| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 024629000 | Receiving member includes either movable connection between interlocking components or variable configuration cavity | 86 |
| 20090044388 | Quick release strap connector - A quick release strap connector connects a strap detachably to an electronic device and comprises a cylinder, a knob, a latch bar and a spring. The cylinder is hollow, holds a strap and has an open end, a closed end and a sidewall. The knob is mounted rotatably against the open end of the cylinder. The latch bar is attached to the knob, is mounted through and protrudes from the cylinder and has a pivot latch. The latch is mounted in a slot in the electronic device and rotated to attach the connector to the electronic device. The spring is mounted around the latch bar between the closed end of the cylinder and the knob. The present invention will allow someone to attach or remove the strap from the electronic device quickly and easily, which makes using the strap more convenient. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20110099776 | 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. | 05-05-2011 |
| 024630000 | With additional cavity for engaging different projection | 2 |
| 20090094810 | BUCKLE-TONGUE ARRANGEMENT FOR FOUR POINT SEAT BELT SYSTEM - A four-point seat belt system for restraining a vehicle occupant in a vehicle seat is disclosed. The system includes a four-point seat belt restraint system mounted on a vehicle seat that includes a first lap belt portion having a back side, a second lap belt portion having a back side. A portion of at least one of the back side of the first lap belt portion or the back side of the second lap belt portion has a contour which substantially corresponds to the contour of the lap of the seated vehicle occupant. The contour is defined by a convex surface. Each of the buckle portion and the tongue portion may include a button release. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20150320151 | SNAP FASTENER WITH A DIFFERENTIATED BUTTONING AND UNBUTTONING EFFORT FEMALE PART - A snap fastener, of the type comprising a female part ( | 11-12-2015 |
| 024633000 | And operator therefor | 54 |
| 20080313871 | Impact resistant seat belt buckle - A buckle for a seat belt that resists unintentional unlatching when subjected to rapid acceleration or deceleration. The buckle assembly includes a female buckle and a removable male tongue plate. The female buckle includes a spring-loaded pawl that lockingly engages a slot in the removable tongue plate. The spring urges the pawl into locking engagement with the slot in the tongue plate. The present invention discloses a pawl-loading spring made from a material that resists elastic deformation when the buckle is subjected to a force perturbation such as the sudden acceleration or deceleration of the buckle that occurs during a crash. The spring material exhibits resistance to deformation when loaded at a high loading rate. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090038125 | Seatbelt Buckle for Use in Vehicle - A seatbelt buckle for use in vehicle comprises a base, an intermediate loop, a fixed disc, an elastic member, an upper cover, a fixed post, four movable posts, an actuation member, a biasing element and a pressing element, wherein the intermediate loop and the fixed disc are screwed onto the base, the elastic member is secured between the intermediate loop and the fixed disc, and a plurality of snap-on recesses form between the intermediate loop and the fixed disc for the insertion of engaging members of the seatbelt, the pressing element is constructed in the form of a sheet, and one end thereof extends outwardly and includes a wave-shaped abutting segment arranged thereon, thereby lowering the production cost and saving force during unbuckling the seatbelt. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090038126 | 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. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090049665 | BUCKLE OF A SEAT BELT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - Buckle of a seat belt for a motor vehicle comprising a male part and a female part characterised in that it comprises electric contacts carried by two tongues ( | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090049666 | Button engaging and attachment apparatus and methods related applications - A button engaging and attachment structure includes a button engaging portion having button engaging tabs, and a button attachment portion adapted to couple to a host carrier. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090077777 | Looking good fashion clip - The Looking Good Fashion Clip is a new invention and there are no products that exist to compete with it. The clip will attach to any seat belt and will provide for the shoulder strap of the seatbelt to not wrap around the body and wrinkle the garments being worn. The clip will keep the shoulder strap from applying pressure on the lower side stomach areas while driving. The clip will be offered in many colors and materials to match the vehicles interiors if desired. The clip is mobile and can be taken on trips and used in rental cars. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090178254 | BUCKLE SUPPORT ASSEMBLY AND MANFACTURING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A support assembly is disclosed generally including a buckle component or components and a positioning member of flexible material that is arranged and configured to support the buckle component in a predetermined elevated position or predetermined positions for multiple components while also allowing for resilient shifting thereof. In the preferred form, the flexible material is belt webbing that has a plurality of fold portions folded and sewn together in a specific manner. Sew patterns are disclosed as well as methods and fixtures for forming the belt webbing positioning member. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090183348 | BUCKLE ASSEMBLIES AND ASSOCIATED CONNECTORS FOR USE WITH CHILD SEATS AND OTHER RESTRAINT SYSTEMS - Buckle assemblies and associated connectors for use with child seats and other personal restraint systems are disclosed herein. A restraint system configured in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes shoulder/lap webs which are slideably received in corresponding web connectors. Each of the web connectors includes a tongue portion that is configured to releasably interlock with the other tongue portion before the interlocking tongue portions are simultaneously inserted into the buckle assembly as a unit. The buckle assembly is configured to receive and engage the interlocking tongue portions only when the tongue portions have been properly mated together prior to insertion into the buckle assembly. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090293243 | Buckle - A buckle includes a male member, a female member for engaging with the male member and having a first portion and a second portion, a first engaging portion provided on the first portion, and a second engaging portion provided on the male member for engaging with the first engaging portion. The second portion can bend so as to receive a part of the male member between the first and second portions. The second portion presses the male member toward the first portion to engage the first engaging portion with the second engaging portion when the male member is inserted between the first and second portions. