BUCKLE, BELT, AND BELT PART
A buckle for a belt that suppresses clothes from sliding includes: a buckle body configured to be fixed to one end of the belt; a belt locking unit provided on the buckle body, the belt locking unit being configured to lock the belt to the buckle body; and an engaging unit provided on the buckle body or the belt locking unit, the engaging unit being configured to engage with a part of the clothes so as to support the part of the clothes from a lower side thereof.
The present invention relates to a buckle, a belt, and a belt part.
BACKGROUND ARTWhen clothes such as trousers (or pants) are worn, in order to suppress the clothes from shifting (or sliding down), a belt configured by a strip-shaped cloth or leather and a buckle is generally used well.
However, in a case where a belt is worn while trousers are worn but a waist size of clothes such as the trousers does not match a body shape of a wearer, a front opening portion of the trousers may particularly slide down with respect to the belt due to slackening of the clothes with respect to the body shape. Such sliding down looks bad and is not preferable in view of fashion. Further, a buckle of the belt is often made of metal. Therefore, when the buckle made of metal comes into contact with skin of a wearer due to the sliding down described above, the wearer may develop a metallic allergy.
JP2006-183177A discloses a trouser sliding-down preventing tool as a tool for suppressing clothes from sliding down as described above. The trousers sliding-down preventing tool is configured to tie trousers to an outer garment by sandwiching back fabric of the outer garment and locking back fabric of a waist portion of the trousers.
SUMMARY OF INVENTIONHowever, the trousers sliding-down preventing tool as disclosed in JP2006-183177A must be prepared separately from a belt. Further, it is necessary to sandwich the back fabric of the outer garment, whereby detachment is troublesome. Further, in a case where an outer garment is not housed in trousers, wrinkles of a sandwiched portion of the outer garment are conspicuous, and the outer garment is tied to the trousers. Therefore, it cannot be used.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a technique capable of easily preventing clothes such as trousers from sliding down without utilizing an outer garment.
The present invention is provided a buckle for a belt that suppresses clothes from sliding. The buckle includes: a buckle body configured to be fixed to one end of the belt; a belt locking unit provided on the buckle body, the belt locking unit being configured to lock the belt to the buckle body; and an engaging unit provided on the buckle body or the belt locking unit, the engaging unit being configured to engage with a part of the clothes so as to support the part of the clothes from a lower side thereof.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
First EmbodimentThe buckle body 2 is a metallic member that is formed in a substantially annular shape. The buckle body 2 includes a shaft (or a side) 2a that constitutes one end thereof. The one end of the belt 1 is fixed to the shaft 2a, and a ring-shaped base 3a formed at one end of the belt locking unit 3 is rotatably supported. Further, a belt inserting unit 5 is formed in an inner space of the buckle body 2 formed in a substantially annular shape. The other end of the belt 1 passes through the belt inserting unit 5 when the belt 1 is worn. It is to be noted that the shape of the buckle body 2 is not limited to a rectangular shape as illustrated in
The belt locking unit 3 is a pin-shaped member (or a prong) rotatably provided on the buckle body 2. The belt locking unit 3 locks the belt 1 to the buckle body 2 by inserting an end portion (that is, a tip) of an opposite side of the base 3a into a locking hole 1a (see
The engaging unit 4 is a part of the belt locking unit 3. The engaging unit 4 is configured to engage with a part of clothes when the clothes are worn to support the part of the clothes from a lower side thereof. Details of the engaging unit 4 will be described later with reference to
Here, problems to be solved by the present invention will be described.
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Further, when a buckle made of metal touches skin of the wearer for a long time due to sliding down of the trousers, there is a risk that metallic allergy is developed to the wearer. For this reason, it is not preferable from a viewpoint of health and hygiene. It is an object of the present invention to easily prevent the phenomenon of sliding down of the trousers, which causes such problems, without affecting the appearance and without imposing a work burden on the wearer. Hereinafter, details of the engaging unit 4 according to the present embodiment, which is one example of a concrete configuration for solving the problems, will be described.
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The engaging unit 4 according to the present embodiment is a part of the belt locking unit 3, and is configured so that the part of the trousers engages with a concave shaped portion 6 of the belt locking unit 3. The concave shaped portion 6 is formed at the front side by being curved so as to have a convex shape toward the trouser side. The part of the trousers mentioned herein is a button (a so-called top button) of the trousers that is particularly located in the vicinity of an upper end of the front surface (that is, in the vicinity of the upper end of a front opening portion or a fly portion). It is to be noted that the button mentioned herein also includes a connecting unit between the button and trouser fabric such as a sewing thread or a rigid, which connects the button to the trouser fabric.
