US756668A - Buckle. - Google Patents

Description

No. 756,668. PATENTED APR. 5, 1904.

E. A. MAINGUET.

BUCKLE. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 25, 1903. no MODEL.

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IINTTnn STATES Patented April 5, i904.

EDWVARD A. MAINGUET, OF EVANGELINE, LOUISIANA.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. '7 56,668, dated April 5, 1904.

Application filed August 25, 1908. Serial No. 170,755. (No modeh) 1'0 all, w/wm, it Hefty concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. IVIAINGUET,

residing at Evangeline, in the parish of Acadia and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and Improved Buckle, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates more particularly to buckles in connection with harness; and it primarily seeks to provide a device of this character of a very simple, effective, and easilymanipulated construction and which will effectively serve its intended purposes.

In its generic nature the invention consists of a buckle-frame having a stud to which is pivotally secured for free movement parallel with the plane of the frame and limited movement in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the frame with the finger or pin.

With other objects in View, Which will be hereinafter apparent, the invention consists in certain novel combination and arrangement of parts, all of which will be first described in detail and then specifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View showing the buckle closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the buckle opened. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail plan view of the buckle as applied for use.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures, 1 designates the buckle-frame, having the usual cross-piece 2, to which is integrally or otherwise formed a stud 3, having a head 3, as shown.

1 designates the finger or pin, which has an eye 4, which is pivotally mounted on the stud 3, and the said stud 3 is so shaped as to permit the finger to swing freely in a plane parallel with the plane of the frame and also to have a limited movement in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the frame, as shown in Fig. 3.

From practical experience I have found that the finger of the ordinary type of buckles now in common use has a tendency to stick into the strap and impede the removal of the strap from the buckle, and to obviate this feature I have constructed this buckle, as above described, so that the finger can be easily and readily swung out of the way of the strap, which can then be easily withdrawn from the buckle. While I have shown the buckle as a fiat one, yet I desire it understood that the shape may be changed without departing from the scope of the invention, and I do not desire to limit myself to the exact shape and form.

Further slight changes and modifications in the detail arrangement and construction of parts may be made without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought the advantages and complete operation of my invention will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which it appertains.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. In a buckle, a main frame, a finger pivotally mounted thereon and adapted to move parallel with the plane of the frame, for the purposes described.

2. In a buckle, a main frame, a finger pivotally mounted thereon and adapted to move parallel with the plane of the frame, and also adapted for limited movement in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the frame.

3. In a buckle, a main frame having a crosspiece, a stud secured thereto, a finger having one end fulcrumed to said stud and adapted to be swung parallel with the plane of the frame and in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the frame.

4:. In a buckle, a main frame having a crosspieee, a stud secured thereto, a finger having an eye mounted upon said stud to freely turn parallel with the plane of the frame, for the purposes specified.

5. In a buckle, a main frame having a crosspiece, a stud secured thereto,.a finger having an eye mounted upon said stud to freely turn parallel with the plane of the frame, and adapted for a limited movement in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the frame.

EDIVARD A. M AINGUET.

I/Vitnesses:

S. A. IVRIGHT, W. H. ADAMS.

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