Plastic buckle

• US 4,052,774 A
• Filed: 11/26/1976
• Issued: 10/11/1977
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kohshoh Limited
• Original Assignee: Kohshoh Limited
• Inventors: Noda, Taizo
• Primary Examiner(s): Gelak, Bernard A.
• Application Number:
  US05/745,002
• Time in Patent Office: 319 Days
• Field of Search: 24/201 HH, 24/201 BN, 24/201 A, 24/201 R, 24/201 CP, 24/230 TC, 24/75
• US Class Current: 24/587.12
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 11/2588 combined with one buckle element rotating or pivoting
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 24/38 Each mating member having similarly shaped, sized, and operated interlocking face
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/45194 for belt or strap

Abstract

A plastic buckle comprises a pair of plastic engaging elements of the same shape each of which includes a plate portion, a base plate portion extended from the longitudinal edge of the plate portion, and two engaging portions extended integrally from the edge of the base plate portion, whereby the buckle can connect the ends of a belt or the like through the engagement of the engaging portions by simple operation.

Claims

1. A plastic buckle comprising a pair of plastic engaging elements each of which includes a plate portion having a means for attaching a belt or the like thereto, a base plate portion extended from the longitudinal edge of the plate portion, one surface of the base plate portion being substantially in the same plate with one surface of the plate portion and the other surface thereof at such a level as having the thickness half the thickness of the plate portion, and two engaging portions extended from the edge of the base plate portion so as to be in parallel with the longitudinal edge of the plate portion and so as to have substantially the same planes with those of the plate portion, the plate portion, the base plate portion and the engaging portions being integrally formed, the width of the upper surface of each engaging portion defined by the upper edge of the inner side thereof and the corresponding upper edge of the outer side thereof being somewhat larger than that of the space defined by the upper edge of the inner side of the engaging portion and the corresponding inner edge of the plate portion, each engaging portion being provided at the inside surface thereof with a fitting means.

2. A plastic buckle as claimed in claim 1, in which said means provided at said plate portion for attaching a belt or the like thereto is a slit.

3. A plastic buckle as claimed in claim 1, in which said means provided at said plate portion for attaching a belt or the like thereto is a slit and a cutaway portion communicated with the slit.

4. A plastic buckle as claimed in claim 1, in which said fitting means provided at the inside surface of each engaging portion comprises an inclined surface.

5. A plastic buckle as claimed in claim 1, in which said fitting means provided at the inside surface of each engaging portion comprises a step portion.

6. A plastic buckle as claimed in claim 1, in which said base plate portion is smaller in width than said plate portion and extended from substantially the middle portion of the longitudinal edge of the plate portion, and said engaging portion is extended outwardly from the edge of said base plate portion so as to be in parallel with the longitudinal edge of said plate portion.

7. A plastic buckle as claimed in claim 1, in which said base plate portion has the same width with that of said plate portion, and said engaging portion is extended outwardly from the edge of said base plate portion so as to be in parallel with the longitudinal edge of said plate portion.

8. A plastic buckle as claimed in claim 1, in which said base plate portion is smaller in width than said plate portion and extended from the longitudinal edge of said plate portion, and said engaging portion is extended inwardly from the edge of said base plate portion so as to be in parallel with the longitudinal edge of said plate portion.

9. A plastic buckle as claimed in claim 1, in which at least such a part of said plate portion as covered with a belt or the like is smaller in thickness than the remaining part.