It is more preferable that the engaging unit 4 not only protrudes toward the trouser side, but also is configured so as to form a space 7 with a predetermined width between a shaft of the buckle body 2 at an upper side (that is, a shaft 2b) and the concave shaped portion 6 as illustrated in
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Namely, the shape of the space 7 formed between the concave shaped portion 6 and the shaft 2b when the buckle 10 according to the present embodiment is viewed from the above may be set appropriately. However, the space 7 is formed mainly for the purpose of reducing a chance of a contact between the button 8 and the buckle body 2 while the belt is worn and facilitating the work to cause the button 8 to engage with the engaging unit 4. Therefore, it is preferable that the space 7 is formed so as to have a size to the extent that dimension when the button 8 provided in the trousers to be worn is viewed from the vertical direction (for example, see
For example, in a case where a length of the space 7 in the lateral direction orthogonal to the vertical direction at the time of wearing trousers is A and a length thereof in a direction parallel to a trouser side direction is B, the space 7 according to the present embodiment may be formed so that the length A is larger than 1.7 cm and the length B is larger than 1.5 mm in consideration of commercially available jeans provided with a top button whose diameter is 1.7 cm and whose thickness is 1.5 mm. In other words, the space 7 may be formed so as to include at least an area of a rectangular shape formed by a side of 1.7 cm in the lateral direction and a side of 1.5 mm in the trouser side direction. By forming such a space 7 in the buckle 10, it is possible to further improve easiness of the work for causing the button 8 to engage with the engaging unit 4 when the wearer is wearing the belt. It is to be noted that the above area may be set appropriately from the viewpoint of easiness of engagement in accordance with a shape and a size of a side surface of the button 8 as an engagement target.
As described above, according to the buckle 10 of the first embodiment, the buckle 10 for the belt 1 that suppresses clothes from sliding is configured so as to include: the buckle body 2 configured to be fixed to one end of the belt 1; the belt locking unit 3 (the belt locking unit) provided on the buckle body 2, the belt locking unit 3 being configured to lock the belt 1 to the buckle body 2; and the engaging unit 4 provided on the buckle body 2 or the belt locking unit 3, the engaging unit 4 being configured to engage with the part of the clothes so as to support the part of the clothes from the lower side thereof. As a result, by applying the buckle 10 to a conventional belt, it is possible to support the part of the clothes such as the trousers from the lower side thereof. Therefore, it is possible to easily prevent the clothes such as the trousers from sliding down.
Further, according to the buckle 10 of the first embodiment, the part of the clothes is the button 8 provided at the upper end of the front surface of the trousers. Further, the belt locking unit 3 is the pin-shaped member to lock the belt 1 by inserting the belt locking unit 3 into the locking hole 1a of the belt 1. The engaging unit 4 is the part of the belt locking unit 3, and is configured so that the button 8 engages with the concave shaped portion 6 (a first concave shaped portion) formed at the opposite side (the front side) to the trouser side by being curved so as to have the convex shape toward the trouser side while the trousers are worn. As a result, since the engaging unit 4 is configured so as to be located closer to the body side of the wearer, it is possible to facilitate the work for causing the button 8 as the part of the clothes to engage with the engaging unit 4 at the time of wearing the belt. Further, since the engaging unit 4 in the buckle 10, which supports the button 8, is formed in the belt locking unit 3, it is possible to eliminate an influence on the appearance of the trousers by fastening the belt while the trousers are worn.
Further, the buckle 10 according to the first embodiment has the space 7 with the predetermined width between the buckle body 2 and the concave shaped portion 6 when viewed from the above while the trousers are worn. As a result, when the wearer causes the button 8 to engage with the engaging unit 4 at the time of wearing the belt, the button 8 and the buckle body 2 hardly come into contact with each other. Therefore, it is possible to further improve the easiness of the work for causing the button 8 to engage with the engaging unit 4.
Second EmbodimentA buckle 20 according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The buckle 20 according to the present embodiment is different from that according to the first embodiment in a shape of the belt locking unit 3. Hereinafter, the differences will mainly be described with reference to the drawings. Further, the same reference numeral is assigned to each of the similar components to those of the first embodiment described above, and their explanation is omitted.
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It is to be noted that a length C between the concave shaped portion 26 and the shaft 2b of the buckle 20 according to the present embodiment in the front view may be set appropriately by adjusting the shapes of the concave shaped portion 26 and the shaft 2b or the position of the base 3a of the belt locking unit 3 on the shaft 2a in the vertical direction. However, the length C may be adjusted appropriately mainly for the purpose of reducing a chance of a contact between the button 8 and the buckle body 2 while the belt is worn and facilitating a work for causing the button 8 to engage with the engaging unit 4. Therefore, it is preferable that the length C is formed so as to have a size to the extent that dimension when the button 8 provided in the trousers to be worn is viewed from the front face (see
For example, the length C according to the present embodiment is set to become a length of longer than 1.7 cm in consideration of a fact that a diameter of a top button included in commercially available jeans is 1.7 cm. As a result, the button 8 can easily be introduced to an area provided at an upper side of the engaging unit 4 in an inner diameter side of the buckle body 2. Therefore, it is possible to further improve easiness of the work for causing the button 8 to engage with the engaging unit 4 when a wearer wears the belt.
