US3209423A - Locking device for straps - Google Patents

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US3209423A
US3209423A US339275A US33927564A US3209423A US 3209423 A US3209423 A US 3209423A US 339275 A US339275 A US 339275A US 33927564 A US33927564 A US 33927564A US 3209423 A US3209423 A US 3209423A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B11/00—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts
    • A44B11/20—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts engaging holes or the like in strap
    • A44B11/22—Buckle with fixed prong
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B11/00—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts
    • A44B11/20—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts engaging holes or the like in strap
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44D—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES OR SLIDE FASTENERS, AND TO JEWELLERY, BRACELETS OR OTHER PERSONAL ADORNMENTS
    • A44D2211/00—Accessories for fastening means
    • A44D2211/02—Sliding sleeve covering the fastened extremities
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/40—Buckles
    • Y10T24/4002—Harness
    • Y10T24/4028—Penetrating tongue
    • Y10T24/4044—Sliding part or wedge
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/40—Buckles
    • Y10T24/4058—Penetrating prong
    • Y10T24/407—Slide

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  • the present invention relates to a locking device for straps, particularly for watch bracelets, collars, belts etc., in which in the closed condition of the strap one or several projections such as, for instance, pins or teeth on the side of the one strap end portion are engaged in one or more recesses such as, for instance, holes on the side of the other strap end portion and are secured in this engaged position by means of a slider.
  • the projections are either directly fixed to the one strap end portion in the shape of pins or they are cut from this strap end portion in the form of ribs.
  • the slider In closed condition of the strap, the slider embraces both strap end portions. Therefore, there is not only an undesired thickening in reach of the locking device but also special provisions must be taken for providing the projections on the strap.
  • An ordinary belt or a usual watch bracelet from leather or plastics can, therefore, not be equipped with such a locking device without that these special provisions are taken, such as fixing pins or cutting ribs on the strap.
  • the locking device according to the invention is characterised by a buckle member mounted on the one strap end portion and projectingfrom this portion, the said buckle member having one or several projections such as, for instance, teeth, pins or the like which in the closed condition of the strap are engaged in a hole or holes of the other strap end portion, the said slider, in closed condition of the strap, embracing only the said other strap end portion and the said buckle member.
  • the thickness is reduced in each of the locking devices compared with the prior means. Since the buckle member can be mounted on the one strap end portion in the same manner as a usual buckle, eg by forming a loop and by agglutinating or sewing together the extremities of the loop-halves, the locking device according to the invention can be used with any usual strap having a row of holes, without previously taking special provisions on the strap itself.
  • the accompanying drawing illustrates by way of example, one embodiment of the locking device according to the invention, provided on a strap in the shape of a belt or a watch bracelet made of leather or plastics.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective representation of the two end portions of the strap, showing those surfaces of the end portions which, on the strap being in closed condition, are turned towards each other.
  • FIG. 2 is a top view of the strap end portions in closed condition of the strap.
  • FIG. 3 is a section along the line IIIIII of FIG. 2, on a larger scale than FIG. 2, and
  • FIG. 4 is a section along the line lV-lV of FIG. 2, on a larger scale than FIG. 2.
  • a flat metallic buckle member 2 having T-shape in plan View is fixed to the strap end portion 1.
  • the broader portion 3 of the buckle member 2 has a slot 4.
  • the end portion 1 goes through the slot 4 and is bent back to form a loop 5.
  • the extremities of the two loop-halves may be agglutinated, sewed together or interconnected in any other suitable way.
  • the buckle member 2 is fixed to the end 1 in a manner used with known buckles without any special pre-treatment of the strap end ice portion.
  • the buckle member 2 may be mounted on the end 1 -by means of pins as, 'for instance, used for mounting a watch bracelet to the horns of the watchcase.
  • the buckle member 2 may be produced in one piece in a single punching and bending operation.
  • a single tooth 7 may be suflicient or one or several pins may be substituted for one or several teeth.
  • the other strap end portion 8 has 'a row of holes 9 as, for instance, usual in belts and watch bracelets. Adjacent holes 9 of this row have the same distance from each other as have the teeth 7 from each other. The cross section of the holes 9 corresponds to that of the teeth 7.
  • a metallic slider 10 is shiftably mounted along the strap end portion 8 and embraces this portion only so far that a slot 12 remains open between the edges 11 of the slider in order to allow the teeth 7 entering completely into the holes 9 on the strap being in closed condition (FIG. 4). Between its guides 13 the slider 10 has an elevated middle portion 14 to provide between this middle portion and the end portion 8 of the strap a space for receiving the plate-shaped portion 6 of the buckle member 2.
  • the slider 10 For closing the strap by means of the locking device, at first the slider 10 is displaced along the strap end portion 8 until it arrives immediately at the right side (FIG. 1) of the hole 9 into which the tooth 7 remote from the portion 3 is to be inserted. Afterwards, the buckle member 2 is brought onto the strap end portion 8 and the teeth 7 are inserted into the two desired holes 9, whereupon the slider 10 is shifted onto the portion 6 of the buckle member 2 so that the locking device is now closed.
  • it may be suitable to slightly curve the portion 6, for instance, in longitudinal direction. Under certain circumstances, it may be desirable that only the teeth faces 15 turned towards each other bear against corresponding faces of the holes 9 (FIG. 3).
  • the slider 10 in locking position only embraces the strap end portion 8 and the buckle member 2 projecting beyond the extremity of the portion 1, i.e., the slider 10 does not embrace the end portion 1. Therefore, the locked portion of the strap is thin compared with prior straps, especially if the portion 6 of the buckle member 2 is thinner than the strap itself. Moreover, as seen in FIGS. 2 and 3, the extremity 16 of the strap end portion 8 lies beneath the end portion 1, i.e., is hidden by the portion 1.
  • the flat locking device has also no portions which might be caught on clothes or on any other object.
  • the slider 10 is simply shifted in the other direction and the teeth 7 are lifted out of the holes 9.
  • a locking device for straps having two ends to be joined comprising a substantially flat buckle member having means for securement to one strap end so as to project therefrom in the plane there-of, at least one projection protruding from the plane of a portion of said buckle member for engagement in a hole of the second strap end, a slider having channel-shaped guides at its sides for slideablyembracing only the edges of said second strap end, and a center portion between said guides raised to provide a space between said guides for slideably receiving said portion of said buckle member carrying said projection, whereby said slider, in the closed and locked condition of the strap, secures said projection engaged in said hole and surrounds only said second strap end and said portion of said buckle member.

