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Granted Patent B2
US 11,109,646 · App. 16/439,088 · Granted Sep 7, 2021

Buckle, in particular belt buckle

Inventor: Andreas Hortnagl (Fulpmes, AT)
Assignee: ABA Hörtnagl GmbH
A44B11/2511A44B11/2561
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Patent No.
US 11,109,646
App. No.
16/439,088
Granted
Sep 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A buckle with a first buckle part and at least one second buckle part. The first buckle part has a first buckle main body and a receptacle which is hook-shaped, seen in at least one section, and formed rigidly on the first buckle main body. The second buckle part has a second buckle main body with an inherently rigid hook-in part for hooking into the receptacle of the first buckle part, and the first buckle part additionally has at least one bolt. The hook-in part has a central web and two side parts protruding on mutually opposite sides from the central web, and each of the side parts is delimited by a respective front edge, and the front edges of the side parts are oriented extending obliquely away from each other at least regionally from a direction of the central web, preferably running at least regionally in a V-shape relative to each other.

Claims (20)

1. A buckle, comprising:

a first buckle part including a first buckle main body and a receptacle which is hook-shaped, as seen in at least one section, and formed rigidly on the first buckle main body;

a second buckle part including a second buckle main body with a hook-in part that is inherently rigid for hooking into the receptacle of the first buckle part;

a bolt on the first buckle part, the bolt having a locking position and an unlocking position, and the hook-in part, in a state when hooked into the receptacle in the locking position of the bolt, is retained in the receptacle by at least one retaining surface of the bolt and, in the unlocking position of the bolt, is removable from the receptacle;

the hook-in part has a central web and two side parts protruding on mutually opposite sides from the central web, and each of the side parts is delimited by a respective front edge, and the front edges of the side parts are oriented running obliquely away from each other at least regionally from a direction of the central web, wherein the side parts of the hook-in part contact a rigid wall of the receptacle that extends up from a bottom wall of the receptacle in a hooked-in position.

2. The buckle according to claim 1 , wherein the front edges of the side parts are oriented at least regionally in a V-shape relative to each other.

3. The buckle according to claim 1 , wherein the side parts together form a dovetail shape.

4. The buckle according to claim 1 , wherein each of the side parts, on a side opposite the respective front edge of the side part, is delimited by a rear edge of the side part, and the at least one retaining surface of the bolt in the locking position forms an abutment surface for the rear edges of the side parts of the hook-in part hooked into the receptacle.

5. The buckle according to claim 4 , wherein the rear edges of the side parts are oriented extending obliquely away from each other at least regionally from the direction of the central web.

6. The buckle according to claim 5 , wherein the rear edges of the side parts extend at least regionally in a V-shape relative to each other.

7. The buckle according to claim 5 , wherein the front edges of the side parts together enclose an angle in an angle range of 20° to 160°, and the rear edges of the side parts together enclose an angle in an angle range of 20° to 160°.

8. The buckle according to claim 1 , wherein the front edges of the side parts together enclose an angle in an angle range of 20° to 160°.

9. The buckle according to claim 1 , wherein only a subregion of the respective front edge is formed as a contact shoulder on the hook-in part, and corresponding mating contact shoulders are formed on the first buckle main body, and, in the state with the hook-in part hooked in the receptacle, when the hook-in part is pulled in a pulling direction into the receptacle, tensile forces in pulling direction are transmitted from the hook-in part to the first buckle main body exclusively via the contact shoulders bearing on the mating contact shoulders.

10. The buckle according to claim 9 , wherein the contact shoulders are each arranged in a half of the respective front edge pointing toward the central web.

11. The buckle according to claim 9 , wherein the contact shoulders are in each case directly adjoining the central web.

12. The buckle according to claim 9 , wherein the contact shoulders are each formed as an at least regionally rounded undercut.

13. The buckle according to claim 1 , wherein, in the state with the hook-in part hooked in the receptacle, side walls of the receptacle of the first buckle main body are side abutments for the front edges of the side parts and prevent lateral tilting of the hook-in part out of the receptacle in a direction orthogonal to the pulling direction.

14. The buckle according to claim 1 , wherein the bolt in the first buckle main body is a push button that is displaceable linearly between the locking position and the unlocking position, and the bolt is elastically pretensioned in a direction toward the locking position.

15. The buckle according to claim 1 , wherein the bolt has a stepped shape, and includes a first step of the bolt that has the at least one retaining surface for the hook-in part in the locking position, and a second step of the bolt, offset with respect to the first step, that has at least one centering surface for centering the hook-in part during insertion of the hook-in part into the receptacle.

16. The buckle according to claim 1 , further comprising bevels formed on at least one of the front edges of the side parts or on side walls of the first buckle main body that form the receptacle, the bevels act as an insertion aid for insertion of the hook-in part into the receptacle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 12, 2019
From: HORTNAGL, ANDREAS
To: ABA HORTNAGL GMBH
Reel/Frame 049448/0543 →
Priority Claims (2)
AT 173/2018 · Jun 13, 2018 · national
EP 19177159 · May 29, 2019 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190380453A1 · Dec 19, 2019
Cited By (2)
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