As described above, according to the buckle 20 of the second embodiment, a part of the clothes is the button provided at an upper end of a front surface of the trousers. Further, the belt locking unit 3 is a pin-shaped member to lock a belt 1 by inserting the belt locking unit 3 into a locking hole 1a of a belt 1. Further, the engaging unit 4 is a part of the belt locking unit 3, and is configured so that the button 8 engages with the concave shaped portion 26 (a second concave shaped portion), which is formed at the upper side thereof by being curved so as to have the convex shape toward the lower side, at the time of wearing the trousers. As a result, since the engaging unit 4 is configured so as to be located at the lower side further, the area provided at the upper side of the engaging unit 4 in the inner diameter side of the buckle body 2 becomes larger. Therefore, it is possible to facilitate the work for causing the button 8 as the part of the clothes to engage with the engaging unit 4 at the time of wearing the belt. Further, by causing the button 8 to engage with the concave shaped portion 26, it is possible to suppress the buckle 20 from shifting the lateral direction with respect to the trousers.
Third EmbodimentA buckle 30 according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. The buckle 30 according to the present embodiment is different from those according to the embodiments described above in a shape of an engaging unit 34. Hereinafter, the difference will mainly be described with reference to the drawings. Further, the same reference numeral is assigned to each of the similar components to those of the embodiment described above, and their explanation is omitted.
Even the buckle 30 that includes the engaging unit 34 including at least one of such a concave shaped portion 34a or 34b can also cause the button 8 to easily engage with the engaging unit 4 at the time of wearing the belt, and prevent the trousers from sliding down with respect to the belt.
As described above, according to the buckle 30 of the third embodiment, a part of clothes is the button provided at an upper end of a front surface of the trousers. The belt locking unit 3 is a pin-shaped member to lock a belt 1 by inserting the belt locking unit 3 into a locking hole 1a of the belt 1. The engaging unit 34 is a part of the belt locking unit 3, and is configured so that the button is caused to engage with the concave shaped portion 34a or 34b (a third concave shaped portion) that is formed to become thinner than the other portion. As a result, the portion of the belt locking unit 3, which is caused to engage with the button 8, becomes thinner (or narrower), and it becomes easy to cause such a portion to slip into an area between the button 8 and the trousers (that is, an area in the vicinity of the connecting unit 8a). Therefore, it is possible to improve easiness of the work for causing the button 8 as the part of the clothes to engage with the engaging unit 34 at the time of wearing the belt.
Fourth EmbodimentA buckle 40 according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described. The buckle 40 according to the present embodiment is different from those according to the embodiments described above in arrangement and a shape of an engaging unit 44. Hereinafter, the differences will mainly be described with reference to the drawings. Further, the same reference numeral is assigned to each of the similar components to those of the embodiment described above, and their explanation is omitted.
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Here, the part of the trousers with which the engaging unit 44 according to the present embodiment engages will be described with reference to
The engaging unit 44 according to the present embodiment for such slacks as a target is provided on the buckle body 2, and is configured so as to engage with the bottom catch unit 45 of the slacks. More specifically, the engaging unit 44 is configured so as to enter the trouser side (a back fabric) of the bottom catch unit 45 while the belt is worn, and hang the lower side 45a of the bottom catch unit 45 to the hook shaped unit 44a. As a result, by inserting the engaging unit 44 into the trouser side (the back fabric) of the bottom catch unit 45 when a wearer wears the belt, it is possible to easily prevent the slacks from sliding down with respect to the belt.
It is to be noted that a shape and arrangement of the engaging unit 44 may be set appropriately so long as the bottom catch unit 45 of the slacks can be supported from the lower side thereof. For example, a position of the engaging unit 44 in a lateral direction of the shaft 2c is not limited to the position illustrated in
It is to be noted that there are some slacks, such as women's slacks, which are configured so that the bottom catch unit 45 illustrated in
As described above, according to the buckle 40 of the fourth embodiment, a part of clothes is the bottom catch unit 45 provided so as to protrude from the obi portion of the trousers at the upper end of the front surface of the trousers. Further, the buckle body 2 has an annular structure, and includes two shafts substantially parallel to each other, which face up and down. Further, the engaging unit 44 is the part of the buckle body 2, and is configured so as to protrude toward the trouser side from the shaft 2c that is a lower side of the two shafts and so that the bottom catch unit 45 engages with the hook shaped unit 44a that is formed by bending upward at the time of wearing the trousers. This makes it possible to prevent the slacks that does not have a so-called top button from sliding down.
