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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8056190 | Buckle device having strap adjusting structure A buckle device includes a female member having a chamber for receiving a strap, a male member having two tabs for engaging into the chamber of the female member and for detachably coupling the female member and the male member together, and a pressing device engage... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7712194 | Belt latch for a safety belt A belt tongue for a safety belt having a connecting plate for connecting the belt tongue with a buckle, a tongue main body being rigidly connected to the belt tongue and a clamping element with a bending edge. The clamping element is mounted in the tongue main body ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7404753 | Adjustable fastening arrangement for garment An adjustable locking arrangement for a brassiere having two brassiere cups comprise two elongated straps, each of which has a free sliding end portion and an affixing end portion, a locking fastener, comprising a fastening body having two side opening and a center ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7373701 | Quick release buckle A quick release buckle assembly having a housing, two cams, a knurl bar, and two springs. Each spring is operatively arranged to engage both a respective cam and the knurl bar. The housing includes integral bearing walls for the cams. ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7370393 | Seat belt buckle for use with pretensioner A seat belt buckle for use with a tongue of a seat belt includes a latch that engages the tongue, and a release bar that releases the latch. An inertia locking device mounted to a frame portion is normally biased in an unlocking position and rotates to a locking pos... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364200 | Vehicle seatbelt restraining apparatus A vehicle structure is provided with a vehicle seatbelt restraining apparatus. The vehicle structure includes a lower vehicle portion and an upper vehicle portion. The vehicle seatbelt restraining apparatus includes a lower seatbelt anchor, an upper seatbelt anchor,... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360283 | Baggage fastening device having an anti-reverse function A baggage fastening device includes a first snapping member, a second snapping member detachably secured on the first snapping member, a strap mounted between the first snapping member and the second snapping member, and a protruding stop member mounted on the first... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7350385 | Separable connector for key rings and similar articles A separable, pull-apart key holder formed of two identically-shaped pieces. The pieces are mounted together in reversed, face-to-face relationship. The pieces are formed of a strong, rigid resiliently flexible plastic material, such as molded polycarbonate or nylon.... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7340803 | Rapid attachment buckle A buckle for capturing and releasably retaining an end tab of a flexible strap wherein the flexible strap has a substantially uniform width and thickness and an end tab of increased thickness. The buckle includes a base, and parallel side walls, which extend upwardl... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331493 | Simplified two-man lifting harness A shoulder harness is made of straps forming a figure eight having a criss-cross strap configuration, in one embodiment, across a user's back. Two loops are formed which hang under the user's arms. The loops may be threaded into slots on the top of a wide tension bu... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325280 | Tongue and seat belt apparatus employing the same During ordinary use (i.e., a non-collision state) a webbing guide and a locking bar are biased in the counter-clockwise direction by the biasing force of the bar spring and are held in their initial positions so that spaces are set. Since a webbing passes through th... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7296327 | Buckle assembly A buckle assembly includes a clip configured to be secured to a structure, a strap frame rotatably secured to the clip, and a spring member. The strap frame may be rotated with respect to the clip. The spring member exerts a constant force into the strap frame, wher... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7257865 | Holder for cord fasteners A holder (4) holds a cord fastener (3) on an adhered object (1), the cord fastener (3) being equipped on a cord (2) of the adhered object (1). The holder (4) has a mounting part (40) attached to the adhered obj... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257866 | Strap-adjusting device A strap-adjusting device includes a base frame, a cover member, a strap holder, and a biasing member. The cover member cooperates with the base frame to form a strap-operating space, and is formed with a strap hole unit. The strap holder is movable in the strap-oper... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254871 | Cord lock holder with cord lock, and structure thereof A cord lock includes a female member with a cylindrical shape, a male member movable along an axial direction of the female member and receiving a part of the female member, and an urging device for urging the male member in a direction to project from the female me... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7240405 | Device and methods for adjusting seat belt webbing tension A seat belt device for adjusting the tension of a seat belt webbing drawn across a user's body when the seat belt is in a latched condition, the seat belt device comprising: a housing defining a receiving area configured to slidably receive the seat belt webbing the... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7185919 | Method and apparatus for use on a safety belt system for restraining the movement of an occupant or child seat In one embodiment, an apparatus for reversibly locking a lap belt portion of a safety belt webbing in a three-point, continuous loop seat belt system which includes a tongue assembly having the belt webbing routed therethrough, includes a cinch body adapted to mount... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7114748 | Seatbelt-adjusting device A seatbelt-adjusting device includes a belt-holding piece that is mounted slidably on a frame unit, and that is slidable on the frame unit between front and rear positions. A positioning member has left and right end portions and a bridge portion interconnecting the... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7103942 | Buckle for strapping used in a water heater security system A water heater security system includes a woven, flexible strap disposed around a water heater to maintain the water heater in a fixed relationship with an adjacent wall. The system includes a pair of wall brackets and may include a buckle assembly. The strap may be... