Buckle device

• US 9,585,440 B2
• Filed: 03/25/2015
• Issued: 03/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
• Original Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
• Inventors: Xiao, Xiao-Hong
• Primary Examiner(s): Nelson, Jr., Milton
• Application Number:
  US14/668,252
• Publication Number:
  US 20150272281A1
• Time in Patent Office: 713 Days
• Field of Search: 241/71, 245/23, 297/464
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 11/006 Attachment of buckle to strap for safety buckles A44B11/2553
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 11/16 Strap held by spring action
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2022/1806 for buckles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/4077 Looped strap

Abstract

A buckle device includes a securing member, a frame, and at least one resilient member. The securing member is adapted to be fixedly mounted on a base. The frame includes a pivoting portion pivotally connected to the securing member to enable the frame to rotate relative to the securing member, a pair of side arms respectively connected to two opposite ends of the pivoting portion, and a forearm disposed oppositely to the pivoting portion and having opposite ends that are respectively connected to the side arms. The resilient member has a secured end portion that is secured at the securing member, and an abutting end portion in abutment with the frame for biasing the frame to rotate toward the base.

Claims

1. A buckle device, comprising:

a securing member adapted to be fixedly mounted on a base;

a frame including;

a pivoting portion that is pivotally connected to said securing member to enable said frame to rotate relative to said securing member,

a pair of side arms that are respectively connected to two opposite ends of said pivoting portion, and

a forearm that is disposed oppositely to said pivoting portion and has opposite ends respectively connected to said side arms; and

at least one resilient member having a secured end portion that is secured at said securing member, and an abutting end portion that is in abutment with said frame for biasing said frame to rotate toward said base;

wherein said abutting end portion has two abutting parts respectively abutting against said side arms.

2. The buckle device according to claim 1, wherein said pivoting portion is arranged parallel to said forearm, said pivoting portion, said side arms, and said forearm being co-planar.

3. The buckle device according to claim 2, wherein said securing member is configured as a plate shape at one end thereof and is formed with a sleeve at another end thereof, and said pivoting portion of said frame is rotatably received in said sleeve so that said forearm is rotatable away or toward said base.

4. The buckle device according to claim 1, further comprising a slide member having two opposite ends slidably and respectively connected to said side arms between said pivoting portion and said forearm.

5. The buckle device according to claim 4, further comprising a belt that is extended through a space between and is clamped by said slide member and said forearm.

6. The buckle device according to claim 4, wherein said forearm and said slide member respectively have toothed edges that are opposite to each other and that have a matching configuration.

7. The buckle device according to claim 1, wherein said resilient member is a metal wire connected to said securing member and said frame.

8. The buckle device according to claim 1, wherein said resilient member is formed as a closed loop structure.

9. The buckle device according to claim 1, wherein said secured end portion is configured as a winding coil fixed to said securing member.

10. The buckle device according to claim 1, wherein said abutting end portion extends along said side arms of said frame in a bifurcated manner.

11. The buckle device according to claim 1, wherein said securing member is formed from a plate that is bent and folded to form a sleeve to receive said pivoting portion.

12. The buckle device according to claim 1, which is adapted to be installed on a seating device for retaining a fastening belt.

13. The buckle device according to claim 1, wherein said abutting end portion is partly wound around said pivoting portion, said abutting parts extending from said pivoting portion to said side arms to abut against said side arms.

14. The buckle device according to claim 13, wherein said pivoting portion includes a single pivoting arm with two opposite ends respectively connected to said side arms, and said abutting parts respectively extend along said side arms from said two opposite ends of said single pivoting arm.

15. The buckle device according to claim 13, wherein said pivoting portion includes a pair of spaced-apart pivoting arms to which said side arms are respectively connected, each of said abutting parts being partly wound on a respective one of said pivoting arms and partly extending along a respective one of said side arms.

16. The buckle device according to claim 13, wherein said at least one resilient member includes two resilient members respectively disposed at opposite ends of said pivoting portion.

17. A buckle device, comprising:

a securing member adapted to be fixedly mounted on a base;

a frame including;

a pivoting portion that is pivotally connected to said securing member to enable said frame to rotate relative to said securing member,

a pair of side arms that are respectively connected to two opposite ends of said pivoting portion, and

a forearm that is disposed oppositely to said pivoting portion and has opposite ends respectively connected to said side arms; and

at least one resilient member having a secured end portion that is secured at said securing member, and an abutting end portion that is in abutment with said frame for biasing said frame to rotate toward said base;

wherein said secured end portion of said resilient member is configured as a winding coil, and said abutting end portion includes two abutting parts respectively abutting against said side arms.

18. A buckle device, comprising:

a securing member adapted to be fixedly mounted on a base;

a frame including a pivoting portion that is pivotally connected to said securing member to enable said frame to rotate relative to said securing member, a pair of side arms that are respectively connected to two opposite ends of said pivoting portion, and a forearm that has opposite ends respectively connected to said side arms oppositely of said pivoting portion;

a slide member having two opposite ends slidably and respectively connected to said side arms between said pivoting portion and said forearm;

a belt extending through a space between said slide member and said forearm and clamped by said slide member and said forearm; and

at least one resilient member having a secured end portion that is secured at said securing member, and an abutting end portion that is in abutment with said frame for biasing said frame to rotate toward the base and to restraint said belt;

wherein said abutting end portion has two abutting parts respectively abutting against said side arms.