Fifth EmbodimentA buckle 50 according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described. The buckle 50 according to the present embodiment is different from those according to the embodiments described above in shapes of a buckle body 52, a locking unit 53, and an engaging unit 54. Hereinafter, the differences will mainly be described with reference to the drawings. Further, the same reference numeral is assigned to each of the similar components to those of the embodiment described above, and their explanation is omitted.
The buckle 50 according to the present embodiment is configured so as to include the buckle body 52, the locking unit 53, and the engaging unit 54. The buckle body 52 includes a back plate unit 52b and a belt fixing unit 52c. The belt fixing unit 52c is provided on the back plate unit 52b, and one end of a belt 1 is fixed by the belt fixing unit 52c. The engaging unit 54 is provided in the back plate unit 52b.
The back plate unit 52b is a flat plate-shaped member formed in a substantially rectangular shape, and is configured so as to cover the trouser side of the buckle 50. The belt fixing unit 52c is rotatably provided at one end side of the back plate unit 52b, and the one end of the belt 1 is fixed between the back plate unit 52b and the belt fixing unit 52c. Further, the locking unit 53 is rotatably provided at the other end side of the back plate unit 52b, and the other end of the belt 1 is locked between the back plate unit 52b and the locking unit 53. Further, an opening as the engaging unit 54 is formed in the back plate unit 52b. Details of the engaging unit 54 will be described later with reference to
The belt fixing unit 52c is provided at the trouser side of the buckle body 52 so as to be rotatable (capable of opening and closing) via a rotary shaft 52a on one end of the buckle body 52. The belt fixing unit 52c holds the belt 1 by being closed after the belt 1 is inserted between the belt fixing unit 52c and the back plate unit 52b in a state of being opened by using the rotary shaft 52a as a fulcrum, whereby the one end of the belt 1 is fixed to the buckle body 52.
The locking unit 53 is a flat plate-shaped member formed in a substantially rectangular shape, and is configured so as to cover a front side of the buckle 50. The locking unit 53 is provided at the other end of the buckle body 52 so as to be rotatable (capable of opening and closing) via a rotary shaft 53a. The locking unit 53 holds the belt 1 by being closed after the other end of the belt 1 is inserted between the locking unit 53 and a back plate unit in a state of being opened by using the rotary shaft 53a as a fulcrum (see a direction of a dotted arrow in
The configuration of the buckle 50 to which the present invention is applied has been described above. Hereinafter, details of the engaging unit 54 included in the buckle 50 will be described.
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By forming the opening (the engaging unit 54) with such a size in the back plate unit 52b, it is possible to introduce the button 8 to the engaging unit 54 at the time of wearing the belt. Therefore, it is possible to support the button 8 from the lower side thereof by hanging the button 8, in particular, a connecting unit 8a thereof to a lower end 54a of the engaging unit 54. This makes it possible to prevent the trousers from sliding down with respect to the belt while the belt provided with the buckle 50 is worn.
Further, the engaging unit 54 according to the present embodiment may include a feature illustrated in
It is to be noted that the shape of the engaging unit 54 is not limited to one illustrated in
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Further, the engaging unit 54 may be formed so as to reach at least one end of the back plate unit 52b. For example, as illustrated in
It is to be noted that a length A in a right-and-left width direction of the engaging unit 54 and a length B in the vertical direction illustrated in
Furthermore, the engaging unit 54 may have a shape as illustrated in
Thus, the shape of the engaging unit 54 according to the present embodiment is not limited particularly, and may be set appropriately so long as the engaging unit 54 can engage with the button 8.
As described above, according to the buckle 50 of the fifth embodiment, the part of the clothes is the button provided at the upper end of the front surface of the trousers. Further, the buckle body 52 includes the back plate unit 52b provided at the clothes side and the belt fixing unit 52c provided in the back plate unit 52b to fix one end of the belt 1. Further, the engaging unit 54 is the opening provided in the back plate unit 52b, and the lower end 54a of the opening has a protruding portion (the protruding lower end 54a) that protrudes toward the trouser side. The engaging unit 54 is configured so that the button 8 is caused to engage with the opening surface facing upward by means of the protruding portion. This makes it possible to apply a function of preventing the clothes such as the trousers according to the present invention from sliding down to even a buckle that does not have the locking unit with the pin shaped member described above.
