SMART SLIDING BUCKLE
Embodiments of smart sliding buckles are provided. The embodiments relate to garment accessories, particularly bra buckles. It includes a hooking-prong and a loop-frame. The hooking-prong is a flattened hook. The loop-frame is V-shaped. The V-shaped loop-frame includes two bars. Lower ends of the bars of the V-shaped loop-frame are curvedly connected, forming an arc. Two upper ends of the V-shaped loop-frame connect to fixing rings that can be used to fix the loop-frame on a piece of garment, such as a bra. This V-shaped loop-frame decreases the precision requirement to secure a tie. It allows certain degree of position variation between the hooking-prong and the V-shaped loop-frame to form a tie. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed herein provide the same functions as traditional buckles, yet they provide additional ease of use.
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The embodiment describes herein a smart sliding buckle that relates to garment accessories, particularly bra buckles.
BACKGROUNDCurrent designs of loop-frames of bra buckles are generally rectangular-shaped, of which a bottom is transitionally connected to form a U-shape loop. There is generally a hooking-prong on one end of a piece of garment that matches with a loop-frame on the other end. While using, a user uses his hands to hook up the hooking-prong and the loop-frame to form a tie. The secured tie is often stable and can be easily unhooked. The hooking-prong and the loop-frame have to spatially match to each other to form a tie. A bra usually has multiple pairs of hooking-prongs and loop-frames. Because the spatial positions of the hooking-prongs have to match with the corresponding loop-frames in a somewhat accurate manner to form a tie, it requires a relatively high level of precision for a user to successfully secure a tie between the hooking-prongs and loop-frames. This requirement of high level of precision incurs high level of difficulty for users. The difficulty is even greater if the hooking-prongs and the loop-frames on a bra locate in a position where a user cannot see. Therefore, current designs of bra buckles cannot provide sufficient convenience for users; instead, they incur great inconvenience.
SUMMARYEmbodiments herein describe a novel buckle design, a smart sliding buckle, that is relatively easy to use. While forming a tie, a smart sliding buckle can easily form a tie even if the spatial positions of the hooking-prongs and the loop-frames do not match to each other exactly.
Embodiments may be implemented as follows.
A smart sliding buckle may include a hooking-prong and a loop-frame. The hooking-prong may be a flattened hook. The loop-frame may be a V-shaped loop-frame. Lower ends of two bars of the V-shaped loop-frame may be curvedly connected, forming an arc. Upper ends of the two bars of the V-shaped loop-frame may connect to fixing rings that can be used to fix the loop-frame on a piece of garment, such as a bra.
An angle between the two bars of the V-shaped loop-frame may range from 30 to 150 degrees.
Embodiments decrease the precision requirement to form a tie. While forming a tie, an embodiment allows certain degrees of variations of spatial mis-match between the hooking-prongs and loop-frames. Within the allowed variation of spatial mis-match, users can easily form a tie that has the same effects provided by a traditional bra buckle. The embodiments described herein can increase the ease of use.
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With a traditional bra buckle, if the physical positions of a hooking-prong and a loop-frame do not match to each other in a relatively accurate manner, a tie can be difficult to form. However, with the embodiment described herein, if the hooking-prong 1 and the V-shaped loop-frame 2 do not match to each other precisely, as shown in
The open end of the V-shaped loop-frame 2 is generally bigger than a loop-frame of a traditional bra buckle. This may provide additional ease of use to secure a tie between the hooking-prong 1 and the V-shaped loop-frame 2.
Claims
1. A smart sliding buckle, comprising:
- a hooking-prong; and
- a loop-frame;
- wherein, the hooking-prong is a flattened hook; the loop-frame is V-shaped; the V-shaped loop-frame therein includes two bars; lower ends of the two bars of the V-shaped loop-frame are curvedly connected, forming an arc; upper ends of the two bars of the V-shaped loop-frame connect to fixing rings that are used to fix the loop-frame on a piece of garment.
2. The smart sliding buckle of claim 1 wherein an angle between the two bars of the V-shaped loop-frame ranges from 30 to 150 degrees.
Type: Application
Filed: Jun 29, 2012
Publication Date: Jan 3, 2013
Applicant: EMBRY (CHINA) GARMENTS LTD. (Shenzhen)
Inventor: Pik Ho Liza CHENG (Hong Kong)
Application Number: 13/538,582