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20110083304 | SEATBELT LOCKING DEVICE - Taught herein is a security device that prevents the male and female parts of a vehicular seatbelt buckle from being disengaged solely with a human finger. The device fits over the female part of a seatbelt buckle to prevent a human finger from pressing the buckle's release button once the male and female parts have been engaged, but provides an orifice, through which a key or similar device might be inserted to press the release button. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110107565 | BUCKLE - A buckle includes a first fastener and a second fastener. The second fastener has two hooks. The first fastener includes a socket, a locking piece disposed in the socket, and two first locking portions formed on the socket for mating with the hooks. The locking piece is slidingly connected in the socket to cooperate with the second fastener. When the first fastener is engaged with the second fastener, the locking piece enters the second fastener to restrict the movement of the second fastener, so that the second fastener cannot be released unless the locking piece is removed from the second fastener and the hooks of the second fastener are pressed. Thus, the second fastener can be released only when the locking piece is moved, thereby preventing a problem that the second fastener may be separated from the first fastener when the hooks of the second fastener are incautiously pressed. A user has to move the locking piece with one hand and presses the hooks with another hand. Thus, such an action performed by two hands is uneasy for a child, thereby generating a safety effect. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110219591 | Three Point Release Buckle - A three point buckle release buckle includes male and female components establishing releasable latch connections at opposite sides of the buckle and a center latch. The center latch is formed by a fixed catch point in the female component and a deflectable bar of the male component. A release button is depressed against the deflectable bar to release the center latch. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20120036687 | Seat belt safety device - A seat belt safety device is configured to prevent access to a release button located on a side of a seat belt housing opposite a housing side at which a first seat belt segment is affixed and proximate a housing slot for receiving a tongue latch affixed to a second seat belt segment, which tongue latch is inserted in the housing slot to securely latch the first seat belt segment to the second seat belt segment. The seat belt safety device includes a first substantially planar member including a slot opening for receiving the tongue latch of the second seat belt segment and a limited access opening, substantially centered and proximate the slot opening so that when a tongue latch is inserted through the slot opening into the housing slot to latch and secure the first seat belt segment with the second seat belt segment, the limited access opening is located proximate the release button. A second substantially planar member attached to at least one edge of the first substantially planar member to extend at about 90° from a point of attachment so that when the tongue latch is inserted through the slot opening into the housing slot to latch, the second substantially planar member contacts to lay substantially flat against a portion of an outer horizontal surface of the seat belt housing such that the seat belt safety device is substantially immobilized. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120060333 | Latch release device for 3-point vehicle seat belt - The present invention is for a latch and unlatch release assembly for old and late model vehicles permitting driver or passenger to conveniently and safely release the seat belt tongue from its buckle as well as to connect it to the buckle. It is comprised of a light frame, a grab bar, a latch-release band, two tension springs, and two pivot clips. The assembly is installed on the face of the belt tongue so that when it is in the retracted position a driver or passenger can reach across the chest and grab the assembly with one hand. Next the tongue of the belt is pulled down across the chest to latch with the belt buckle. To unlatch, the grab bar of the assembly is pushed down in a manner that the actuator of the release band puts pressure at the top of the buckle release element, releasing the belt. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120084950 | INTEGRATED ROCKABLY RELEASED LEVERAGE SNAP FASTENING SYSTEM - An integrated rockably released leverage snap fastening system is disclosed herein comprising a male snap and a rockable lever snap assembly wherein the rockable lever snap assembly may be removably fastened to the male snap to hold at least one item in place. To facilitate unfastening, male snap and rockable lever snap assembly cooperatively combine to create a class 1 lever system which may reduce friction and permit a user to rockably release the snap while reducing risk of damage to an item. Various embodiments of the present invention and a method of use are discussed herein. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120233822 | SAND-REMOVING SEAT BELT BUCKLE - A sand-removing seat belt buckle has a housing and a latching assembly. The housing has a chamber, a first opening and a second opening formed through two ends of the housing, at least one sand cavity formed through a bottom of the housing and being adjacent to the second opening, and at least one support bump formed on an inner bottom of the housing. The latching assembly serves to latch and unlatch an insertion member, and is securely mounted in the housing and on top of the at least one support bump, so that a space is formed between the insertion member and the inner bottom of the housing and communicates with the first opening, the second opening and the sand cavity. Sand, mud and crushed pebbles entering from the first opening can be removed from the sand cavity and the second opening through the space without being deposited inside the seat belt buckle. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120240367 | SEAT BELT BUCKLE - The invention relates to a seat belt buckle ( | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120291240 | CLIP - A clip includes a first member engaging a first attached member, and a second member supported in the first member and engaging a second attached member. The clip connects both attached members, and when a load acts in a direction separating both attached members, the clip allows a separation of both attached members only for a predetermined distance. The first member includes a base portion engaging the first attached member, a protruding piece portion in the base portion, and an expanded head portion wider than the protruding piece portion formed in an end portion of the protruding piece portion. The second member includes a through hole through which the protruding piece portion loosely passes, and a cylinder portion supported in the protruding piece portion to be displaced in a protruding direction thereof, and also retained in the protruding piece portion by the base portion and the expanded head portion. