Buckle

• US 6,735,826 B2
• Filed: 03/18/2003
• Issued: 05/18/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: YKK Corporation
• Original Assignee: YKK Corporation
• Inventors: Takahashi, Yoshinobu, Uehara, Ryoichiro, Kinebuchi, Shinichiro
• Primary Examiner(s): SAKRAN, VICTOR N
• Application Number:
  US10/391,114
• Publication Number:
  US 20030172499A1
• Time in Patent Office: 427 Days
• Field of Search: 241/70, 241/71, 241/91, 241/94, 241/63.R, 24/68.CD, 242/65.CD, 242/65.BC
• US Class Current: 24/170
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 11/12 turnable clamp
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/2175 Cargo tie down
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/4016 Pivoted part or lever
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/4019 Sliding part or wedge
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/4072 Pivoted lever
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/4079 Sliding part of wedge
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/4773 Cargo tiedown

Abstract

Provided is a buckle which comprises a buckle main body 11 and an engagement member 31. The buckle main body 11 comprises a base part 12, at least two insertion holes 18 and 19 provided on the base part 12 with a space in between, to which a belt 2 is inserted, and an upstanding piece 20 provided therebetween for bending the belt 2 in a direction away from the base part 12. The engagement member 31 can be moved to a first position where the buckle can be moved against the belt 2 and to a second position where the buckle can be fixed to the belt 2. Further, the engagement member 31 comprises a pressurizing part 33 for pressurizing the belt 2 in the second position so as to obtain a further bent state and an adjustor 35 capable of adjusting the length of the other belt 3.

Claims

1. A buckle capable of being moved in a longitudinal direction of a web-like material and being fixed in an optional position, comprising a first member and a second member which is provided displaceable in the first member, wherein

the first member comprises:

a base part;

at least two insertion parts provided in the base part with a space in between to which the web-like material is inserted; and

a bending part provided in between the two insertion parts for bending the web-like material in a direction away from the base part, and

the second member is displaceable to a first position where the buckle can be moved against the web-like material and to a second position where the buckle can be fixed to the web-like material, and comprises a pressurizing part for pressurizing one side of the web-like material in a bent state towards the other side so as to obtain a further bent state in the second position;

wherein the bending part is composed of an upstanding piece which stands up sloping towards a direction away from the base part as it reaches the other insertion part from the base part in the vicinity of one of the insertion parts; and

the pressurizing part, in the second position, is to be substantially in the same position as a perpendicular line drawn from the tip of the upstanding piece to the base part or to be protruded to inner side of the upstanding piece than the perpendicular line.

2. A buckle according to claim 1, wherein the upstanding piece stands up sloping against the base part at an angle of 35°

to 55°

.

3. A buckle according to claim 1, wherein the tip of the upstanding piece and the tip of the pressurizing part are formed at an angle of 90°

or less.

4. A buckle according to claim 1, wherein the second member is rotatably supported by the base part in between the two insertion parts of the first member.

5. A buckle according to claim 4, wherein the second member comprises a pinching part for pinching the web-like material between with the base part of the first member when the second member comes to be in the second position.

6. A buckle capable of being moved in a longitudinal direction of a web-like material and being fixed in an optional position, comprising a first member and a second member which is provided displaceable in the first member, wherein

the first member comprises:

a base part;

at least two insertion parts provided in the base part with a space in between to which the web-like material is inserted; and

a bending part provided in between the two insertion parts for bending the web-like material in a direction away from the base part, and

the second member is displaceable to a first position where the buckle can be moved against the web-like material and to a second position where the buckle can be fixed to the web-like material, and comprises a pressurizing part for pressurizing one side of the web-like material in a bent state towards the other side so as to obtain a further bent state in the second position;

wherein the second member comprises a length adjusting means capable of restricting shift of the inserted other web-like material in an optional position in a length direction, to which other web-like material than the web-like material is inserted.

7. A buckle according to claim 6, wherein the length adjusting means is composed at least two insertion parts provided in the second member with a space in between in a longitudinal direction of the other web-like material, to which the other web-like material is inserted.

8. A buckle according to claim 6, wherein at least one corner of cross section in a part between the two insertion parts formed in the second member makes an acute angle.

9. A buckle according to claim 6, wherein the second member is rotatably supported by the base part in between the two insertion parts of the first member.

10. A buckle according to claim 9, wherein the second member comprises a pinching part for pinching the web-like material between with the base part of the first member when the second member comes to be in the second position.