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Buckle having increased holding power when under load

US5222279A · kind A · utility

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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 27, 1992
Grant dateJun 29, 1993
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Expiry dateJul 27, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T24/45581
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A buckle including a female receptacle member having a tubular body, an interior channel therethrough and being open to the channel on a portion of the tubular body, a male latch member having at least one arm member for insertion within the channel through the open end of the female receptacle member and a latch member formed between the tubular body and the arm member for releasable locking engagement of the tubular body and the arm member upon insertion of the arm member within the channel and for providing a resistance force in opposition to and alignment with an arm member removal loading force between the tubular body and the arm member.

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