the female buckle member, and an operating member, which has a middle part pivoted to the female buckle member, a front press portion, a rear finger strip covered over the locating groove of the female buckle member for lifting by the user to turn the front press portion downwards and to further force the plug of the male buckle member away from the front receiving portion of the female buckle member, and two vertical bottom walls respectively stopped at the top side of the female buckle member to keep the rear finger strip above the female buckle member at a distance for easy grasp by the user. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090100652 | Buckle with Safety Latch - A buckle, operating between a locked position and a released position, comprising a male buckle member having a plurality of locking members, and a female buckle member. The female buckle member includes a housing, a plurality of engaging portions formed on the housing for engaging with the locking members, a latch member slidably disposed in the housing for preventing the locking members from disengaging with the engaging portions in the locked position, and a bias device connecting the latch member to the housing for biasing said latch member against the locking member in the locked position. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090178251 | SIDE RELEASE BUCKLE - A side release buckle includes a female buckle member that has two female coupling arms each with a forwardly extending coupling hole and a side opening, and a male buckle member that has two spring arms and two male coupling arms respectively supported on the spring arms and insertable with the spring arms into the coupling holes of the female coupling arms for engagement with the side openings of the female coupling arms. The female coupling arms are elastically outwardly deformable to lower the insertion force of the male buckle member. Disengaging the male coupling arms from the female coupling arms does not cause the female coupling arms to deform elastically outwards, and therefore a high deplugging force is required. An adapter may be provided to secure the female buckle member to an external object. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090178252 | STRUCTURE OF SIDE RELEASE BUCKLE - A side release buckle includes a female buckle member that has two coupling holes axially disposed at two sides of a female buckle base thereof and two side openings transversely disposed at an outer side relative to the coupling holes, and a male buckle member that has two male coupling arms for insertion into the coupling holes of the female coupling arms, a male buckle base, and two spring arms respectively connected between the male coupling arms and two distal ends of the male buckle base, each spring arm having a buffer space and a Ω-shaped buffer arm portion connected between the associating male coupling arm and the male buckle base at an outer side of the buffer space for allowing elastic deformation of the spring arm during connection/disconnection between the male buckle member and the female buckle member, achieving the effect of low insertion (plugging) force and high extraction (deplugging) force. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090178253 | SIDE RELEASE BUCKLE - A side release buckle includes a female buckle member, which has two female coupling arms each having a forwardly extending coupling hole and a side opening, a male buckle member, which has two forwardly extending spring arms and two male coupling arms respectively forwardly extending from the spring arms and insertable with the spring arms into the coupling holes of the female coupling arms for engagement with the side openings of the female coupling arms, and an adapter member, which has a mounting base that is inserted into a receiving space between the female coupling arms of the female buckle member before connection of the male buckle member and locked thereto after connection of the male buckle member and a coupling device at the top side for fastening to an external object. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20100115743 | Device for securing a lid to a pot - A lid securing device secures a lid to the mouth of a pot. The lid securing device includes a first support piece and a second support piece. Each support piece is made of a fabric material. The lid securing device further includes a plurality of adjustable strap systems, with each strap system having opposite first and second ends, with the first end of each strap system attached to the peripheral edge of the first support piece and the second end of each strap system attached to the peripheral edge of the second support piece. Each strap system further includes a fastener that allows the length of the strap system to be adjusted. The strap systems are spaced apart from each other along the peripheral edges of the first and second support pieces. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20110209311 | SECURITY SYSTEM AND METHOD INCLUDING SECURITY BUCKLE - The security buckle includes a first body member having one or more walls defining a receiving cavity and one or more mating slots; and a second body member adapted to engage the receiving cavity, the second body member including one or more latching tabs for engaging the one or more mating slots wherein the second body member is inhibited from disengagement while the one or more latching tabs engage the one or more mating slots, and wherein the first body member includes a portion of the one or more walls defining a security slot adapted for receiving an interfering object that includes an engagement mode for insertion and removal from the slot and an interfering mode for inhibiting the one or more latching tabs from disengaging from the one or more mating tabs until the interfering object is transitioned to the engagement mode. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20130104352 | BUCKLE | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130117974 | Buckle - A buckle includes a male member and a female member. The male member includes: a base; a pair of legs that project from the base; engaging portions that are provided on the legs to be engageable with the female member; and a linking body that links the pair of legs. The linking body includes a curved portion that is curved such that the middle thereof is closest to the base. A pair of projecting portions that are substantially parallel with an insertion direction of the male member extend from the base to be disposed outside the curved portion such that the curved portion is interposed therebetween. With this arrangement, the linking body for linking the pair of legs can be disposed with less possibility that other objects are caught in a space in the male member and without increasing a length dimension in the insertion direction more than necessary. The male member can be stably held relative to the female member against a torsion force. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130232743 | Buckle - A buckle includes a pair of legs on a male member, and an engagement portion provided on an end of the legs that is to be engaged with an engaged portion of a female member in a form of a recessed groove, the engagement portion being detachably engaged with the engaged portion when the male member is inserted into the female member to a predetermined position. A guide for guiding the insertion of the male member provided between the legs of the male member. A hook-shaped movement restricting portion projecting in the direction for the pair of legs to face with each other is provided on an inner side of the legs. A deformation restricting portion projecting in a form of a flange toward the leg is provided to the guide. The movement restricting portion is in contact with the deformation restricting portion when the leg is outwardly deformed. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20140345096 | QUICK RELEASE BUCKLE - A quick release buckle is revealed. The quick release buckle includes a male member, a female member and a pulling member. The male member consists of two symmetrical legs that can be deformed elastically and a U-shaped part disposed between the two legs. Two ends of one side of the U-shaped part with an opening are respectively connected to each of the two legs. The female member is inserted by and locked with the male member while the pulling member is connected to the U-shaped part of the male member. When users pull the pulling member out, two ends of the U-shaped part with the opening are deformed inward. Thus the two legs are further driven to be deformed inward. Therefore the male member is pulled out of the female member. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20160183637 | Side Release Buckle - A side release buckle has a male buckle member and a female buckle member. To separate the buckle members, the male buckle member is further pushed toward the female buckle member, and abutting recess slopes of pressing arms of the male buckle member slide along abutting segment slopes of abutting segments of the female buckle member to transversely bend the pressing arms inward. Then, the abutting segments can depart from the abutting recesses by further slightly pressing the pressing arms, and the male buckle member may be removed. The pushing is accomplished by the wrist and the arm, which is an easy way to apply force. The pressing can be easily accomplished by the fingers, since the pressing arms have been bent. Even if the pressing arms are strengthened in structure to enhance the engagement strength, the buckle members also can be easily separated by the same way. | 06-30-2016 |