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120311831 | FASTENING ARRANGEMENT - 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. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130091672 | Seat Belt Locking Mechanism Activation System - A seat belt locking mechanism activation system includes a male seat belt buckle portion arranged as a base plate having a first edge, a second edge perpendicular to the first edge, and a plane defined by the first edge and the second edge. The base plate also includes a leading edge measuring about at least 6 millimeters. A void configured to attach into a female seat belt buckle portion is disposed in the plane. A hole is also disposed in the plane. The hole is configured to attach to a keychain. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130125355 | BUCKLE FOR PREVENTING INERTIAL DE-BUCKLING - A seat belt buckle assembly for resisting unintentional opening during rapid acceleration or deceleration. The seat belt buckle assembly includes a female buckle, a male tongue plate, a pawl assembly, a spring and a load rate sensitive foam member. The female buckle is a casing with an open end that is adapted to receive the substantially planar male tongue plate provided with a slot. The pawl assembly housed within the casing includes a pawl that fits within the slot. The spring disposed between casing and pawl assembly urges the pawl into slot and elastically deforms when subjected to force. The load rate sensitive foam member interposed between spring and pawl assembly transmits load applied on pawl to spring for facilitating compression of spring and therefore unlatching of the buckle in case of gradual loading, but inhibiting involuntary compression of spring by absorbing most of the impulsive loading. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130133164 | SEAT BELT SAFETY DEVICE - A seat belt safety device is configured with a first planar member including a slot opening for receiving a tongue latch of a second seat belt segment and a second planar member attached to at least one edge of the first planar member to extend at about 90° from a point of attachment so that upon insertion of a tongue latch through the slot opening, the second substantially planar member and contacts to lay substantially flat against a portion of an outer surface of the seat belt housing such that the seat belt safety device is substantially immobilized. The second planar member has a limited access opening centered and proximate the release button in the exposed surface of the housing so that when a tongue latch is inserted to latch and secure the first seat belt segment with the second seat belt segment. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130174390 | BUCKLE DEVICE - Foreign objects that have entered inside an insertion body are suppressed from reaching a detector side. In a buckle device, when a tongue plate is attached, an ejector slides downwards inside a buckle body, opening a through hole in a partitioning wall of a lower cover at the upper side. A main body portion of a slider member of a buckle switch is inserted into the through hole, closing off a portion of the through hole that has been opened by the ejector. Hence it is suppressed that foreign objects discharged through an insertion through hole in the buckle body to outside the buckle body pass through the through hole and reach the buckle switch side further than the partitioning wall. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130192033 | BUCKLE | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130263411 | SEAT BELT ADAPTER - A system and method is provided whereby an article being a seat belt adapter is provided with a first male attachment and a second female receiving cavity in which said article is used with a vehicle seat belt system. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20140053380 | BELT BUCKLE - A belt buckle includes a male plate with a cylindrical pin extending transversely from a back side of said male plate. A female plate includes a cylindrical cavity which is partially enclosed by a first inwardly-extending flange and a second inwardly-extending flange. The female plate is adapted for coupling to a male plate when the buckle is in use. An elastic ring is fittingly disposed inside the partially enclosed cavity. A hollow of the elastic ring is adapted to fittingly receive the pin during use of the buckle. The hollow of the elastic ring has a polygonal-shaped wall, whereby the elastic ring is in contact with the pin at a plurality of contact points during use of the buckle to prevent the pin from getting loose when the buckle is in use. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140096348 | BUCKLE ASSEMBLY - A buckle assembly ( | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140109360 | Side squeeze buckle with integrated LED light - A side squeeze buckle with a cavity formed in a central section of the male section of the buckle is disclosed. The cavity can have an LED light enclosed therein or can be left as an open cavity to store items. The female section of the buckle has two arms extending around a central opening. The central section of the male section fits into the central opening of the female section. The external surface of the cavity forms a substantial portion of the top surface of the buckle when the buckle is closed. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140208549 | SEAT BELT SAFETY DEVICE - A seat belt safety device prevents access to a release button located on a surface of a seat belt housing attached to a first seat belt segment, the housing surface also including a housing opening through which a seat belt tongue attached to a second seat belt segment is inserted to securely latch the first seat belt segment to the seat belt housing and the second seat belt segment. The seat belt safety device includes a blocking assembly formed as a cylindrical standoff with an inner channel within which a rod with a release handle at one end and a blocking member at its other end is arranged for axial movement when the blocking assembly is not in a locked state and a spring. The release handle is grasped to extend the rod against a force of the spring to press the release button of the seat belt housing. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140215773 | BELT BUCKLE FOR THE RELEASABLE CONNECTION OF A BELT - Belt buckle for releasable connection of a belt to another belt or object. The belt buckle has a male buckle part with a plug-in extension and a female buckle part with a receptacle, and a locking device. The plug-in extension of the male buckle part is insertable into the receptacle of the female buckle part and the buckle parts are lockable to each other in a locking state by the locking device. In the locking state, the buckle parts are arrangeable relative to each other in a neutral position, in which the locking device can be brought into an unlocking position to separate the buckle parts. The buckle parts are additionally arrangeable relative to each other in a blocking position, pivoted in relation to the neutral position, in which the locking device is blocked in a locking position to prevent the buckle parts from being separated from each other. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20150298646 | RESTRAINT SYSTEM FOR USE IN A VEHICLE - A restraint system for use in a vehicle may include a seat; a belt system having at least one belt and at least one belt-adjusting mechanism; and at least one buckle. The belt-adjusting mechanism may be disposed at a first side of the seat and the buckle may be disposed at a second side of the seat. An end portion of the belt may be connected to the belt-adjusting mechanism; and the belt system may have a locking member for locking with the buckle. The restraint system may also include a belt pretensioner that includes a force transmission member; and an actuator configured to actuate the force transmission member for tightening the force transmission member and/or the belt. The actuator may be configured to be actuated and/or triggered by an operator. | 10-22-2015 |
