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Granted Patent B2
US 9,198,481 · App. 13/879,469 · Granted Dec 1, 2015

Buckle

Inventor: Andreas Hortnagl (Fulpmes, AT)
Assignee: ABA Hörtnagl GmbH
A44B11/2592A44B11/2519A44B11/266Y10T24/45524Y10T24/45581Y10T24/45623
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,198,481
App. No.
13/879,469
Granted
Dec 1, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A buckle ( 1 ) having a first buckle part ( 2 ) and having at least one second buckle part ( 3 ), said first buckle part ( 2 ) having at least one locking bar ( 4 ) that can be moved back and forth between a locking position of the locking bar ( 4 ) and an unlocking position of the locking bar ( 4 ). The locking bar ( 4 ) engages behind a locking surface ( 5 ) of the second buckle part ( 3 ) in the locking position in order to lock the two buckle parts ( 2, 3 ) with each other in a connected position of the buckle parts ( 2, 3 ), and the locking bar ( 4 ) can be moved into the unlocking position in order to separate the buckle parts ( 2, 3 ), the second buckle part ( 3 ) having at least one counter locking bar ( 6 ) that can be moved back and forth between a locking position of the counter locking bar ( 6 ) and an unlocking position of the counter locking bar ( 6 ).

Claims (10)

1. A buckle comprising: a first buckle part and at least one second buckle part, the first buckle part has at least one locking bar which is movable back and forth between a locking position of the locking bar and an unlocking position of the locking bar, in a connecting position of the buckle parts, the locking bar, in the locking position, engages behind a locking face of the second buckle part for locking the two buckle parts together and the locking bar is movable into the unlocking position thereof for separating the buckle parts, the second buckle part has at least one counter locking bar which is movable back and forth between a locking position of the counter locking bar and an unlocking position of the counter locking bar, a housing of the buckle has at least one engagement opening which is accessible from outside, and the locking bar and the counter locking bar in each case have at least one actuating face, and the actuating faces are manually actuatable from the outside through the engagement opening in the connecting position of the buckle parts and in the locking positions of the locking bar and of the counter locking bar.

2. The buckle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the counter locking bar has at least one support face that in the locking position thereof blocks the locking bar or at least one of the locking bars in the locking position of the locking bar by way of said support face.

3. The buckle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first buckle part has at least one elastic reset element which prestresses the locking bar in a direction of the locking position of the locking bar or the second buckle part has at least one elastic reset element which prestresses the counter locking bar in a direction of the locking position thereof or the elastic reset elements are provided for both the locking bar and the counter locking bar to prestress the locking bar and the counter locking bar into the respective locking positions.

4. The buckle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the locking bar is mounted so as to be movable in or on a housing of the first buckle part or the counter locking bar is mounted so as to be movable in or on a housing of the second buckle part.

5. The buckle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the counter locking bar is displaceable back and forth between the locking position and the unlocking position thereof.

6. The buckle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the locking bar is pivotable back and forth between the locking position and the unlocking position thereof.

7. The buckle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the locking bar is a rigid part which is mounted so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis or in that the locking bar is a part which is elastically bendable.

8. The buckle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first buckle part has at least two locking bars which are mounted so as to be pivotable in at least two different pivot planes.

9. The buckle as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the two different pivot planes are normal to one another.

10. A buckle comprising: a first buckle part and at least one second buckle part, the first buckle part has at least one locking bar which is movable back and forth between a locking position of the locking bar and an unlocking position of the locking bar, in a connecting position of the buckle parts the locking bar, in the locking position, engages behind a locking face of the second buckle part for locking the two buckle parts together and the locking bar is movable into the unlocking position thereof for separating the buckle parts, the second buckle part has at least one counter locking bar which is movable back and forth between a locking position of the counter locking bar and an unlocking position of the counter locking bar, the first buckle part has at least two locking bars which are mounted so as to be pivotable in at least two different pivot planes, wherein the at least one locking bar, which is pivotable in a first of the pivot planes, has a transfer face and by pivoting said first locking bar is pivotable from the locking position into the unlocking position thereof and by the transfer face at least a second one of the locking bar, which is pivotable in a second of the pivot planes, is pivotable from a locking position into an unlocking position thereof.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2013
From: HORTNAGL, ANDREAS
To: ABA HORTNAGL GMBH
Reel/Frame 030216/0208 →
Priority Claims (1)
AT A 1703/2010 · Oct 14, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130192033A1 · Aug 1, 2013