Sixth EmbodimentA buckle 70 according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described. The buckle 70 according to the present embodiment is different from those according to the embodiments described above in a shape of a belt locking unit 3. Hereinafter, differences from the buckle 20 according to the second embodiment (see
It is to be noted that the belt locking unit 3 according to the present embodiment does not necessarily have both of the protrusion shaped portions 71a and 71b, and may include at least one of the protrusion shaped portions (71a or 71b). Further, the protrusion shaped portions 71a and 71b can be applied not only to the belt locking unit 3 according to the second embodiment described above, but also to the belt locking unit 3 according to the third embodiment, which has been explained with reference to
As described above, according to the buckle 70 of the sixth embodiment, the belt locking unit 3 further includes the protrusion shaped portions 71a and 71b that protrude upward at the positions close to the engaging unit 24 in at least one lateral direction of the engaging unit 24. As a result, even in a case where a force acting to shift the buckle 70 to the right or left is applied, the part of the clothes that engages with the engaging unit 24 is hung to the protrusion shaped portions 71a and 71b. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the buckle 70 from shifting in the lateral direction with respect to the trousers more certainly.
Seventh EmbodimentA belt 200 according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention will be described. It is to be noted that terms of the belt 200, which will be used in the following explanation, refer to the whole belt including a buckle body. Further, a portion corresponding to a term “belt 1” that has been used in the explanation of each of the embodiments described above, that is, a band portion whose one end is fixed to the buckle body is also called as a belt 1 or a belt (band unit) 1 in the following explanation.
The belt 200 according to the present embodiment is different from the embodiments described above in that a protection member 201 is further provided and an engaging unit 203 is provided in the protection member 201. Hereinafter, details of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.
The protection member 201 is a member that is configured so as to be interposed between the buckle body and the trousers while the belt is worn. The protection member 201 has a function of preventing the buckle body from directly touching a body while the belt is worn, or a function of preventing the buckle body from wearing clothes such as trousers while the belt is worn. The protection member 201 is mainly applied to a belt that is worn when it is expected to carry out a violent motion, such as when exercising, for example. As one example, the belt 200 is applied to a so-called baseball belt that is worn when playing baseball.
The engaging unit 203 that engages with a part of clothes so as to support the part of the clothes from a lower side thereof is formed in the protection member 201. The engaging unit 203 according to the present embodiment is a hole (or an opening) formed in the protection member 201. The engaging unit 203 according to the present embodiment is formed into a rectangular shape in which a lateral direction thereof is a longitudinal direction. A size of the engaging unit 203 may be set appropriately on the premise that a button 8 as the part of the trousers can be introduced. By inserting the button 8 into the engaging unit 203 from a back side (the body side) at the time of wearing the belt, a lower end of the engaging unit 203 engages with the button 8, in particular, a connecting unit 8a thereof, whereby it is possible to support the button 8 from the lower side thereof. This makes it possible to suppress the trousers from sliding down with respect to the belt 200 while the belt 200 is worn. It is to be noted that a belt loop 202 illustrated in
It is to be noted that a shape of the engaging unit 203 is not necessarily a rectangular shape as illustrated in
As described above, the belt 200 according to the seventh embodiment is the belt 200 that suppresses the trousers from sliding, and includes: the buckle body to which one end of the belt (band unit) 1 is fixed; the protection member 201 whose one end is fixed to the belt 1 or the buckle body and provided so as to cover the buckle body from the trouser side while the trousers are worn; and the engaging unit 203 provided in the protection member 201 and that engages with the button so as to support the button 8 provided at the upper end of the front surface of the trousers from the lower side thereof. This makes it possible to suppress the trousers from sliding down with respect to the belt 200 even when the belt provided with the protection member 201 such as the so-called baseball belt is worn.
Further, according to the belt 200 of the seventh embodiment, the engaging unit 203 is the hole provided in the protection member 201, and is configured so as to support the button from the lower side thereof by inserting at least the part of the button 8 into the hole. This makes it possible to engage with the button 8 certainly while the trousers are worn.
Eighth EmbodimentA buckle 110 according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention will be described. The buckle 110 according to the present embodiment is different from those according to the embodiments described above in a shape of an engaging unit 111 provided in the belt locking unit 3. Hereinafter, the differences will be described with reference to
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As described above, according to the buckle 110 of the eighth embodiment, a part of clothes is the bottom catch unit 45 provided so as to protrude from an obi portion of the trousers at an upper end of a front surface of the trousers. The engaging unit 111 includes the rod shaped unit extending downward from the lower side of the belt locking unit and the hook shaped unit 111a formed by protruding from the lower end of the rod shaped unit to the trouser side and bending upward (to an upper side at the time of wearing the trousers). The buckle 110 is configured so that the bottom catch unit 45 engages with the hook shaped unit 111a. Even by such a configuration, it is possible to suppress the clothes such as the trousers from sliding down easily.
