Rigid Stud Patents (Class 24/174)
  • Patent number: 12053060
    Abstract: A belt has a strap defining a fixed end and a loose end and a buckle engaging the strap. The buckle has a frame defining a channel between outer and inner portions thereof and the outer portion extends beyond the lower portion. A prong protrudes from an undersurface of the outer portion into the channel to engage one of a series of holes of the loose end of the strap passing through the channel. The buckle also has a separable chape connecting the fixed end of the strap and which fits through a rear entrance of the channel to releasably connect to the inner portion of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Inventor: Vincent Turner
  • Patent number: 11498201
    Abstract: A tool box-used buckling apparatus includes a buckle, a sleeve, a shaft and two limiting elements. The buckle includes two substantially parallel lateral strips. The lower shaft includes a middle section inserted in the sleeve and two terminal sections inserted in the lateral strips. The limiting elements extend toward each other from the lateral strips. The limiting elements are in contact with two ends of the sleeve, thereby keeping the sleeve on the middle section of the lower shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Inventor: Yi-Min Li
  • Patent number: 9839264
    Abstract: In one aspect, the subject matter of the disclosure features a watch band. The watch band includes a strap and a clasp mechanism integrated with an end of the strap. The clasp mechanism includes a concave member defining a channel at the end of the strap and a cover plate. The cover plate is configured to move between (i) a first position in which the cover plate covers the channel, and (ii) a second position in which the cover plate is retracted to leave at least part of the channel uncovered by the cover plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Theodore Schooley, Frank Jay Ziberna, Roger Hsu, Keeline Burdick Wilcox
  • Patent number: 9427049
    Abstract: A latching system is operable to prevent inadvertent total release of two straps secured by the latching system as the two straps are being latched together. The latching system includes a buckle affixed to an end of a first strap and a plurality of fixed studs affixed to a second strap to be secured to the first strap. The plurality of fixed studs successively latch with the buckle as the second strap is pulled through a first section of the buckle. One of the fixed studs will catch in the buckle even if the first strap is pulled away from the second strap before latching is completed. Latching is completed by passing the second strap through a second portion of the buckle. In one embodiment, when latching is complete, two fixed studs engage the buckle to secure the second strap to the first strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: World's Best Halter, Inc.
    Inventor: Danny Shelton
  • Patent number: 7181808
    Abstract: A fastener is adapted to retain one or more holes of a belt or strap beneath a belt frame without passing through the frame. The fastener comprises primarily a frame and a back plate, coupled together for relative rotational movement about an axis parallel to the axial orientation of the strap. The frame also serves as a biasing member to engage a latch mechanism. The back plate anchors the member-to-be-secured, if it is a belt. Otherwise, if the member-to-be-secured is a strap to, for example, close a pocket, then the back plate is mounted to the body on which the pocket is mounted, such as a purse or a piece of luggage. A faux tongue gives the appearance of a known buckle, but the faux tongue does not pass through the belt or strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Inventor: Denzal Wayne Van Winkle
  • Patent number: 4672720
    Abstract: A fastener for bi-valve casts splints and other devices is disclosed which permits ease of use, change-ability of straps, reliability, convenience and detachability, that is, which permits repetitive attachment, removal and re-attachment. The fastener includes a base, attached to the device, a buckle universal mounted and detachably connected to the base, and a strap coupled to the buckle at one end and adapted to wrap the device and engage the buckle at its other end to secure the devices while preventing migration and rotation of the device from the original intended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1987
    Assignee: Corflex, Inc.
    Inventor: Theodore V. Lorenzetti
  • Patent number: 4541151
    Abstract: An articulated watch band provided with a catch mechanism interconnected by hinge joints is disclosed. One catch part is formed with a recess and the other part is formed with an extension snugly fitting the recess. To secure the extension in position within the recess, the extension is provided at its lower side with a stop plate and at its upper side with a movable arresting plate corresponding in shape to the outline of the extension, so that upon angular displacement of the upper plate or upon shifting the same in longitudinal direction of the strap, the plate overlaps the rims of the recess in the receiving catch part and prevents the displacement of the extension in vertical direction relative to its upper surface. Hinge joints of the strap include hinge tubes which are secured to the associated links or catch parts by laser-beam welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1985
    Assignee: Rodi & Wienenberger AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Herchenbach, Dieter Nischwitz
  • Patent number: 4470174
    Abstract: An adjustable fastener comprising a strap having a first portion and a second portion and a plurality of holes in the first portion of the strap and a yoke having a hook portion and a clasp portion and a hole adjustably coupled to the first portion of the strap and engagement means coupled to the second portion of the strap capable of engaging the yoke and disengaging from the yoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1984
    Inventor: Don E. Rhea