Abstract: A folding knife unit particularly for the attachment to wearing apparel. A base plate of the unit can be provided with elements for securing the base plate to the apparel, these elements usually being on the rear surface of the base plate. The front surface of the base or base plate is provided with a headed stud in one embodiment to engage a notch in one end of the folding knife, and a second stud to pass through an aperture in one side plate of the knife and an aligned aperture in the closest knife blade. The second stud is provided with an annular recess, and the action of the backspring causes the knife blade to releasibly engage that recess whereby the knife is releasibly secured to the base plate. In another embodiment, a spring clip engages one end of a side plate rather than the headed stud.

Abstract: A belt buckle knife is disclosed in which a knife portion can be removed with the knife blade locked in its open position without the need of removing the belt buckle knife from the belt. The belt buckle knife includes a buckle portion which engages and fastens the belt independent of the knife portion being attached to or removed from the buckle portion. The knife portion is selectively operable from a knife closed position to a knife open position. In the knife closed position, the knife blade is engaged by a part of the buckle portion, with the knife portion and the buckle portion being securely fastened together. In the knife open position, the knife blade is locked open with respect to the knife handle, and the knife portion can readily be removed from the buckle portion.

Abstract: A belt buckle is disclosed which has an indented area on the front face of the buckle that is shaped and adapted for reception of a small handgun flatwise therein. The handgun is held within the indented area so that the entire side of the handgun is exposed to give ornamentation to the buckle. Apparatus is provided for releasably securing the handgun to the buckle, whereby the handgun can be quickly and easily removed from and reattached to the buckle.

Abstract: A functioning belt buckle with a hidden compartment for money and valuable papers, wherein the belt acts as a closure for the compartment.

Abstract: A belt buckle comprising a body adapted to be connected to a belt for wearing on a user and having a structure which simulates a known object having a movable component, for example an automobile, bell or animal such as a bird. An element is movably connected to the body and located so as to be exposed to view when the buckle is worn on the user, and the element has a structure which simulates the movable component of the object, for example the automobile hood, bell striker or bird beak. An operator member is movably carried by the body and responsive to manual operation, and a motion transmission mechanism carried by the body and operatively connected to the element and to the operator member converts movement of the operator member in response to manual operation into movement of the element relative to the body. As a result, activity of the known object is simulated.

Abstract: A knife and belt buckle case in which the knife is releasably secured to the buckle. The knife includes a blade pivoted to a handle by a pivot pin which has an eccentric head. With the knife open, the eccentric head is positioned for insertion through an aperture of the buckle as the blade is positioned within a blade receiving recess of the buckle. When the knife is closed, the inserted eccentric head engages the back surface of the buckle and releasably secures the knife to the buckle. The blade is threadably mounted to the pivot pin so that, as the knife is opened, the blade moves into frictional engagement with the handle and holds the knife open. Also, as the knife is closed, the blade moves toward the eccentric head and clamps a portion of the buckle between the head and blade to thereby tightly secure the knife to the case. A detent couples the handle to the buckle and prevents undesired opening of the handle.

Abstract: A belt buckle to which a plate-like tool can be attached. The belt buckle is constructed of a base plate and a fitting case covering the front side of the base plate so that a fitting space for fitting the tool therein is formed inbetween. In the fitting space, on the other hand, there is mounted a locking plate for holding the tool under its fitted condition. This locking plate is constructed of a retaining portion, which is made engageable with the engagement opening of the tool, and a pressure portion for pushing the back of the tool under its engaging condition to the front. When the tool is to be taken out of the fitting space, a finger is inserted through the aperture of the fitting case thereby to inwardly push the retaining portion of the locking plate so that the tool is extracted under the condition in which the retaining portion is disengaged to the back from the engagement opening of the tool.

Abstract: Convertible jewely for display as both a belt buckle and a pendant. Affixed to the rear portion of an ornamental object are belt attachment fixtures and a necklace attachment fixture. The necklace attachment fixture facilitates display of the ornamental object as a pendant. The belt attachment fixtures rotate to an extended position and a retracted position. In the extended position, the belt attachment fixtures facilitate display of the ornamental object as a belt buckle. When not in use, the belt attachment fixtures are rotated into their retracted positions so as to minimize their rear extension.

Abstract: A belt with a buckle, which comprises a belt having a plurality of holes provided at proper intervals on its back side at its free end, each of the holes having an opening only on the back side of the belt, a base having a projection provided on its upper surface, to the left-hand end of which the other end of the belt is secured, a cover having a pair of sides bent downward, the cover being rotatably mounted on the base in such a manner that the head of the projection may abut against the back side of the cover and that the junction of the belt and the base may be positioned at the left-hand end on the back-side of the cover, and an adjusting belt having the same thickness as that of the belt, the adjusting belt being rotatably attached to the sides of the cover opposite to the base.

Abstract: A belt fastener for a belt having a pierced end and a looped end. A threaded post is attached to the pierced end of the belt and a washer is hingedly attached to the looped end of the belt. The washer receives the threaded post and a threaded fastener threadedly engages the threaded post and retains the washer on the post to fasten the belt.