Ninth EmbodimentA buckle 120 according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention will be described. The buckle 120 according to the present embodiment is different from those according to the embodiments described above in a shape of an engaging unit 121 provided in the belt locking unit 3. Hereinafter, the differences will be described with reference to
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Here, the part of the trousers with which the engaging unit 121 according to the present embodiment engages will be described with reference to
The engaging unit 121 for such slacks provided with the pin loop 230 is provided in the belt locking unit 3, and is configured so as to engage with the pin loop 230 of the slacks. More specifically, the engaging unit 121 is configured so as to enter the inside of the loop (or the ring) of the pin loop 230 at the time of wearing the belt and hang the pin loop 230 to the engaging unit 121 or the belt locking unit 3. As a result, a wearer inserts the engaging unit 121 into the pin loop 230 at the time of wearing the belt, whereby it is possible to prevent the slacks from sliding down with respect to the belt easily, and it is also possible to suppress the buckle 120 from shifting in the lateral direction with respect to the slacks.
It is to be noted that a shape and arrangement of the engaging unit 121 may be set appropriately so long as the pin loop 230 can be hung and supported from a lower side thereof. For example, as illustrated in FIGS. 22(a) and 22(b), the engaging unit 121 may protrude upward from a side surface of the trouser side of the belt locking unit 3 so as to be curved, or as illustrated in
As described above, according to the buckle 120 of the ninth embodiment, the part of the clothes is the pin loop 230 provided in the obi portion of the trousers at the upper end of the front surface of the trousers, and the engaging unit 121 has the rod shaped unit that extends upward from the belt locking unit 3. The buckle 120 is configured so that the pin loop 230 engages with the rod shaped unit by inserting the rod shaped unit into the pin loop 230. Even by such a configuration, it is possible to prevent the slacks from sliding down with respect to the belt easily, and it is also possible to suppress the buckle 120 from shifting in the lateral direction with respect to the slacks.
Tenth EmbodimentA belt part 300 according to a tenth embodiment of the present invention will be described. The belt part 300, which will be described below, is a part for a belt that is configured to be detachable to a conventional belt. By attaching the belt part 300 to the conventional belt, it is possible to add, to the belt, a function of suppressing the trousers from sliding, which has been explained in each of the embodiments described above.
The belt part 300 illustrated in
The holding unit 301 has an annular shape, and is configured so that the belt 1 passes through an inner diameter thereof. As a result, by moving the holding unit 301 while the belt 1 is caused to pass through the inner diameter of the holding unit 301, it is possible to hold the belt part 300 provided with the holding unit 301 at a desired position of the belt 1. It is to be noted that the annular shape herein includes not only a completely continuous annular shape but also a shape in which a partially cutout portion exists. In this case, by inserting any end portion of the belt 1 in a vertical direction from the cutout portion to place the belt 1 at an inner diameter side of the holding unit 301, it is possible to hold the belt part 300 at a desired position of the belt 1. Moreover, the holding unit 301 may be configured so as to hold the belt part 300 to the belt 1 by sandwiching a metal fitting for fixing a fixed loop as illustrated in
The engaging unit 302 is configured so that the lower side 45a (see
The belt part 300 illustrated in
The engaging unit 303 is configured so that a button 45b included in the slacks as illustrated in
Further, the belt part 300 may be configured so as to include a holding unit 304 as illustrated in
The holding unit 304 included in the belt part 300 illustrated in
It is to be noted that with respect to the engaging units 302 and 303, the engaging unit 302 illustrated in
The details of the belt part 300 configured to be detachable to the belt 1 has been described above. However, the shape of the belt part 300 described above is one example, and is not limited to those that have been described with reference to
Further, the belt part 300 it not necessarily configured so as to be detachable, and may always be provided as one member constituting the belt as illustrated in
In particular, as illustrated in
As described above, the belt part 300 according to the tenth embodiment is a belt part that is configured so as to be detachable to the belt 1 for suppressing the trousers from sliding, and includes the engaging units 302 and 303 and the holding units 301 and 304. The engaging units 302 and 303 are configured so as to engage with the bottom catch unit 45 provided so as to protrude from the obi portion of the trousers at the upper end of the front surface of the trousers, or the button 45b provided at the upper end of the front surface of the trousers. The holding units 301 and 304 are detachably held by the belt. The engaging units 302 and 303 respectively has the hook shaped units 302a and 303a formed by protruding toward the trouser side and bending upward while the trousers are worn. The hook shaped units 302a and 303a are respectively configured so that the parts thereof support the bottom catch unit 45 or the button 45b from the lower side. By attaching such a belt part 300 to a conventional belt, it is possible to easily add, to the belt, a function of suppressing the trousers from sliding, which has been explained in each of the embodiments described above.
Further, according to the belt part 300 of the tenth embodiment, the holding unit 304 includes the rod shaped unit that can be inserted into the locking hole 1a formed in the belt 1. This makes it possible to attach the belt part 300 to the conventional belt more easily by using the locking hole 1a included in the belt.
