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Belt buckle having means for concealing and securely retaining keys of different sizes

  • US 4,905,878 A
  • Filed: 03/29/1989
  • Issued: 03/06/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A belt buckle adapted for retaining keys of different sizes, each key having a head and a body portion, comprising:

  • a U-shaped buckle including a pair of leg portions interconnected by a base portion;

    a combination tongue and key retainer including an elongated tongue body portion extending longitudinally and terminating at one end in a tongue tip adapted to contact said base portion of said U-shaped buckle, the other end of said tongue body forming a key retainer portion comprising an elongated hollow housing having two opposite ends which are open to form a sleeve through which said body portion of a key may extend in the direction of said tongue tip, said elongated hollow housing including shoulder wall portions at a first of said open ends of said hollow housing adapted for receiving a key therein, said second of said open ends of said hollow housing facing said tongue tip, said shoulder wall portions being adapted to abut with the head of said key for positioning said key within said hollow housing and preventing said key body portion from extending to said tongue tip; and

    means for pivotally connecting said tongue and key retainer to the end of each leg portion of said U-shaped buckle;

    said tongue and key retainer being adapted to being attached to a belt of the type which can be fastened around said tongue and key retainer and retain said key therein.

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