US2709289A

US2709289A - Belt or sash buckle

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Publication number: US2709289A
Application number: US333318A
Authority: US
Inventors: Maysilles Philip
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1953-01-26
Filing date: 1953-01-26
Publication date: 1955-05-31
Anticipated expiration: 1972-05-31

Description

y 1, 1955 P. MAYSILLES v 2,709,289

BELT OR SASH BUCKLE Filed Jan. 26, 1953 I I I IN VENTOR.

PHJLJP Mum/225s BY States My present invention relates to sash and belt buckles and more particularly to a buckle having no relatively movable parts by which the ends of a relatively wide sash or fabric belt may be cinched and secured in an ornamental manner.

An object of the invention is to provide a buckle of novel construction by which the ends of a relatively wide fabric belt or sash, such as are used with bathrobes, dressing gowns and house jackets, may be firmly secured together without damage thereto.

Another object of the invention is to provide a unitary buckle having superimposed spaced portions about which the ends of a belt or sash may be each cinched independently of each other when in use.

Other objects and advantages will be in partevident to those skilled in the art and in part pointed out hereafter in the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein there is shown by way of illustration and not of limitation a preferred embodiment of the invention.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a front view of my improved buckle,

Figure 2 is a back view of the buckle shown in Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a side view of the buckle looking to the right of Figure 2, and

Figures 4 and 5 are respectively front and back views of the buckle with the ends of a web type belt respectively cinched about the front and back portions of the buckle.

As shown in the first three figures of the drawing, my

improved buckle is formed as one integral unit and is without relatively movable parts. For purposes of description my improved buckle may be said to have a face or front portion and a back portion, with the front and back portions disposed in spaced parallel relationship so that the opposite ends of a belt or sash may be individually cinched about the front and back portions of the buckle and thus establish a tie therebetween in an ornamental manner.

As shown in Figure l, the front portion of my buckle comprises a circular portion having three chordally extending

bars

11, 12 and 13 that form a substantially equilateral triangle within the confines of the outer circular portion 10. The three

bars

11, 12 and 13 are disposed within the plane of the circular portion 10 and.

the bar 13 is disposed so as to extend along a substantially horizontal line when the buckle is in use.

As shown in Figure 2 of the drawing the back portion of my improved buckle is comprised of two

bars

14 and 15. The bar 15 is shown as bent intermediate its ends to form an angularly extending portion 16, which forms the short side of a second triangle. As indicated above the

bars

11, 12 and 13 of the first triangle and the

bars

14, 15 and the extending portion 16 of the latter bar which form the second triangle are disposed in spaced parallel planes. This disposition of the front and back portions of my improved buckle is clearly shown in Fig- A atent iii right angle to the bar 13 of the triangle carried by the front portion 10. It will be also noted that the bar 14 and the bent portion of the bar 15, here designated by the numeral 16, are spaced apart slightly as at 18 to facilitate a threading of the free end of a belt or sash thereabout when the buckle with the other end of the belt cinched about the

bars

11, 12 and 13 is placed against the body of a wearer. In other words, by leaving the space or opening 18 in the triangle of the rear portion of my buckle it has been found that the threading or cinching of the free end of the belt or sash thereabout is greatly facilitated as this operation has to be carried out closely adjacent the body of the wearer when the belt is finally cinched into position.

As shown in Figure 4 of the drawing when in use one end of the belt here designated by the numeral 19 is brought in from the right under the circular portion 10 and over the two triangle forming bars 11 and 12, then around the bar 11, outwardly and over the bar 13 of the front portion triangle and thence back under the outer or circular portion 10. When the end 19 of the belt is cinched upon the buckle in this manner the belt and buckle will be firmly secured together against relative movement or slipping. After this operation is completed the other end of the belt, designated by the numeral 20, is brought in between the front and rear portions and folded back over the bar 14 and then under and over the bar 15. As a final operation the free end of the belt is passed edgewise through the opening 18 and extended under the bar-forming portion 16 so that the two ends 19 and 20 of the belt will hang in substantially superimposed relationship with each other, with the circular portion 10 fully and ornamentally exposed as shown in Figure 4.

While I have, for the sake of clearness and in order to disclose the invention so that the same can be readily understood, described and illustrated a specific form and arranged, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific form disclosed, but may be embodied in other forms that will suggest themselves to persons skilled in the art. It is believed that this invention is new and it is desired to claim it so that all such changes as come within the scope of the appended claims are to be considered as part of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A cinch type buckle for fabric belts and sashes, comprising a face member having three bars forming a closed substantially equilateral triangle in the plane of said face member to which one end of a belt or sash may be attached by a cinch formed over and about said triangle bars, and a back member of triangular outline secured to said face member with the plane of said back member spaced parallel to said face member having a first bar forming one side of a triangle and a second bar having angularly disposed portions forming two other sides of the triangle, said first and second bars being spaced apart at their ends to facilitate a cinching of the other end of the belt or sash by a threading of the sash over and about said first bar and the angularly disposed portions of said second bar substantially as shown and described.

2. A buckle for fabric belts and sashes, comprising a face member of annular configuration having three bars forming a substantially equilateral triangle in the plane of said face member to which one end of a belt or sash may be attached by a cinch formed over and about said triangle bars, and a back member secured to said face member having a first bar forming one side of a triangle and a second bar of substantially L-shaped configuration forming two other sides or" the triangle, the triangle so formed being disposed in a plane spaced parallel with the plane of the triangle formed by the bars of said face member, said latter triangle being open at one apex to facilitate a securing of the other end of the belt or sash to the buckle by a threading of the sash over and about said first bar and said L -shaped bar substantially as shown and described 3. An ornamental buckle for fabric belts and the like, comprising a circular portion having three bars forming a substantially equilateral triangle all arranged in a single plane, and a second member having two projecting bar portions secured to said circular portion at a single point and disposed in angular relation to each other in a plane spaced in back of and parallel With the plane of the equilateral triangle formed by the bars within said circular portion, one of said latter bar portions being straight and forming one side of a triangle and the other being bent to form the remaining two sides of the triangle, the triangle formed by said latter bar portions being open at the apex of the latter triangle formed at the ends of said bar portions and being also positioned with the sides thereof in slightly angled relationship with the bars of the equilateral triangle of said circular portion, whereby each of the ends of the belt or sash may be individually threaded through and cinched about one of said triangles with its ends depending therefrom substantially as shown and described.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 244,776 Wales July 26, 1881 920,234 Zimmermann May 4, 1909 FOREIGN PATENTS 673,785 France Oct. 14, 1929'