| 024634000 | For plural, oppositely shifting, similar interlocking components or segments | 6 |
| 20120054993 | Buckle assembly - A buckle assembly has a female buckle portion formed by a housing with a hollow interior and at least two openings, and at least two male buckle portions, each having at least one locking leg. There is an actuating device disposed within the housing and accessible through an aperture in the housing. The actuating device has latching mechanisms for cooperating with the locking legs for locking the male buckle portions within the female buckle portion when the locking legs of the male portions are inserted through the openings of the housing. Pulling the actuating device toward the aperture moves the latching mechanisms away from the male buckle portions and releases the male buckle portions from the housing. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20130074296 | Latching Fastener with Locking Feature - Latching fastener with male and female parts configured to separatably latch. Several embodiments described, including one where the male part has a latch coupler, the female part has a bistable actuator and a plurality of latches with lower latch levers. To fasten, the latching fastener is configured so that when the female part is pressed down over the male part, the lower latch levers contact the latch coupler, the latch coupler pushes up the lower latch levers, causing rotation of the latches into a latched position. To separate, the latching fastener is configured so that in response to an actuator member of the bistable actuator moving from an upper to a lower stable position, the actuator member pushes down the lower latch levers, the lower latch levers rotate the latches to an unlatched position, and the lower latch levers push down the latch coupler, separating the male and female parts. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130298360 | Latching Fastener with Locking Feature - Latching fastener with male and female parts configured to separatably latch. One embodiment has a male part with a latch coupler, a female part with a bistable actuator and a plurality of latches with lower latch levers. To fasten, the latching fastener is configured so that when the female part is pressed down over the male part, the lower latch levers contact the latch coupler, the latch coupler pushes up the lower latch levers, causing rotation of the latches into a latched position. To separate, the latching fastener is configured so that in response to an actuator member of the bistable actuator moving from an upper to a lower stable position, the actuator member pushes down the lower latch levers, the lower latch levers rotate the latches to an unlatched position, and the lower latch levers push down the latch coupler, separating the male and female parts. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20150320148 | QUICK RELEASE BUCKLE - A buckle assembly structured for quick release and including a gripping assembly structured to removably retain an end connector in a locked position. Two locking segments are movably connected to one another and disposable between a closed orientation and a release orientation. The locked position includes the locking segments disposed in gripping engagement with the connector when the connector is disposed between the locking segments. A quick release assembly may be selectively positioned into a separating engagement with the locking segments to at least partially define a positioning thereof from their closed orientation into their release orientation. A secondary release assembly is connected to the gripping assembly and is independently operable to release the connector from the gripping engagement with the locking segments. | 11-12-2015 |
| 024635000 | Operator includes camming or wedging element | 2 |
| 20140059816 | Buckle Release Mechanism - Disclosed is a buckle release mechanism. The release mechanism can be used to couple together various types of straps, webbing or belts. In one particular embodiment, the release mechanism forms part of a parachute canopy for a pilot's harness. The mechanism includes a housing with a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism employs two rotatable locking pins with associated cams and openings. An opening is formed within the housing for receiving a yoke. A striker plate with opposing lugs is formed at one end of the yoke. The lugs cooperate with the locking pins to either retain or reject the striker plate within the housing. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140230201 | DUAL RELEASE BUCKLE ASSEMBLIES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Buckle assemblies with dual release features and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a buckle assembly is configured to detachably engage latch plates. The buckle assembly can include a top cover and a bottom housing collectively defining an operation space; a load plate having a plurality of apertures, an actuator configured to connect with the top cover, a plurality of pawls configured to operably enter the corresponding apertures so as to secure a plurality of latch plates, a release ring positioned adjacent to the pawls and connected with a release cord. The latch plates can be released by rotating the top cover or pulling the release cord. | 08-21-2014 |
| 024636000 | Including pivotally connected element on receiving member | 8 |
| 20110185546 | Shock-Proof Seat Belt Buckle for a Motor Vehicle - The invention relates to a shock-absorbing seat belt buckle ( | 08-04-2011 |
| 20120102689 | PRESS RELEASE BUCKLE - A press release buckle includes a base member defining an accommodation chamber, a front opening and a retaining gap defined between the front opening and the accommodation chamber, a press member supported on a conical compression spring in the accommodation chamber and movable vertically between the top and bottom sides of the accommodation chamber to close/open the retaining gap, and a connection member having a coupling shaft insertable into the accommodation chamber and then the retaining gap, a mounting block for fastening to an external strap member and a neck connected between the coupling shaft and the mounting block and positionable in the front opening of the base member. | 05-03-2012 |
