Quick release buckle belt for improving efficiency in security screening procedure and method thereof

• US 9,930,936 B2
• Filed: 10/08/2015
• Issued: 04/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hsin-Ta Liu
• Original Assignee: Hsin-Ta Liu
• Inventors: Liu, Hsin-Ta
• Primary Examiner(s): San, Jason W
• Application Number:
  US14/878,890
• Publication Number:
  US 20160021985A1
• Time in Patent Office: 908 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A41F 9/002 Free belts
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 11/006 Attachment of buckle to strap for safety buckles A44B11/2553
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 11/24 Buckle with movable prong
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/4065 Pivoted

Abstract

The present invention relates to a quick release buckle belt, comprising a strap and a buckle. The buckle includes a connecting piece and a buckle body. The connecting piece is firmly secured to one end of the strap, and the connecting piece is substantially made of non-metal materials. One end of the buckle body is configured to fasten or unfasten another end of the strap. Another end of the buckle body is configured to quickly attach to or detach from the connecting piece. The buckle body is made of metal materials unacceptable for metal detectors at security checkpoints. Therefore, a user who wears such belt needs to do before walking through the metal detectors is to remove the buckle body, without taking off the strap and the non-metallic connecting piece which is acceptable for the metal detector at security checkpoint.

Claims

1. A quick release buckle belt comprising a buckle and a strap having opposite first and second ends, the buckle comprising:

a connecting piece, firmly secured to the first end of the strap, a buckle body having one end configured to selectively fasten or unfasten the second end of the strap, and the other end configured to quickly attach to or detach from the connecting piece;

a guiding block formed at a central area of an end face of the connecting piece;

a limiting slot defined in a central area of an end face of the buckle body to receive the guiding block when the buckle body is engaged with the connecting piece, thereby preventing lateral movement of the connecting piece with respect to the buckle body;

an engaging recess including a front opening defined in the end face of the connecting piece, a side opening defined in a side of the connecting piece and adjacent to the front opening, an alcove with an opening facing the side opening of the engaging recess, and a guiding slope facing the front opening of the engaging recess; and

an elastic fastener disposed in a side of the buckle body corresponding to the side of the connecting piece, and having a first end pivotally connected to the side of the buckle body, and a second opposite end configured to move with the first end so as to engage in or withdraw out of the alcove of the engaging recess;

wherein when the elastic fastener is fed to the engaging recess, the second opposite end of the elastic fastener is pushed outward by the guiding slope of the engaging recess and then released back to engage in the alcove of the engaging recess;

wherein when the second opposite end of the elastic fastener is engaged in the alcove of the engaging recess, the second opposite end of the elastic fastener is flush with the side of the connecting piece.

2. The quick release buckle belt as recited in claim 1, wherein the connecting piece is substantially made of non-metal that is acceptable for a walk-through metal detector at a security checkpoint;

and the buckle body has a material of metal that is unacceptable for the metal detector at the security checkpoint.