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US3314121A (en) * 1964-11-24 1967-04-18 Earl L Blevins Stirrup buckle
US4141198A (en) * 1977-07-29 1979-02-27 Tandy Brands, Inc. Reversible stirrup leather buckle
US4319386A (en) * 1979-07-09 1982-03-16 Shoemaker Roger D Buckle with rigid plate and sleeve
EP0466656A1 (fr) * 1990-07-13 1992-01-15 Isafrance Dispositif de fermeture d'un bracelet
US5732448A (en) * 1996-12-31 1998-03-31 Shields; Robert L. Stirrup buckle
US9144338B1 (en) * 2013-07-02 2015-09-29 Tracy Skinner Bra dressing assist device
USD784632S1 (en) 2015-03-11 2017-04-18 Jimmy R. Rider Buckle for a stirrup strap
US10035695B2 (en) 2014-03-11 2018-07-31 Jimmy R. Rider Buckle assembly for a stirrup strap
US11986062B2 (en) 2020-04-21 2024-05-21 General Leathercraft Manufacturing, Inc. Lever weightlifting belt

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US1856776A (en) * 1931-02-10 1932-05-03 Meehan Buckle for belts or straps
US1920834A (en) * 1932-03-05 1933-08-01 Raymond W Ayers Belt buckle
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FI27736A (fi) * 1955-06-10 Vuori Kalle Emil Tapa irroitettavasti liittää hihna tai siihen verrattava toiseen hihnaan liittimen avulla ja tämän tavan soveltaminen
US1064262A (en) * 1911-12-22 1913-06-10 William Utech Harness-buckle.
US1856776A (en) * 1931-02-10 1932-05-03 Meehan Buckle for belts or straps
US1920834A (en) * 1932-03-05 1933-08-01 Raymond W Ayers Belt buckle
US2641812A (en) * 1950-11-22 1953-06-16 Boudreau Charles Belt fastener

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US3314121A (en) * 1964-11-24 1967-04-18 Earl L Blevins Stirrup buckle
US4141198A (en) * 1977-07-29 1979-02-27 Tandy Brands, Inc. Reversible stirrup leather buckle
US4319386A (en) * 1979-07-09 1982-03-16 Shoemaker Roger D Buckle with rigid plate and sleeve
EP0466656A1 (fr) * 1990-07-13 1992-01-15 Isafrance Dispositif de fermeture d'un bracelet
US5189763A (en) * 1990-07-13 1993-03-02 Isafrance Strap clasp
US5732448A (en) * 1996-12-31 1998-03-31 Shields; Robert L. Stirrup buckle
US9144338B1 (en) * 2013-07-02 2015-09-29 Tracy Skinner Bra dressing assist device
US10035695B2 (en) 2014-03-11 2018-07-31 Jimmy R. Rider Buckle assembly for a stirrup strap
USD784632S1 (en) 2015-03-11 2017-04-18 Jimmy R. Rider Buckle for a stirrup strap
US11986062B2 (en) 2020-04-21 2024-05-21 General Leathercraft Manufacturing, Inc. Lever weightlifting belt

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