Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Separable-fastener or required component thereof – Including member having distinct formations and mating...
Patent
1990-04-02
1991-07-23
Brittain, James R.
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Separable-fastener or required component thereof
Including member having distinct formations and mating...
24648, 24196, A44B 1125
Patent
active
050331710
ABSTRACT:
A buckle (10) comprises a plug (11) and a socket (12) releasably engageable with the plug (11). The socket (12) includes a socket body (21) having an opening (28) formed in its front end, and a pair of catch plates (22, 22) pivotally mounted at their respective middles on the opposite sides of the socket body (21) and each having at its front end an engaging prong (37, 37) and its rear end an abutment (38, 38). The plug (11) includes a plug proper (14) having a shank (14'), a plug head (16) formed contiguously to the front end of the shank (14') and having on its opposed sides a pair of engaging shoulders (17, 17) and means (19a, 19b) provided on the front end of the plug head (16) for, when the plug proper (14) is fully forced into the socket body (21), urging the abutments (38, 38) outwardly apart from each other so that the catch plates (22, 22) rotate in the direction to bring their engaging prongs (37, 37) into catching engagement with the engaging shoulders (17, 17) of the plug proper (14).
REFERENCES:
patent: 2061463 (1936-11-01), Hall
patent: 3163905 (1965-01-01), Gaylord
patent: 4570310 (1986-02-01), Gelula
Brittain James R.
Yoshida Kogyo K.K.
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