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Granted Patent B2
US 11,589,655 · App. 16/905,146 · Granted Feb 28, 2023

Buckle

Inventors: Ji Sook Paik (Seoul, KR); Nan Hee Paik (Seoul, KR); Ji Hye Paik (Seoul, KR); Ji Won Son (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: WOOJIN PLASTIC Co., Ltd.
A44B11/258A42B3/08A44D2203/00A45F3/04A45F2003/045
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Patent No.
US 11,589,655
App. No.
16/905,146
Granted
Feb 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a buckle including a plug member and a socket member. The plug member includes a shaft part protruding from one side of a first body, a first magnet inserted into the shaft part, a connection recess formed on the outer face of the shaft part, and at least one guide protrusion formed on the inner wall of the connection recess. The socket member includes a connection protrusion formed on one side of a second body to be inserted into the connection recess, a coupling recess formed in the middle of the connection protrusion so that the shaft part is inserted into the coupling recess, a second magnet inserted into the coupling recess, and at least one guide groove formed in the outer surface of the connection protrusion to guide the guide protrusion.

Claims (24)

1. A buckle comprising:

a plug member having a shaft part protruding from one side of a first body, a first magnet inserted into the shaft part, a connection recess formed on an outer face of the shaft part, and a pair of guide protrusions formed on an inner wall of the connection recess; and

a socket member having a connection protrusion formed on one side of a second body to be inserted into the connection recess, a coupling recess formed in a middle of the connection protrusion so that the shaft part is inserted into the coupling recess, a second magnet inserted into the coupling recess, and a pair of guide grooves formed in an outer surface of the connection protrusion to guide the pair of guide protrusions,

wherein the plug member and the socket member are coupled with each other in a detachable manner,

wherein the pair of guide grooves includes a pair of retaining grooves each having a retaining part formed in a middle of each retaining groove, and the pair of guide protrusions coupled to the pair of retaining grooves includes a pair of retaining protrusions each of which is caught to the retaining part not to be separated from the socket member, and

wherein the pair of guide grooves are formed in the outer surface of the connection protrusion of the socket member to face each other, the pair of guide protrusions coupled with the pair of guide grooves are formed on the inner wall of the connection recess of the plug member to face each other, the pair of the retaining grooves are formed in the outer surface of the connection protrusion to face each other, and the pair of retaining protrusions coupled with the pair of retaining grooves are formed on the inner wall of the connection recess to face each other.

2. The buckle according to claim 1 , wherein each guide groove has an inclined approach formed to be inclined from an entrance where each guide protrusion enters to a middle of each guide groove.

3. The buckle according to claim 1 , wherein an entrance of each guide groove is expanded in two ways so that each guide protrusion enters easily.

4. The buckle according to claim 2 , wherein each guide protrusion is inclined in the same direction as the inclined approach.

5. The buckle according to claim 1 , wherein each of the pair of retaining grooves has an inclined approach formed to be inclined from an entrance where each retaining protrusion enters to a middle of each retaining groove, the retaining part is formed to be opposed to the inclined approach, and a horizontal movement section is formed at an end of the inclined approach and below the retaining part.

6. The buckle according to claim 5 , wherein the pair of retaining protrusions facing each other is formed to be deviated from a center of the connection recess.

7. The buckle according to claim 1 , wherein the retaining part has a stepped jaw formed at a front end portion thereof.

8. The buckle according to claim 1 , wherein each retaining protrusion has a stepped jaw formed on a surface getting in contact with the retaining part.

9. The buckle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a cap attached to an outer surface of the first body.

10. The buckle according to claim 9 , wherein the first body has at least a pair of grooves formed in the outer surface of the first body and a retaining jaw formed therein, and the cap has a hook part coupled to the retaining jaw.

11. The buckle according to claim 1 , wherein the first body or the second body has a cross bar and a strap hooking bar selectively formed at one side.

12. The buckle according to claim 1 , wherein the first body or the second body has an elevator rail holder disposed at one side.

13. The buckle according to claim 1 , wherein the first body or the second body has a connection member selected from a ring, a clip, a hook, a buckle, and a strap connector, which is disposed integrally with one side thereof.

14. The buckle according to claim 1 , wherein the first body or the second body has a whistle attached to one side.

15. The buckle according to claim 1 , wherein the first body or the second body has a flat connector disposed at one side and sewed to a bag or a strap.

16. The buckle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a connection member having a third magnet, wherein the connection member and the plug member are coupled with each other by magnetism of the first magnet and the third magnet, or the connection member and the socket member are coupled with each other by magnetism of the second magnet and the third magnet.

17. The buckle according to claim 16 , wherein the connection member has any one of a hose clip, a hydration tube clip, a light clip, a swiveling D-ring, and a swiveling O-ring.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 18, 2020
From: PAIK, JI SOOK; PAIK, NAN HEE; PAIK, JI HYE; SON, JI WON
To: WOOJIN PLASTIC CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0071924 · Jun 18, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200397098A1 · Dec 24, 2020