US2091685A - Buckle - Google Patents

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A. MEEHAN Aug. 31, 192.7.`

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BUCKLE Filed Sept. 7, 1935 \NvENToR: y earz;

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Patented Aug. 31, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BUCKLE Albert Meehan, Baltimore, Md. Application september '1, 1935, serial No. 39,508

4 Claims.

fication over my U. S. Patent #1,856,775, issued May 3rd, 1932, and U. S..Patent #1,856,776, issued May 3rd, 1932 to Thomas. A. McDermott and myself.

One of the features of advantage resides in the mode of operative .attachment of the buckle to the coacting strap or belt end, for removal or replacement.

Another feature of advantage is in the structure of the buckle the erably three main parts, two of said parts forming the buckle-belt interlocking and attaching means, the third part being a front gripper plate.

attached to one of the buckle faces by suitable means and which front plate forms a Ymeansto.

open the buckle from the strap or belt, and which also may be of ornamental nature, and in some instances be made of. a` precious metal while the buckle itself may be made of a baser metal.

The foregoing, and other features of advantage will appear, as the herein description appears and it is obvious that modifications may be made in the structure herein without departing from the spirit hereof or the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a sectional View taken on the line II, Fig. 3, looking in the direction ofthe arrows, but including the strap or belt, also in section;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the buckle with the front portion opened;

Fig. 3 is a side view of the buckle;

Fig. 4 is an opposite side view of the buckle as shown open, in Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a slightly modified form of buckle, similar to the sectional view of. Fig. l; and

Fig. 6 is a front of Fig. 5.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the buckle comprises a back plate 3, having a right angled floor portion l2, said latter portion at its outer extended edge having a slot S therein, and into which is connected a curled, cylindrical and narrow extension l0, which is integral with the front elevation of the gripper plate same being made in pref-- buckle plate 2, thereby to form ahinge between thefront and back buckle plates.

The vbuckle plates are each provided with angled, coactingsnap locks l and 8, snap lock l, on back plate 3, being integral with said plate and. of curved contour and having a thinned frontal edge l". 4

Front plateZ also has a curved, 4integral snap lock 8,Fig. 3, andthe frontal edge 8' thereof is,.also thinned. Snap lock 8, when the buckle is closed, asin Fig. 3,V overlaps snap lock l, with a lockinggrip and as both of these lock members are resilient they by-pass. one over the other when the buckle members are separated, orA

"scribed `is relatively small, and as the snap lock 1.--8 is smooth'when closed it is difficult to open.

Toovercome this feature, agripper plate l of, generally,r largerzdimension than the front buckle plate,-.2,is` suitably affixed to the outer, exposed face'of buckle plate 2, so thatthe peripheral edge thereof is extended beyond the dimensions and contour offthe buckle plate2.. thereby to enable thelfingersfof the user to grip `said gripper plate I toopen or close the buckleplate 2. This gripper plate has. a second-function, and that is to form an ornamental front for the buckle, where it is used on belts for personal wear to receive monograms and the like, thereon, or any other form of embellishment, as desired. The front plate may be in other contours than shown, as a concession to such embellishment, but it still will perform the useful purpose of a manually manipulable grip.

The belt portion shown fragmentarily and in part section in Fig. 1, is provided at one end with a looped portion, generally denoted by 5, the loop being formed by folding the end of belt portion B' upon itself and then stitching the end to the belt as by stitches 6, or the loops may be formed by other means.

The inside face 5' of the belt loop, as in Fig. 1, is provided with two spaced apertures, which register with and permit the passing therethrough of two belt latch pins 4-4 which are firmly riveted to the back buckle plate 3, as at Il, Fig. 3. As thus described, the complete buckle assembly, as shown in Fig. 3, may be removed from' the loop 5, by opening the buckle, as in Figs. 2 and 3, and then by tipping the back buckle plate 3 upwardly from its hinge end, as viewed in Fig. 1, and in the direction shown by the arrow in Fig. 2, the loop 5 is pried open and the latch pins 4-4 are withdrawn from the holes.

2 aoeiee A reverse action replaces the back buckle to position as shown in Fig. 1.

The opposite end B of the belt, Fig. 1, is provided with a series of perforations p, which are alined with one another in spaced relation, the spacing of which registers with the spacing of the pins 4 4, so that the end B may be adjusted on the pins 4, to conform to a proper belt adjustment.

The ends of the pins 4 4, extend beyond the outer face of the belt end B, and the extensions of said pins it into apertures 9 9 Fig. 2, in the front buckle plate 2, when the buckle is closed and thus the riveted and extended ends are simultaneously supported against the strains of the belt ends B and B. These strains Hatten loop 5 and cause it to hug the back buckle The portion of the loop 5 at the rear of the back plate acts as a cushion between the 2O person of the wearer and the back plate.

In'Figs. 5 and 6 the front gripper plate I as well as the front 2 may have the perforations 9 extended therethrough as at 9 9, Figs. 5 and 6, withthe pins 4 4 extended further so as to enter said holes 9 9 in the front gripper plate l, and such extensions 4 4' may form the central motif of a design such as shown at c Fig. 6.

What I claim is:

1. A buckle of the class described, comprising a back plate and a front plate, an oi'setl hinge s carried by one of their ends by one of sald plates, the other plate being provided with spaced apertures to form end engaging seats for the opposite ends of said pins, and a gripper plate carried by said other plate, said gripper .10 plate being provided with spaced apertures in registry with the apertures of said-other plate.

2. A buckle for a belt comprising a back plate having rising from its opposite sides a snap member and a rigid member, means rigid with said 45 plate for holding the inner end of a belt, said members having their front ends disposed forwardly of said inner end whereby to formY side,

guides for the outer end of the belt, a swingable front plate hingedly mounted on the forward end of said rigid member, and a snap member extending from the other side of said front plate, said second snap member being adapted to co- 5' operate in releasable locking engagement with the first snap member, said means and said front plate adapted also to hold said outer end of the belt.

3. A buckle for a belt having a perforated 10 inner end and a perforated outer or front end, said buckle including a back plate having side members extending substantially as far forwardly as the front of said front end, at least one latch pin carried by said plate and adapted to 15 one of said members having at the top thereof an integral hinge portion, the other memswingable front plate having at one of its sides 20' to the combined rear to front dimensions ofsaid` ends, hinge means connecting one side of said front plate and the front part members, the other member being a plain snap lock element, and a plain snap lock element extending from` the other side of said front plate for cooperating With the rst mentioned element.

ALBERT MEEHAN.

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