IP Library Granted Patent US 12,446,642
Granted Patent B2
US 12,446,642 · App. 17/934,210 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Symmetric garment belt

Inventor: Reuben Berman (Ashkelon, IL)
A41F9/002
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Patent No.
US 12,446,642
App. No.
17/934,210
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is directed to a belt device ( 200 ), comprising: a strap ( 11 ); a buckle ( 10 ) comprising a front panel ( 10 a ) and a back panel ( 10 b ); a fastener, for preventing from the strap to loosen; a first ( 21 ) and a second ( 22 ) entrances, for entry of opposite edges of the strap ( 11 ) into the buckle ( 10 ); an exit ( 23 ) for a trail ( 13 ) to an inner side of the belt device; a curved passage ( 20 ) connecting one of the entrances with the exit ( 23 ), thereby when wearing the belt device, concealing the trail ( 13 ), and providing a symmetry to the belt device.

Claims (21)

1. A belt device ( 200 ), comprising:

a strap ( 11 );

a buckle ( 10 ) comprising a front panel ( 10 a ) and a back panel ( 10 b );

a fastener, for preventing from said strap to loosen;

a first ( 21 ) and a second ( 22 ) entrances, for entry of opposite edges of said strap ( 11 ) into said buckle ( 10 );

an exit ( 23 ) for a trail ( 13 ) to an inner side of said belt device;

a curved passage ( 20 ) connecting one of the entrances with said exit ( 23 ),

wherein said fastener locks a position of said front panel with reference to said back panel,

thereby when wearing said belt device, concealing said trail ( 13 ), and providing a symmetry to said belt device.

2. The belt device according to claim 1 , wherein said strap ( 11 ) being firmly connected to said front panel.

3. The belt device according to claim 1 , wherein said front panel comprising side walls ( 14 ).

4. The belt device according to claim 1 , wherein said back panel comprising side walls ( 14 ).

5. The belt device according to claim 1 , wherein said fastener comprises a bulge ( 26 ) for fastening said back panel to said strap when said device is locked.

6. The belt device according to claim 1 , wherein said fastener comprises grooves ( 25 ) at an inner side of said strap, and said back panel ( 10 b ) comprises a bulge ( 26 ) correspondingly with said groves.

7. The belt device according to claim 1 , wherein said fastener comprising:

rails ( 28 ) allowing shifting the front panel and the back panel one with reference to the other;

a fixture, for fixing a position of the front panel and the back panel with reference to each other,

thereby allowing fixing the front panel and the back panel one with reference to the other such that said curved passage fastens said strap.

8. The belt device according to claim 7 , wherein said fixture is in a form of a bolt entering from one panel of said buckle, to another panel of said buckle.

9. The belt device according to claim 7 , wherein said rails are disposed in sidewalls of one of the panels, and corresponding grooves are disposed on other panel.

10. The belt device according to claim 1 , wherein said fastener is a snap connector.

Continuity (1)
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