| 024637000 | For shifting pivotally connected interlocking component | 4 |
| 20090260202 | BATTERY COVER LATCH ASSEMBLY - A battery cover latch assembly ( | 10-22-2009 |
| 20120324685 | SEATBELT BUCKLE APPARATUS - A seat belt buckle device in which the jumping or roll-over height of a counterweight is decreased allowing the seat belt buckle device to be reduced in size. The seat belt buckle device includes an outer case into which a tongue plate is inserted, a latch member that latches the tongue plate, a slideable release button, and a counterweight that resists sliding of the release button. The counterweight includes a shaft that engages a bearing groove formed in the release button and receives the force that rotates the counterweight due to the sliding of the release button. The rotating shaft has a recessed portion in its outer circumferential surface with this portion being configured to come into contact with the bearing groove of the release button when the release button slides into the outer case. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20140047682 | Water Activated Restraint Release System - Disclosed is a water activated restraint release that is designed to be retrofitted onto an existing restraint system. Upon detecting the presence of water, the restraint releases a buckle mechanism to thereby release a passenger. | 02-20-2014 |
| 024638000 | Element and component pivot about same axis | 1 |
| 20100186204 | Twin Buckle Assembly with Dual Release Positions - Disclosed is a twin buckle assembly with dual release positions. More particularly, the invention relates to a buckle assembly that can lockingly secure two buckle tongues. The buckle assembly includes a single, pivotal latch mechanism that can separately secure one or both of the buckle tongues. Pivotal movement of the latch occurs upon rotation of the buckle cover. Thus, one tongue is released at a first rotational position of the cover and both tongues are released at a second rotational position of the cover. The buckle assembly, thereby, allows the independent removal of lap and shoulder belts. | 07-29-2010 |
| 024639000 | For shifting slidably connected and guided, nonself-biasing interlocking component | 2 |
| 20130205551 | COMBINED DIVING UTENSIL - A combined diving utensil has a buckling assembly, a seesaw and a fastening element. The buckling assembly includes a male buckle and a female buckle. Of which, one end of the female buckle is provided with an opening, and the other end provided with a mating joint. One end of the male buckle is provided with a threading portion, and the other end provided with an extension coupled with the mating joint. A plurality of ribs are set on one surface of the fastening element, which is set on the threading portion of the male buckle. A stopper is set close to the end of the fastening element. The seesaw is provided with a thrust rib plate, which is mated with a plurality of ribs on the fastening element and pivoted on the female buckle via the fulcrum. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20160166014 | BUCKLE RELEASE TOOL | 06-16-2016 |
| 024640000 | Including slidably connected and guided element on receiving member | 9 |
| 20110146034 | SEAT BELT BUCKLE - An improved seat belt buckle assembly ( | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110232052 | SWITCH-EQUIPPED BUCKLE DEVICE - A switch-equipped buckle device capable of accurately detecting an attachment-detachment state of a tongue plate by mounting fixed contacts immovably therein. The switch-equipped buckle device has, inside a buckle body, a slide switch that detects a state of attachment of the tongue plate according to the sliding position of an ejector. A slider of the slide switch is integrated with the ejector, and three fixed contacts of the slide switch are integrated with a lower case by insert molding. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110283495 | Quick-release buckle for a shoulder strap and preventing unintentional release when tension is exerted by the shoulder strap - A quick-release buckle for a shoulder strap and preventing unintentional release when tension exerted by the shoulder strap. The buckle includes a socket member, a plug member, and a locking member. The plug member has the shoulder strap connected thereto, and is replaceably engaged with the socket member. The locking member is an operative part of the socket member. The plug member replaceably engages in the locking member in such a manner so to be released therefrom, the locking member is released and the plug member has to be pulled in a direction opposite to that in which tension from the shoulder strap is exerted so as to prevent the unintentional release of the quick-release buckle when the tension is exerted by shoulder strap, while the tension exerted by the shoulder strap when the plug member is engaged in the locking member assures unintentional release of the quick-release buckle. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20140230202 | BUCKLE ASSEMBLIES WITH LIFT LATCHES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Buckle assemblies with lift latches and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a buckle assembly is configured to detachably engage at least one latch plate. The buckle assembly includes a cover, a load plate connected to the cover and formed with a plurality of openings, a shaft passing through the cover, a lift latch being operably rotated around the shaft in the operation space, and pawls selectively locking corresponding latch plates inserted in the openings in response to the rotation of the lift latch. | 08-21-2014 |
| 024641000 | For shifting pivotally connected interlocking component | 3 |
| 20100175232 | Slide adjuster for belt and buckle - A synthetic-resin made and single-peace structured slide adjuster in which a buckle section has an appearance not so visible. In the slide adjuster for a belt and a buckle, an engagement claw of the buckle is engaged in an engagement groove having a form like saw teeth formed on an external surface of the belt. In the engaged state the belt can move forward but can not move backward. The buckle comprises a buckle body having a bottom plate and a ceiling frame opposite to each other and two side plates for connection between the bottom plate and the ceiling frame and also having an internal space for insertion of the belt; and an operating plate provided in the horizontal posture inside the ceiling frame and having an engagement claw provided on a bottom surface of an end portion thereof and capable of being engaged in the engagement groove of the belt and also having a pressed section provided at another end portion thereof for releasing the engagement. The operating plate is supported by a connecting shaft for connection between the two side plates at an intermediate point between the engagement claw and the pressed section and can swing around the intermediate point as a fulcrum. A pair of hooking projections is provided on an external surface of the belt and the pressed section for making it possible for a user to pull the buckle and the belt closer to each other with finger tips of one hand. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20110162177 | Quick Release Buckle with Dual Release - A buckle includes two pawls engageable by a tongue. A single spring controls the position of the pawls. The buckle has a manual primary release mode of operation. The buckle also has a secondary release mode of operation, in which the spring acts as a secondary release member for the pawls. This is actuated by pulling force exerted by a single point release lanyard of a quick release vest. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20160007691 | BELT BUCKLE WITH RELEASE LOCK | 01-14-2016 |
