Freight accommodation on freight carrier – Load lashing retainer or load lashing adjunct – Anchor
Reexamination Certificate
2003-11-03
2004-08-31
Dayoan, D. Glenn (Department: 3612)
Freight accommodation on freight carrier
Load lashing retainer or load lashing adjunct
Anchor
C410S102000, C410S107000, C410S111000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06783313
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention relates to a concealable buckle apparatus.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
Referring to
FIGS. 8 and 9
, a conventional concealable buckle apparatus includes a supporting element
70
, a buckle
75
, a locking device
80
and a panel
85
. The buckle
75
is pivotally mounted on the supporting element
70
between an extended position and a concealed position. The locking device
80
is movably mounted on the supporting element
70
between a locking position and a releasing position. In the locking position, the locking device
80
locks the buckle
75
in the concealed position. The panel
85
is mounted on the supporting element
70
and defines an opening
41
through which the buckle
75
extends in the extended position and a slot
43
through which the locking device
80
is accessible. The concealable buckle apparatus may include a torque spring
90
for biasing the buckle from the concealed position to the extended position. The concealable buckle apparatus however includes a complicated structure and involves complicated fabrication and results in a high cost.
The present invention is therefore intended to obviate or at least alleviate the problems encountered in prior art.
SUMMARY OF INVENTION
The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a structurally simple concealable buckle apparatus.
According to the present invention, a concealable buckle apparatus includes a panel, a locking element, a shaft and a buckle. The panel includes a recess and a margin formed about the recess. The recess includes a bottom and a wall projecting from the bottom and two slots extending from the bottom to the wall. The locking element includes a concave first portion, a convex second portion extending from the first portion, a concave third portion extending from the second portion and a fourth portion extending from the third portion. The fourth portion of the locking element is secured to the bottom of the recess. The shaft is put between the locking element and the bottom of the panel. The buckle includes two lateral portions inserted through the slots and secured to the shaft and a central portion formed between the lateral portions. The buckle is concealed in the recess when the shaft is retained in the first portion of the locking element. The buckle is completely extended from the recess when the shaft is retained in the third portion of the locking element.
Other objects, advantages, and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the attached drawings.
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Baxley Charles E.
Dayoan D. Glenn
Gutman H.
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