Further, the belt 400 according to the tenth embodiment is the belt 400 for suppressing the trousers from sliding, and includes the engaging unit that is fixed to the belt, and is configured so as to engage with the bottom catch unit 45 provided at the upper end of the front surface of the trousers so as to protrude from the obi portion of the trousers. The engaging unit 302 includes the fixing unit 305 fixed to the belt and the hook shaped unit 302a formed by protruding to the trouser side and bending upward while the trousers are worn. The hook shaped unit 302a is configured so as to support the bottom catch unit 45 from the lower side while the trousers are worn. Even by such a configuration, it is possible to suppress the clothes such as the trousers from sliding down easily.
As described above, the embodiments according to the present invention have been described. However, the embodiments described above merely illustrate a part of the application examples of the present invention, and does not intend to limit the technical scope of the present invention to the concrete configurations of the embodiments described above. The respective embodiments described above and the modification examples can be combined appropriately so long as there is no contradiction.
For example, the first embodiment and the second embodiment can be combined so as to form a buckle that includes an engaging unit protruding toward both a lower side and a trouser side. Further, the inclination of the concave shaped portion 34b that has been described in the third embodiment with reference to
Further, the position of the engaging unit described above (4, 24, 34, 54, 111, 121, 203, 302, 303, and 501) in the vertical direction and the lateral direction is not necessarily limited to those illustrated in Figures. The positions of these engaging units (4, 24, 34, 54, 111, 121, 203, 302, 303, and 501) may be adjusted appropriately to positions where the engaging units can engage with the top button of the trousers successfully when the buckle (10, 20, 30, 50, and the like) is arranged at the center of the front surface (in the vicinity of the directly below of the navel) at the time of wearing the belt.
Further, the shape of the buckle to which the engaging unit according to the present invention is applied is not limited to those described above. The present invention can be applied to buckles having the other shapes so long as the pin shaped member to be inserted into the locking hole 1a of the belt or the flat plate-shaped member configured so as to cover the body side of the buckle is included.
For example, the back plate unit 52b according to the fifth embodiment, which has been described with reference to
It is to be noted that the buckle body 62 of the buckle 60 includes a front plate unit 62a configured so as to cover a front side of the buckle 60 in addition to the back plate unit 62b. A belt inserting unit 62c is formed between the back plate unit 62b and the front plate unit 62a. Further, a locking unit 63 of the buckle 60 is a rod shape member arranged in a buckle body in parallel to a vertical direction (an up down arrow direction of
Further, for example, in the first embodiment, the space 7 that has been described with reference to
Further, the engaging unit described above can also be formed with a configuration as illustrated in
Furthermore, the engaging unit described above can also be formed with a configuration as illustrated in
According to even the buckle 90 configured in this manner, it is possible to support the button 8 from the lower side by causing the button 8, in particular, the connecting unit 8a to engage with the concave shaped portion 94a at the time of wearing the belt.
Moreover, the present invention can also be applied to a buckle 100 having a shape as illustrated in
As illustrated in
As illustrated in
It is to be noted that the engaging unit 104 according to the present embodiment is not limited to the rectangular shape as illustrated in
It is to be noted that in a case where the belt 1 is fastened by using the buckle 100 at the time of wearing the trousers, as illustrated in
Furthermore, the present invention can also be applied to a buckle 500 having a shape as illustrated in
Further, the clothes in the present specification such as the trousers include skirts. Further, the buckles described above (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 and the like) are premised on the general usage mode of the belt. Namely, the buckles according to the embodiments described above are configured on the premise that a belt for clothes is used by being wound from a front left side of trousers when viewed from a wearer (after passing through a belt loop at the front left side when viewed from the wearer). Therefore, in a case where the opposite usage mode (that is, a mode that the belt is used by being wound from a front right side of the trousers) is premised, in order to exhibit the similar technical effects, for example, it is appropriately modified such as reversing of the vertical direction.
It is to be noted that at the time of the opposite usage mode (that is, the mode that the belt is used by being wound from the front right side of the trousers), it is possible to use the engaging unit and the hook shaped unit described above by hooking them on a part of the clothes when clothes such as one-piece are worn, for example. According to such a using method, by hooking the engaging unit on the part of the clothes, it is possible to freely set the position of the buckle at the time of wearing the clothes in accordance with the clothes, and it is possible to suppress the buckle from shifting downward with respect to the clothes.
The present application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 2018-148769 filed with the Japan Patent Office on Aug. 7, 2018, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
Claims
1. A buckle for a belt that suppresses clothes from sliding, the buckle comprising:
- a buckle body configured to be fixed to one end of the belt;
- a belt locking unit provided on the buckle body, the belt locking unit being configured to lock the belt to the buckle body; and
- an engaging unit provided on the buckle body or the belt locking unit, the engaging unit being configured to engage with a part of the clothes so as to support the part of the clothes from a lower side thereof.
