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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7322076 | Clasp for jewelry The clasp for jewelry includes a body, a pin insertable into the body, a stopper engaging to the pin having been inserted into the body to keep the pin engaged to the body, and a releaser releasing the pin from the body. When pulled or slid, the releaser releases th... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7155786 | Quick release buckle A two-part buckle is provided with male and female components and associated surfaces for engagement one against the other when the male buckle component is inserted in the female buckle component. A portion of the female buckle component defines a lever for deflect... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7107657 | Lanyard operated sternum breakaway buckle with vertical position adjustment A vertically positioned, lanyard, releasing breakaway buckle including a keeper and a secure. The keeper has a rear wall, side walls and a floor. A cover, to which a lanyard is secured, is hinged to the keeper and spaced apart from the floor. The cover defines an el... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7100251 | Breakaway buckle A breakaway buckle has a keeper attachable to a first strap and a secure attachable to a second laterally disposed strap. The secure has a tongue releasably retained in the keeper by overlapping interlocked locking surfaces on both components. Cam surfaces on the se... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7073235 | Non-inertial release safety restraint belt buckle systems Vehicle body restraint systems including buckles for latching and retaining latch plates associated with safety belts wherein the buckles includes latching mechanisms having oppositely oriented release mechanisms which are operative in such a manner that any force a... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7073234 | Quick-release buckle A quick release buckle including a female buckle member, including attachment device, having a pocket formed therein accessible through a rear opening formed in the female buckle member and including a first cover having a slot formed therein, a male buckle member a... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7069625 | Safety buckle A safety buckle is disclosed to include two female buckle members respectively fastened to the two distal ends of a belt, each buckle member having a receiving open chamber and recessed engagement portions at top and bottom sides inside the receiving open chamber, a... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7024886 | Ornament The hook 5, as shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, serves to latch between the pearls 2 at an optional position in the above-defined predetermined section of the necklace 1. Referring to FIG. 3 and FIG. 5, the ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6907646 | Seatbelt buckle apparatus A seatbelt buckle apparatus includes a buckle assembly for latching or unlatching a tongue connected to a seatbelt, a hall sensor assembly including contact and non-contact switched integrated into one unit, which is coupled with the buckle assembly, and for operati... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6711790 | Buckle device A buckle device is disclosed for releasably fastening together a first, second and third strap. The device includes a first plug attached to the first strap and a second plug attached to the second strap. A socket is attached to the third strap and a release button ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6682249 | Reconnectable breakaway rope safety connector A re-attachable breakaway safety connector is disclosed which is adapted for use with a rope or other objects arranged in at least a substantially linear manner such that when force is provided to the objects, a tensile force is transferred to the connect... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6640400 | External strap buckling assembly of luggage A strap buckling assembly is used for holding an attachment to the exterior of luggage and is formed of an outer housing, an inner housing, an urging block, a locating plate, an elastic body, and a male retainer. The outer housing is fastened to the exter... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6637083 | Lanyard high load two piece buckle A lanyard, two-piece, high load buckle assembly including a keeper and a cover. The cover is hinged to the keeper and the lanyard is secured thereto. The cover defines an elongated slot. The cover has a cam surface formed on the under surface thereof and ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6615461 | Tongue of inflatable belt device A tongue of an inflatable belt device which allows a lap belt anchor to be easily assembled to a tongue body is provided. A tongue plate is provided on its one surface with hook-like projections for coupling a lap belt anchor to the tongue plate, and stop... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6487761 | Quick release buckle for divers A buckle apparatus for rapid disengagement of male and female members has deformable portions of a male pull member extending into the female member and retained in openings of the female member. An elongate pull element extends from the deformable portio... | 12/03/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6233788 | Integrally molded clip and clip assembly An integrally molded clip (10) and clip assembly (30) has a back (11), a front (12), a bridging member (13) and spigot guide tracks (20). Front (12) has a socket (15) and a locking member (16) that is biased to a spigot locking position and having a free ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6154936 | Two-piece quick release buckle and strap adjuster A two-piece lanyard release buckle which comprises a keeper and a secure part. The keeper is comprised of a floor which includes a front portion and a rear portion and a cover spaced apart from the floor, means for flexibly securing the cover and the floo... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6146049 | Connector for flexible cable Flexible loop assemblies for use variously as key chains, paper ring binders, or as jewelry and a connector for use in such loop assemblies. The connector includes elongate cylindrical mating male and female connector halves each having respective end bor... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5974639 | Non-flex locking buckle A buckle including a male member having a tongue with one or more tongue protrusions each having a tongue engagement portion extending from one or more side portions thereof, and a female member having a recess with one or more recess protrusions each hav... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5878469 | Belt buckle for a seat belt A belt buckle for a seat belt connected to a fitting part having an insert tongue, the buckle includes a load-bearing frame comprising an upper part and a lower part substantially parallel thereto, between which an insert tongue of said fitting part can b... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5832573 | Quick release buckle assembly A quick release buckle assembly which is activated by pulling upwardly on a short lanyard. The buckle comprises a keeper part including a latch and a secure part. The secure part has a leading edge which is chamfered in several planes to facilitate its in... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5806152 | Compliant latching fastener A latching fastener having cocking and triggering mechanisms is provided. The fastener has two flexible fastening latch arms each fixed at a proximal end of the arm and having a free distal end. The two arms are located relative to each other to cooperate... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5784765 | Partial-Release front closure for an uplift brassiere A front closure for a brassiere, particularly a brassiere of the uplift type in which the male and female members are engaged with a resilient finger on the female member adapted to be held by first and second detents permitting relaxation of the closure ... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5465472 | Buckle A plug member of a buckle has a pair of engaging legs receivable in a socket member to couple the plug member and the socket member. The engaging legs are curved inwardly toward each other and each of which has an elongated opening extending longitudinall... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5355562 | Buckle A buckle includes a triangular projection provided on a male member for deflecting a resilient force of a resilient member toward a direction of removal of the male member. When locking elements of the male member are disengaged from retaining elements of... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5307966 | Strapping structure for an instrument and the like A strapping structure for an optical instrument such as a camera, a video camera, a binocular and so on, which is capable of performing as more than two straps having different functions such as a grip strap and a shoulder strap. The strapping structure c... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5291641 | Snap buckle In a snap buckle, the plug member 1 has a pair of resilient locking strips, each having on its outer surface an engaging portion, and a pair of guide strips outside the locking strips, each having an inner edge portion substantially in alignment with the ... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5279021 | Article retaining apparatus having pull-release/push-retain structure and method of using An article retaining apparatus having structure that facilitates push-type securement or manipulated latch-type securement of an article, such as keys, key rings and the like, and which also facilitates tug release, or manipulated latch release of a retai... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5265293 | Inflatable body support In combination with an inflatable body support formed from a pair of plastic sheets joined together forming an air pressurizable chamber therebetween, the sheets having a plurality of aligned holes extending therethrough with the sheets being joined toget... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5184376 | Child-resistant safety belt buckle A child-resistant safety belt buckle is disclosed that relies for its effectiveness on differences in the ways young children and adults think rather than on presumed (but often non-existant) strength or dexterity differences. The child-resistant feature ... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5086548 | Buckle device for seatbelt system A buckle device for a car seatbelt system is used together with a plurality of tongue plates to which occupant securing webbings are connected. Lock members for engaging the tongue plates are released upon operating a single release button. The shifting d... | 02/11/1992 |
| 4998329 | Convertible footwear A receptacle residing within a recess in the sole of a shoe includes an opening located along the edge of the shoe. A lug, receivable through the opening within the receptacle is carried by a flap extending from the upper of the shoe. An indentation carri... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4987661 | Snap Buckle A buckle comprising a male member and a female member releasably engageable therewith, the female member including a pair of resilient arms serving as a release lever and a pair of inwardly directed flanges. The resilient arms each have a stop finger norm... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4924562 | Jewelry clasp A jewelry clasp having a hook member pivotally mounted in a housing and spring actuated to engage and disengage with a latch member insertable in the housing.... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4888831 | Adjustable head band suspension system for use with hard hat shell An adjustable head band suspension system for use in a safety hat shell is disclosed. The suspension system includes a head encircling head strap having overlapping rear end portions and an arc shaped channel adapted to fit the back of a wearer's head. Th... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4844645 | Locking system A locking system is described for detachably securing two workpieces together (e.g., two housing sections). Elongated arms are carried by one workpiece and a corresponding opening(s) is present in the other workpiece. The outer end of each elongated arm i... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4839948 | Convertible footwear A receptacle residing within a recess in the sole of a shoe includes an opening located along the edge of the shoe. A lug, receivable through the opening within the receptacle is carried by a flap extending from the upper of the shoe. An indentation carri... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4811469 | Quick release fasteners A simple, two piece, plastic fastener structure can be formed to include a latch receptacle having an open end leading to an internal cavity defined by front and back sides and top and bottom walls. The front and back sides are shaped so as to include ope... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4791711 | Child resistant buckle for seat belt restraints A child resistant buckle for seat belt restraints comprising a two-part buckle in which the female part, or part containing the release button, has a multi-part release button which can only be operated by a full size hand. A smaller, child's hand, having... | 12/20/1988 |