| 024642000 | For shifting slidably connected and guided, nonself-biasing, interlocking component | 2 |
| 20120260474 | Side Release Buckle and Lock Member for Same - The lock member includes: a plate-like base portion positioned on a top side of the socket; a holder retaining the base portion to the socket; an operating portion connected to the base portion and movable in a direction intersecting the base portion by an external operation; and a lock portion restricting disengagement of the engaged portions and the engaging portions. The lock portion is positioned in the socket and connected to the operating portion via a joint inserted in the cutout. Without the external operation, the lock portion is present in movement paths where the engaging portions move to be disengaged from the engaged portions. When the operating portion is moved by the external operation, the lock portion is moved away from the movement paths. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20130160253 | BUCKLE FOR RESTRAINT BELTS, PARTICULARLY FOR CAR SAFETY SEATS FOR CHILDREN - A buckle includes a snap coupling mechanism including a locking element pivotable between a locked and an unlocked position for engaging and disengaging two tongues, respectively; a release button movable between a raised position and a lowered position corresponding to the locked and unlocked positions, respectively; a spring tending to keep the release button in the raised position; and two sliders opposing the insertion of the tongues. The sliders are configured to come between a body of the buckle and the locking element, when the locking element is moved into the unlocked position, so as to prevent the locking element from moving from the unlocked position to the locked position. The release button is connected to the locking element so that when the release button is pressed, the locking element moves into the unlocked position, whereas when the release button is released, the locking element moves into the locked position. | 06-27-2013 |
| 024643000 | Having pivotally connected interlocking component | 6 |
| 024644000 | Blocking removal of formation on projection from complementary formation on side wall of cavity | 1 |
| 20150320182 | UNIVERSAL ADAPTER SYSTEM FOR LOAD BEARING PACKS - Embodiments of universal adapter system including a belt adapter for a belt, such as a tactical belt, configured to couple one or more pack adapters secured to a respective load bearing pack, such as a backpack. Other embodiments of the universal adapter systems may be described and claimed. | 11-12-2015 |
| 024645000 | And position locking-means therefor | 2 |
| 20100050402 | LOCKING DEVICE - A locking device for use in securing a first part relative to a second part. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20120291241 | DOCKING SYSTEM - For each capture mechanism of a plurality of three capture mechanisms, a necked coupling element received by a corresponding socket slides therealong and engages a corresponding latch lever biased in an open position and rotates the latch lever to a closed position as the necked coupling element is slid within the socket towards a bottom thereof. A latch locked biased against the latch lever engages a notch in the latch lever when the latch lever is closed so as to latch the latch lever in the closed position and thereby capture the necked coupling element within the socket. The latch lever is unlatched by releasing the latch lock from engagement with the latch. Different latch levers incorporate different shaped surfaces that engage different corresponding necked coupling elements captured thereby so as to provide for respectively constraining in one, two and three degrees-of-freedom, respectively. | 11-22-2012 |
| 024647000 | Requiring manual force thereon to interlock or disengage | 3 |
| 20150320150 | UNIVERSAL ADAPTER SYSTEM FOR A DYNAMIC LOAD CARRIAGE APPARATUS - Embodiments of universal adapter system including a receiver component having base portion configured to be coupled to a base belt worn by an individual and a locking mechanism which is operative to be engaged to a mounting bar of an adapter component that is secured to a dynamic load carriage apparatus, wherein the mounting bar is capable of a sliding action that compensates for a shift in load that is associated with the individual are disclosed. In operation, the receiver component may be engaged and disengaged from the adapter component while being worn by the individual using a single-handed operation. | 11-12-2015 |
| 024648000 | Plural, oppositely shifting, similar interlocking components | 1 |
| 20090013510 | Buckle device - A buckle device includes a female buckle member having a chamber for pivotally attaching two pawls with pivot pins, the pawls each has a depression and a projection formed in an inner surface, a male buckle member includes a tong for engaging into the chamber of the female buckle member and for engaging with the pawls, the tong includes two side surfaces each having a protrusion and a void for engaging into the depressions and the projections of the pawls and for increasing the contact area between the tong and the pawls and for solidly anchoring the tong to the female buckle member, and for sustaining a great pulling or towing force and for attaching to the facilities that require to sustain a great pulling or towing force, such as parachutes. | 01-15-2009 |
| 024649000 | Having aperture therein alignable with parallel access opening | 1 |
| 20150354610 | FASTENER SYSTEM - A fastener system that includes a female fastener assembly with a housing having a channel defined therein and a switch member movable within the channel between removing and fastening positions. The switch member includes a receiver portion having a post opening defined therein and a switch portion. The housing includes a lower opening. The post opening includes a removing portion that is aligned with the lower opening when the switch member is in the removing position and a fastening portion that is aligned with the post opening when the switch member is in the fastening position. The system also includes a male fastener assembly having a post with a slot therein. The post is received through the lower opening in the housing and the post opening so that the slot is aligned with the channel. The slot receives a portion of the receiver portion when the switch member is in the fastening position. | 12-10-2015 |
| 024651000 | Having cavity with side walls and axially biased component capping end | 2 |
| 20100071173 | BELT BUCKLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BELT BUCKLE - A method for producing a belt buckle, comprising an insertion part ( | 03-25-2010 |
