Buckle

- Yoshida Kogyo K.K.
Description

FIG. 1 is a front view of a buckle;

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the buckle of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the buckle of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a base view of the buckle of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a side view of the buckle of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VI--VI of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a front view of a male member of the buckle of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a rear view of the male member of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a plan view of the male member of FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a rear view of the male member of FIG. 7;

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line XI--XI of FIG. 7;

FIG. 12 is a right side view of the male member of FIG. 7;

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line XIII--XIII of FIG. 7;

FIG. 14 is a front view of a female member of the buckle of FIG. 1;

FIG. 15 is a rear view of the female member of FIG. 14;

FIG. 16 is a plan view of the female member of FIG. 14;

FIG. 17 is a base view of the female member of FIG. 14;

FIG. 18 is a right side view of the female member of FIG. 14;

FIG. 19 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line XIX--XIX of FIG. 14;

FIG. 20 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line XX--XX of FIG. 18;

FIG. 21 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VI--VI of FIG. 1 attached to a belt, the broken line showing of a belt strap is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 22 is a front view of the buckle of FIG. 1 showing the male member has been angularly moved on the female member;

FIG. 23 is a perspective view showing the buckle of FIG. 1 in coupled disposition; and,

FIG. 24 is a perspective view showing the buckle of FIG. 1 in uncoupled disposition.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D289622 May 5, 1987 Crowle et al.
D296310 June 21, 1988 Crowle et al.
D303233 September 5, 1989 Jang
D312430 November 27, 1990 Crowle
D312986 December 18, 1990 Bianchi
D329210 September 8, 1992 Cullmann
D341105 November 9, 1993 Lovato
4800629 January 31, 1989 Ikeda
4802262 February 7, 1989 Kasai
4866819 September 19, 1989 Kasai
Patent History
Patent number: D352680
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 19, 1993
Date of Patent: Nov 22, 1994
Assignee: Yoshida Kogyo K.K. (Tokyo)
Inventor: Hiroshi Matoba (Toyama)
Primary Examiner: Ralf T. Seifert
Law Firm: Hill, Steadman & Simpson
Application Number: 0/14,343