Quick-release buckle with fire starter and methods of use

• US 10,441,034 B2
• Filed: 06/20/2017
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Casey T. Anderson
• Original Assignee: Casey T. Anderson
• Inventors: Anderson, Casey T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sandy, Robert
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mercado, Louis A
• Application Number:
  US15/628,443
• Publication Number:
  US 20170360159A1
• Time in Patent Office: 847 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 11/005 Buckles combined with other articles, e.g. with receptacles
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 11/2592 fastening by sliding in the main plane or a plane parallel to the main plane of the buckle A44B11/2503, A44B11/2584 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 11/266 with at least one push-button acting parallel to the main plane of the buckle and perpendicularly to the direction of the fastening action
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: F23Q 1/06 Portable igniters

Abstract

A quick-release buckle has a male member and a female member configured to interlock, the female member having a body with a recessed receiving portion and one or more lips overhanging a portion of the recessed receiving portion; the male member having a keyed portion shaped complementary to the recessed receiving portion of the female member; wherein the keyed portion of the male member is receivable within the recessed receiving portion to interlock.

Claims

1. A quick-release buckle, comprising:

a female member having a cuboidal body, the cuboidal body having a recessed receiving portion on a top side of the cuboidal body, the recessed receiving portion comprising a neck receiving portion on the top side of the cuboidal body and an opening on a rear side of the cuboidal body, the cuboidal body having one or more edges overhanging at least a portion of the recessed receiving portion;

a male member having a keyed portion, a neck, and a base with one or more strap apertures, the keyed portion being shaped complementary to the recessed receiving portion of the female member and the neck receivable within the neck receiving portion of the female member;

wherein the keyed portion and the neck of the male member are simultaneously receivable within the recessed receiving portion and the keyed portion is slidable at least partially beneath the edges overhanging the recessed receiving portion of the female member, the neck extending out of the opening on the rear side of the cuboidal body of the female member.

2. The quick-release buckle of claim 1, wherein the female member further comprises at least one flint rod.

3. The quick-release buckle of claim 1, wherein the male member further comprises a tip configured as a flat-head screwdriver.

4. The quick-release buckle of claim 1, wherein the male member further comprises a can opener blade.

5. The quick-release buckle of claim 4, wherein the can opener is foldable so as to be interposed between the male member and the female member when the male member is inserted into the recessed receiving portion of the female member.

6. A quick-release buckle, comprising:

a female member comprising a body, the body having a recessed receiving portion on a top side of the body, the recessed receiving portion comprising a neck receiving portion on the top side of the body and an opening on a rear side of the body, the female member further comprising at least one flint rod;

a male member having a keyed portion, the keyed portion being shaped complementary to the recessed receiving portion of the female member and a neck;

wherein the keyed portion and the neck of the male member is receivable within the recessed receiving portion and the neck receiving portion of the female member, respectively.

7. A quick-release buckle, comprising:

a female member comprising a body, the body having a recessed receiving portion on a top side of the body, the recessed receiving portion comprising a neck receiving portion on the top side of the body and an opening on a rear side of the body;

a male member having a keyed portion, the keyed portion being shaped complementary to the recessed receiving portion of the female member and a neck, the male member comprising a tip configured as a flat-head screwdriver;

wherein the keyed portion and neck of the male member is receivable within the recessed receiving portion and the neck receiving portion of the female member, respectively.

8. A quick-release buckle, comprising:

a female member comprising a body, the body having a recessed receiving portion on a top side of the body, the recessed receiving portion comprising a neck receiving portion on the top side of the body and an opening on a rear side of the body;

a male member having a keyed portion, the keyed portion being shaped complementary to the recessed receiving portion of the female member and a neck, the male member further comprising a can opener blade;

wherein the keyed portion and neck of the male member is receivable within the recessed receiving portion and the neck receiving portion of the female member, respectively; and

wherein the can opener blade is foldable so as to be interposed between the male member and the female member when the male member is inserted into the female member.