Abstract: A small weapon, such as a short-bladed defensive knife can be innocently concealed in an article of ordinary apparel, such as a belt, according to the present invention in such a manner as to both be securely retained within the article of apparel and be quickly and simply withdrawn by a simple, single motion when needed in instances of self-defense. The weapon is retained within the article of apparel by frictional engagement between the article and the weapon, which is primarily achieved by different curvatures of the holster, which is combined with the article of apparel, and of the weapon. The frictional engagement between the weapon and the holster can be increased by providing additional end clips, protrusions, or other attachments between the weapon and its holster.

Abstract: A belt retention clip for engaging the waistband of a garment, said clip comprising a base portion, an outwardly and downwardly depending arm positioned adjacent said base portion and adapted to engage the waistband of the garment therebetween and an outwardly and upwardly extending arm positioned adjacent said base portion and adapted to receive the belt therebetween, said first-mentioned arm and/or base portion being profiled or provided with means which, in use, retain the clip on the garment waistband.

Abstract: A Western-style belt buckle is a metal plate having a small pistol mounted thereon. The pistol is part of the ornamentation of the buckle, but is releasably mounted on the buckle in a manner permitting quick removal. An aperture in the plate permits the wide, bullet chamber portion of the pistol to extend through the plate, providing a compact unit. The gun is fastened to the plate with a spring clip and a barrel retainer.

Abstract: A tab buckle for a tab on a pair of trousers comprising a body member and an elongated element attached to the body member on the rear face of the body member. A latching member having a locking edge is attached to the body member by a resilient element which resiliently resists movement of the latching member away from the elongated element.

Abstract: A belt buckle for attachment to one end of a belt and connection to the other end of the belt and having an open interior with a tray mounted for pivoting into and out of the interior, with a detent mechanism for retaining the tray within the buckle and a projecting portion for pivoting the tray out of the buckle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a belt buckle blank having an aluminum face plate that is anodized and which is photosensitive, and wherein additional properties and structural characteristics of said aluminum face plate is such that a negative photographic type image may be exposed to and developed on the aluminum face plate.

Abstract: A combination utility belt buckle having one end configured as a prying type bottle opener, the opposite end configured as a piercing type can opener, a shiftable can cutting blade disposed along one elongated edge of the belt buckle, and the other edge of the buckle presenting a knife edge and an improved fish scaler. The buckle is configured to facilitate rapid assembly and disassembly from a belt without removal of the belt from the wearer.

Abstract: A compartmented receptacle for the organized storage of personal items such as coins, currency, keys, credit cards and the like is disclosed. A front section is hinged to a rear section. One section is provided with coin dispensing channels and compartments for other items. The opposite section defines a generally rectangular compartment adapted to receive credit cards or similar items. In the preferred embodiment, the receptacle can be attached to a belt and has the appearance of an ornamental belt buckle.

Abstract: Disclosed is a buckle for a belt in which parts of the buckle are provided in two interrelated, yet separate, parts. The first part, secured to one end of the belt, comprises a plate having two extending tangs. The first tang extends downwardly and through the end of the belt to which it is affixed. It engages an aperture in a rigid loop. The second tang extends upwardly so as to engage the apertures in the free end of the belt, after the belt has been inserted through the rigid loop. The rigid loop has an implement formed as an integral part thereof. The implement is inserted into a pouch in the belt.

Abstract: A combination belt buckle and knife for use with a belt as an attractive article of wear, and wherein a knife blade concealed within a recess of the belt buckle is removably detached from a base member of the buckle, with the cover plate for the base member recess serving as a handle for the knife blade in use.

Abstract: A money buckle is provided for securely and secretly retaining paper valuables, such as money. The buckle has an envelope-like configuration with a cavity for receiving the valuables and a safety flap foldable over the open end of the buckle and having an aperture engageable with an inwardly projecting hook which also engages a hole in a belt to which it is attached to secure the belt around the waist of the wearer. Thus, the safety flap is securely held in place between the back of the buckle and the belt when being worn. Also, the money buckle is accessible without removing the belt by merely releasing the hook from the hole in the belt and opening the flap.

Abstract: The specification discloses a combination decorative belt buckle and instrument housing adapted to hold and display a watch, compass or other instrument on the belt of a user. The buckle and instrument housing combination includes a base member having means on one side formed as a conventional buckle including means for securing the ends of a belt about the waist of the user. A decorative portion on the face of the buckle has an instrument receiving chamber formed therein to receive and secure the instrument. In one embodiment, the base and the decorative portion are integrally formed of the same material. In another embodiment, the base is formed of metal and decorative portion is formed of nonmetallic material as wood or the like.

Abstract: A buckle adapted for use with a strap means so as to form a belt, bracelet, or the like is disclosed. The buckle includes a housing having a recess on a major face thereof for removably receiving an ornamental member, whereby any one of a plurality of ornamental members may be used with a single housing.