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7058992 | Ski goggles with opening for ears A strap for ski goggles is disclosed wherein the strap includes a ring at the location of the wearer's ears so that the ring surrounds or substantially surrounds the ear. In this way the strap does not press down on the ears. The ring may include a Velcro perimeter ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7032276 | Adjustable snap buckle An adjustable strap buckle is comprised of a barrel member detachably positioned in a hook member. The barrel member is comprised of a tubular housing with a spring loaded push button projecting from an open end. A button hole is positioned through the button, and h... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7010836 | Web adjuster device A web adjuster for use with a web. A clamping member and a bearing member are mounted to a web adjuster frame and movable relative to the frame about a common axis. The web extends at least partially around the bearing member. Applying tension to the web moves the c... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6978520 | Buckle assembly and hand-hold strap attachment system for horse reins, backpack straps, climbing rope, belts, and the like A buckle assembly includes a handhold or attachment type of strap system for horse reins, backpack straps, belts, climbing rope, and the like. The female portion of the mating assembly that forms the buckle permits a strap to pass through such that the latchable eng... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6966102 | Belted adjuster A belt adjuster, the belt adjuster includes a base, holes used for penetrating the belt are located in both sides; an adjustable support, a snap two slippers and a spring are interacted each other, the slippers controls the fastening of belt by means of pressing the... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6935687 | Mounting anchor for a motor vehicle A mounting anchor for a motor vehicle includes a locking bar, a first switch, a first movable plate, a second switch and a second movable plate. The first switch is positioned adjacent a first side of the locking bar and the first movable plate is positioned to slid... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6859947 | Buckle assembly for adjusting band for swimming goggles The invention is a buckle assembly for adjusting length of the band for swimming goggles comprising a buckle body formed with a band support portion onto which a flexible band having a plurality of stop members longitudinally disposed therealong are wound, and a sli... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6842952 | Child seat safety strap system A strap system can be retrofit onto the backseat of a motor vehicle to securely mount a child safety seat in the backseat of the motor vehicle. The strap system includes a shoulder strap that is mounted on the back support portion of the backseat and a connector ele... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6820310 | Web adjuster and coupling A web adjuster for varying a length of a web. The web adjuster has a gripping bar having a pair of ears mounted near each of its ends, a frame including a web stop, and one or more springs to normally urge the bar toward the web stop and against the web. The adjuste... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6735826 | Buckle Provided is a buckle which comprises a buckle main body 11 and an engagement member 31. The buckle main body 11 comprises a base part 12, at least two insertion holes 18 and 19 provided on the base part 12 with a spac... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6665912 | Web adjuster A web adjuster is provided including a housing, an actuator movably coupled to the housing, and a pincher that releasably retains a web threaded through the housing. The actuator moves the pincher between a first position inhibiting movement of the web re... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6631537 | Buckle device A buckle device includes a body, a fastening element and a latch assembly. A first strap is secured to the body. The fastening element includes a rod formed thereon. The fastening element is mounted on the body so that it can be pivoted between a first po... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6588068 | Strap fastener of swimming flipper A strap fastener of a swimming flipper uses the resilience of a spring to press a wedge block of a wedge block set and a bevel of a main body to tightly depress the fastening strap of the swimming flipper. For fastening, the said flipper fastening strap g... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6499197 | Buckle device with improved safety A buckle device includes a main body, a rotational retaining device rotatably mounted to the main body, and a buckle having an end connected to the rotational retaining device to pivot therewith. The rotational retaining device includes a slit through whi... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6446272 | Buckle assembly for adjusting straps for headgear The disclosure relates to a buckle assembly suitable for headgear such as swimming goggles of a type provided in combination with an elastic strap having a set of equally spaced teeth, projections, transverse ridges, arranged along the strap at least on t... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6438805 | Pillow securing device A pillow securing device for releasably holding a pillow in position on an elevated surface comprising a plurality of straps with one end attached to a connector ring and a clasp secured to the other end of each of the straps so that in use at least one o... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6425632 | Restraint with a web adjuster and coupling A coupling and web adjuster to attach an infant seat to the passenger seat of a vehicle having a fixedly mounted rigid member to which the seat may be attached. The web adjuster has a cylindrical bar with a generally oval cross-section and a pair of ears ... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6401313 | Buckle A buckle having a first latch member disposed in a body member passage from one end thereof, a second latch member with a latch cam disposed in the passage of the body member from an opposite end thereof, the first and second latch members are positionabl... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6367129 | Buckle A buckle is provided in which a number of parts can be reduced and which can reliably maintain a latched state. When a tongue plate is engaged (latched) by a lock plate, presser members of a cam urged by a return spring abut receiving surfaces of the lock... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6256842 | Hooking device A hooking device comprises a male hook (1) attached to one side of the opening of a garment (F) and a female hook (4) attached to the other side of the opening in such a way that it can be hooked to and unhooked from said male hook (1). The male hook (1) ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6170091 | Method and apparatus integral with an article of apparel for tightening a strap A method of securing a strap and a strap fastening apparatus integral with an article of apparel includes an article of apparel and a planar surface. The apparatus further includes a wedge having a handle and a surface with a predetermined angle. The wedg... | 01/09/2001 |
