US 7,320,160 B2 | ||
Buckle | ||
Ryoichiro Uehara, Kurobe (Japan); and Hiroshi Matoba, Toyama (Japan) | ||
Assigned to YKK Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
Filed on Nov. 01, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/264,070. | ||
Claims priority of application No. 2004-319903 (JP), filed on Nov. 02, 2004. | ||
Prior Publication US 2006/0090310 A1, May 04, 2006 | ||
Int. Cl. A44B 11/25 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 24—615 [24/614; 24/625; 24/662] | 10 Claims |
9. A buckle, comprising:
a plug;
a socket into which the plug is inserted;
an engaging unit; a posture-adjuster; and
a locking portion, wherein
the plug includes:
a plug base; and
a pair of lock arms extending from left and right side ends of the plug base toward a socket-insertion front end of the plug
base,
the socket includes a top plate and a bottom plate forming top and bottom surfaces,
the engaging unit includes the pair of lock arms, the engaging unit detachably engaging the plug and the socket in a state
where the plug is inserted in the socket,
the posture-adjuster includes:
a guide path provided on one of the plug and the socket and having a widening width; and
a guided member provided to the other one of the plug and the socket and guided along the guide path, the posture adjuster
adjusts relative postures of the plug and the socket when the plug is relatively moved toward the socket, and
the locking portion includes a first locking portion provided on a front end of the lock arm and a second locking portion
provided on the socket, the first locking portion being engaged with the second locking portion thereby locking the plug and
the socket together.
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