| 20110209312 | STRAP BUCKLE AND METHOD OF SECURING A STRAP PORTION - The buckle includes a first and a second clamp member positioned substantially parallel to one another. End members are provided at the opposite ends of the first clamp member. The buckle includes a set of pliable wall directly interconnecting one of the end members to the second clamp member. The pliable walls are subjected to a permanent plastic deformation when the second clamp member is moved closer to the first clamp member. | 09-01-2011 |
| 024652000 | Having slidably connected, nonself-biasing interlocking component | 4 |
| 20090094811 | FRONT RELEASE BUCKLE - A front release buckle includes a female buckle member, which has a hooked portion at the front side of a top-open receiving chamber thereof, a male buckle member, which has a front hook vertically insertable into the top-open receiving open chamber into engagement with the hooked portion of the female buckle member, a control slide coupled to the female buckle member and movable relative to the female buckle member between an open position to open the top-open receiving chamber for the insertion of the front hook of the male buckle member into engagement with the hooked portion and a close position to close the top-open receiving chamber and to hold down the front hook of the male buckle member after engagement of the front hook with the hooked portion, and a spring member that supports the control slide in the close position. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20100005636 | CAMERA HOLDER FOR USE ON A MOVING OBJECT - A camera holder includes a connecting device mounted to a moving object, such as a bicycle or a helmet of the rider. The connecting device includes a base having two opposite sides each having a groove laterally defined therein. A slider is connected with a camera and slidably mounted to the connecting device. The slider includes two opposite side each having a rail laterally extending therefrom and slidably received in a corresponding one of the two grooves in the base. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20150047157 | DETANGLING DEVICE, METHOD OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - Described herein are axially and radially swivelable detangling connector devices that are suitable for preventing entanglement, or detangling, of a device or means that is used to secure one or more mobile objects or subjects to one or more objects or subjects. Methods of making and using the disclosed devices are also provided herein. | 02-19-2015 |
| 024656000 | Requiring manual force thereon to interlock or disengage | 1 |
| 024657000 | Plural, oppositely shifting, similar interlocking components | 1 |
| 20120222274 | SAFETY CONNECTOR - A safety connector ( | 09-06-2012 |
| 024662000 | Having resiliently biased interlocking component or segment | 16 |
| 20090113678 | CATCH BASE FOR ATTACHING CATCH OF SNAP FASTENER - To provide a catch base capable of firmly attaching a catch of a snap fastener to a cloth. The catch base includes six claws for attaching the catch formed at regular intervals. The catch is put on one side of the cloth, and the claws are fitted into catching portions formed at the backside of the catch from the other side of the cloth. The catch base and the catch are then swaged together. With this, the strength in attaching the catch is increased by 20% due to the effect of the six claws, and the catch is not removed during the use, resulting in an improved safety. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20100095493 | LOCKING MECHANISM - A locking apparatus is disclosed. The locking apparatus includes a female receptor for locking with a 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. The male member is unlocked from the female receptor by moving the male member an additional distance further in the first direction. The female receptor includes resilient arms to hold and release the male member and spring arms that contact the resilient arms. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20110041299 | STRUCTURE FOR FASTENING CLIP TO TRIM BOARD, CLIP, AND CLIP FASTENING METHOD - A structure for fastening to a trim board a clip that has projection for fastening to a clip fitting seat of the trim board and a second projection for fastening to a vehicle body-side member. The first projection has an engagement portion and the clip fitting seat has multiple latch lugs used to position the clip. A distance between the latch lugs is enlargeable as the engagement portion is engaged therewith. The first projection has at least two types of engagement portions that differ in diameter at locations that are separated in a fastening direction. Thus, the clip is fastened to the clip fitting seat in at least two stages, including one state in which the clip is fastened to the clip fitting seat at low fastening load, and a fastened state that is achieved by fastening the clip to the clip fitting seat at high fastening load. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110277281 | BELT HOLDER DEVICE - A belt holder device is provided comprising a housing having a first fixing device, a plate having a second fixing device and being mounted on the housing for displacement in a displacement direction, wherein the belt holder device is held on an application via one of the fixing devices and a belt is held on the other fixing device, a transmitter-sensor device which is arranged in the housing and by means of which the relative position of the plate to the housing is determinable, and a spring device via which the plate is supported on the housing and which provides a return force, wherein the spring device is formed by a flexural spring device, wherein the transmitter is integrated in the plate, wherein the transmitter is arranged in a recess of the plate, and wherein the transmitter in the recess is a magnet and is surrounded by a magnetically insulating enclosure. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20120304427 | Press-stud - A press-stud comprises a female element having a seat in which is accommodated a resiliently deformable anchoring member ( | 12-06-2012 |
| 20130318755 | LOCKING MECHANISMS - A locking mechanism is provided including a male latch member a female receptacle having first and second pairs of opposing resilient arms for locking with the latch member. Locking is accomplished by moving the latch member with respect to the receptacle in a first direction, and unlocking with the latch member is accomplished by moving the latch member an additional distance further in the first direction. The first and second pairs of opposing resilient arms lock the latch member in any rotational orientation of the first direction of the latch member. Other locking mechanism embodiments include planar members and flanges for mounting to various substrates. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20150033517 | PRESS STUD WITH AN ANTI-UNCOUPLING SYSTEM - A press stud comprises a male element and a female element. The male element comprises a coupling portion which is insertable into a housing seat of the female element in a coupling direction. The coupling portion of the male element has an anti-uncoupling appendage which interferes with the female element and prevents the uncoupling of the male element from the female element when they are subjected to tension acting in a substantially transverse direction with respect to the direction of coupling. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150096156 | PRESS-STUD - A press-stud comprises a male component which is selectively insertable by snap-fitting into a female component. The female component ( | 04-09-2015 |