2. The buckle according to claim 1,
- wherein the part of the clothes is a button provided at an upper end of a front surface of trousers,
- wherein the belt locking unit is a pin-shaped member configured to lock the belt by inserting the pin-shaped member into a locking hole of the belt, and
- wherein the engaging unit is a part of the belt locking unit, and is configured so that the button engages with a first concave shaped portion formed at an opposite side to a trouser side by being curved to the trouser side at a time of wearing the trousers so as to become a convex shape.
3. The buckle according to claim 2,
- wherein a space with a predetermined width is provided between the buckle body and the first concave shaped portion when viewed from an above thereof at a time of wearing the trousers.
4. The buckle according to claim 1,
- wherein the part of the clothes is a button provided at an upper end of a front surface of trousers,
- wherein the belt locking unit is a pin-shaped member configured to lock the belt by inserting the pin-shaped member into a locking hole of the belt, and
- wherein the engaging unit is a part of the belt locking unit, and is configured so that the button engages with a second concave shaped portion formed at an upper side by being curved so as to have a convex shape at the lower side while the trousers are worn.
5. The buckle according to claim 1,
- wherein the part of the clothes is a button provided at an upper end of a front surface of trousers,
- wherein the belt locking unit is a pin-shaped member configured to lock the belt by inserting the pin-shaped member into a locking hole of the belt, and
- wherein the engaging unit is a part of the belt locking unit, and is configured so that the button engages with a third concave shaped portion formed to become thinner than other portions thereof.
6. The buckle according to claim 1,
- wherein the part of the clothes is a bottom catch unit provided at an upper end of a front surface of trousers so as to protrude from an obi portion of the trousers,
- wherein the buckle body has an annular structure, and includes two shafts substantially parallel to each other, the two shafts facing up and down, and
- wherein the engaging unit is a part of the buckle body, and is configured so that the bottom catch unit engages with a hook shaped unit, the hook shaped unit being formed so as to protrude toward a trouser side on a lower shaft of the two shafts and bend upward while the trousers are worn.
7. The buckle according to claim 1,
- wherein the part of the clothes is a button provided at an upper end of a front surface of trousers,
- wherein the buckle body includes a back plate unit provided at the clothes side, and a belt fixing unit provided on the back plate unit and configured to fix one end of the belt,
- wherein the engaging unit is an opening provided in the back plate unit, and
- wherein a lower end of the opening has a protruding portion that protrudes toward a trouser side, and is configured so that the button engages with an opening surface facing upward by means of the protruding portion.
8. The buckle according to claim 4,
- wherein the belt locking unit further has a protrusion shaped portion that protrudes upward at a position close to the engaging unit in at least one lateral direction of the engaging unit.
9. The buckle according to claim 1,
- wherein the part of the clothes is a bottom catch unit provided at an upper end of a front surface of trousers so as to protrude from an obi portion of the trousers, and
- wherein the engaging unit includes a rod shaped unit extending downward from a lower side of the belt locking unit, and a hook shaped unit formed by protruding from a lower end of the rod shaped unit toward a trouser side and bending upward while the trousers are worn, and is configured so that the bottom catch unit engages with the hook shaped unit.
10. The buckle according to claim 1,
- wherein the part of the clothes is a pin loop provided in an obi portion of trousers at an upper end of a front surface of the trousers, and
- wherein the engaging unit has a rod shaped unit extending upward from the belt locking unit, and is configured so that the pin loop engages with the rod shaped unit by inserting the rod shaped unit into the pin loop.
11. A belt for suppressing trousers from sliding, the belt comprising:
- a buckle body by which one end of the belt is fixed;
- a protection member whose one end is fixed to the belt or the buckle body, the protection member being provided so as to cover the buckle body from a trouser side while the trousers are worn; and
- an engaging unit provided in the protection member, and is configured to engage with a button provided at an upper end of a front surface of the trousers so as to support the button from a lower side thereof.
12. The belt according to claim 11,
- wherein the engaging unit is a hole provided in the protection member, and is configured to support the button from the lower side thereof by inserting at least a part of the button into the hole.
13. A belt for suppressing trousers from sliding, the belt comprising:
- an engaging unit fixed to the belt, the engaging unit being configured to engage with a bottom catch unit provided at an upper end of a front surface of the trousers so as to protrude from an obi portion of the trousers,
- wherein the engaging unit includes: a fixing unit fixed to the belt; and a hook shaped unit formed by protruding toward the trouser side and bending upward while the trousers are worn, and
- wherein the hook shaped unit is configured to support the bottom catch unit from a lower side thereof while the trousers are worn.
14.-15. (canceled)
Type: Application
Filed: Aug 7, 2019
Publication Date: Aug 26, 2021
Inventor: Shota TANAKA (Yamato-shi)
Application Number: 17/253,977