Locking buckle

• US 5,511,289 A
• Filed: 03/31/1995
• Issued: 04/30/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Patricia J. Melia
• Original Assignee: Patricia J. Melia
• Inventors: Melia, Patricia J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Brittain, James R.
• Application Number:
  US08/414,752
• Time in Patent Office: 396 Days
• Field of Search: 2/207, 2/336, 2/337, 2/, 24/113 MP, 24/136 R, 24/459, 24/462, 24/115 H, 24/49.1, 24/66.9
• US Class Current: 24/66.9
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 6/00 Retainers or tethers for neckties, cravats, neckerchiefs, or the like, e.g. tie-clips, spring clips with attached tie-tethers, woggles, pins with associated sheathing members tetherable to clothing tie-pins A44B9/08; decorative or ornamental aspects A44C
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 8/008 Ornaments specially adapted for being attached to small strands of hair
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 8/34 Hair-braid holders; Hair-plait holders
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/1986 Slider
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/44034 Dissociable gripping members

Abstract

A buckle for use with t-shirts, hair or other similar flexible substrates. The buckle is comprised of a base portion having openings through which the tail of the t-shirt is inserted and a cover which removably locks onto the base, thereby securing the buckle to the t-shirt. The base is provided with two openings separated by a bar and surrounded by an inwardly facing ridge. The ridge is engagable with a series of outwardly facing grooves provided on the cover in order to releasably lock the buckle to t-shirts of various thicknesses.

Claims

1. A decorative buckle comprising:

a base removably receiving a substrate,

a cover removably attachable to said base so that said substrate is locked between said base and said cover,

said base being provided with an outside border, a bar extending between opposite sides of said outside border so that two openings are formed between the bar and the outside border, and said substrate being removably received by said openings in said base,

an inwardly facing ridge being provided on said outside border,

a perimeter lip being provided on said cover, said perimeter lip being provided with a plurality of outwardly facing grooves for removably receiving said ridge, and

said cover being provided with a pair of gaps therein for removably receiving the bar.

2. A decorative buckle according to claim 1 further comprising:

a top surface provided on said cover which lies in a plane perpendicular to said perimeter lip.

3. A decorative buckle according to claim 2 further comprising:

a decoration being provided on said top surface.

4. A decorative buckle according to claim 2 further comprising:

a design being provided on said top surface.

5. A buckle comprising:

a base having a pair of openings into which a substrate may be inserted,

a bar being provided between said pair of openings,

a cover removably engagable with said base in order to secure said base to said substrate,

said base being provided with an inward facing ridge surrounding said openings,

said cover being provided with a plurality of outwardly facing grooves for releasably receiving said ridge, and

said cover being provided with a pair of gaps for removably receiving said bar when said cover egnages said base.

6. A buckle according to claim 5 further comprising:

a design being provided on said cover.

7. A buckle according to claim 5 further comprising:

a decoration being provided on said cover.