| 024663000 | Cavity or projection rotates about axis of cavity to dissociate | 1 |
| 20150089778 | QUARTER TURN FASTENER - A quarter turn fastener includes a deflectable head and part in assembly legs for securing the fastener in a subassembly with one component positioned between the deflectable head and the part in assembly legs. Cooperating lock arms on the fastener and lock ribs on the component secure the fastener against unintended rotation for loosening. Stop ribs on the component limit the distance the fastener can be rotated. Main body legs are provided for securing a second component with the subassembly. Cooperating structures of the fastener and the components limit the fastener to rotate only in the lock direction from the unlocked position and in the unlock direction from the locked position. | 04-02-2015 |
| 024664000 | Requiring manual force applied against bias to interlock or disengage | 6 |
| 20140082902 | BELT BUCKLE - A belt buckle ( | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140259573 | BUCKLE - A buckle includes a male member including a base part and a pair of flexible arms extending from the base part, and a female member including an insertion hole formed at one end portion thereof. The pair of flexible arms is inserted in the insertion hole. The base part contacts the one end portion when the male member engages the female member. An outer face portion of each of the pair of flexible arms has a shape curving outwardly at a middle portion thereof relative to an insertion direction of the pair of flexible arms, and the pair of flexible arms is provisionally fastened to the female member when the pair of flexible arm is inserted in the insertion hole. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20160037870 | ATTACHMENT SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a removable module and a housing for an attachment system of a consumer product. The removable module includes a locking mechanism comprising a first portion having a substantially planar top surface and second portion that comprises a substantially non-planar bottom surface. The first portion and the second portion are coupled together. The locking mechanism also includes a first spring mechanism coupled between the first portion and the second portion. The first spring mechanism causes the first portion to be biased away from the second portion. The locking mechanism also includes a second spring mechanism. The second spring mechanism causes the substantially planar top surface of the first portion to be biased substantially flush with respect to the removable module and also causes the substantially non-planar bottom surface of the second portion to be biased proud with respect to the removable module. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160040698 | ATTACHMENT SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a removable module and a housing for an attachment system of a consumer product. The removable module includes a locking mechanism comprising a first portion having a substantially planar top surface and second portion that comprises a substantially non-planar bottom surface. The first portion and the second portion are coupled together. The locking mechanism also includes a first spring mechanism coupled between the first portion and the second portion. The first spring mechanism causes the first portion to be biased away from the second portion. The locking mechanism also includes a second spring mechanism. The second spring mechanism causes the substantially planar top surface of the first portion to be biased substantially flush with respect to the removable module and also causes the substantially non-planar bottom surface of the second portion to be biased proud with respect to the removable module. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160115980 | MECHANICAL SEAL BETWEEN AN ACTUATOR HOUSING AND COVER AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SEAL BETWEEN AN ACTUATOR HOUSING AND COVER - A method and apparatus for providing a mechanical seal between two objects is provided. The mechanical interface including a protrusion located on a first component; and a pair of cantilevered beams located on a second component, wherein the pair of cantilevered beams are forced outwardly on opposite sides of the protrusion when a tab portion of the second component is received in an opening of the first component. The method of including the steps of: forcing a pair of cantilevered beams located on a second component outwardly from opposite sides of the protrusion when as a tab portion of the second component is received in an opening of a first component. | 04-28-2016 |
| 024665000 | And partially blocking separate, nonresilient access opening of cavity | 1 |
| 20150327631 | Buckle - A buckle comprises a male member and a female member, which are capable of being connected to and disconnected from each other and which are provided with mounting sections which can be respectively mounted to other members. The male member is provided with an engagement section which protrudes from a body section. The female member comprises: a pressing elastic member which is provided with an engagement receiving section with which the engagement section engages; and a housing body in which a housing space for housing the pressing elastic member is housed. The housing body has an opening which connects to the housing space and into which the engagement section is inserted. The pressing elastic member is integrally provided with: a pair of pressing sections which protrudes from the housing space of the housing body; elastic body sections which connect the pair of pressing sections together, elastically support the pressing sections, and enable the pressing sections to elastically move into the housing section; and the engagement receiving section which is supported by the elastic body sections. | 11-19-2015 |
| 024681000 | Having axially extending expansion slit along side of cavity | 1 |
| 20130152347 | Male Snap Part - A metallic male snap part capable of coupling with a female snap part where the projection of the male snap part can be coupled to a depression of the female snap part. The projection includes multiple relatively highly deformable portions and multiple relatively low deformable portions, the highly and low deformable portions being arranged alternately in the circumference direction of the projection. The highly deformable portions are more deformable elastically in the radial direction of the projection than the low deformable portions. Each of the highly deformable portions has a relatively large, outer bulge which bulges more outward in the radial direction than a relatively small, outer bulge of each of the low deformable portions. The projection further includes longitudinal slits and lateral slits to partition the projection into the highly deformable portions and the low deformable portions. | 06-20-2013 |
