Information
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Patent Grant
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6266853
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Patent Number
6,266,853
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Date Filed
Friday, September 24, 199925 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, July 31, 200123 years ago
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Inventors
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Examiners
Agents
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CPC
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US Classifications
Field of Search
US
- 024 105
- 024 104
- 024 103
- 024 108
- 024 109
- 024 1144
- 024 11405
- 024 11412
- 024 101 R
- 024 113 R
- 024 113 MP
- 024 92
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International Classifications
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Abstract
A not rotatable enclosing buckle of fabric article, including a female buckle body formed with a shaft hole passing through a bottom end thereof and a male buckle body including a main body and a nail post upward projecting from the main body. The nail post penetrates through the fabric article and inserting into the shaft hole of the female buckle body so as to latch the male and female buckle bodies on the fabric article. A stem of the nail post is formed with at least one rib. The rib and the longitudinal axis of the stem contain an angle other than 90 degrees. The rib defines a maximum outer circumference of the stem, whereby the rib meshes with the peripheral wall of the shaft hole to prevent the male and female buckle bodies from rotating relative to each other.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an enclosing buckle of fabric article, and more particularly to an enclosing buckle which can be latched on a fabric article without rotation.
FIG. 1
shows a conventional baseball hat or leisure hat. The hat body
10
is made of multiple fabric pieces
12
by stitching. The center of the hat body is latched with an enclosing buckle
14
for covering the seams of the fabric pieces
12
and beautifying the appearance of the hat body.
FIG. 2
shows the structure of a conventional enclosing buckle
20
which includes a buckle body
22
and a buckle seat
24
. The buckle body
22
has a post section
26
Penetrating through the hat body
25
to insert into a hole
28
of the buckle seat so as to latch the enclosing buckle on the hat body.
FIGS. 3 and 4
show two other conventional enclosing buckle structures designed by the inventor. In
FIG. 3
, the enclosing buckle
30
has a female buckle body
32
wrapped by a decorative cloth
34
. A fastening member
35
is used to fix the inner periphery of the decorative cloth
34
. The enclosing buckle
30
further has a male buckle body
36
having a cylindrical post section
37
which penetrates through the hat body
38
to insert into the hole
33
of the female buckle body, In
FIG. 4
, the enclosing buckle
40
has a male buckle body
46
having a cylindrical post section
47
which penetrates through the hat body
48
to insert into the hole
43
of the female buckle body
42
. A cover body
45
with a decorative cloth
44
covers the female buckle body
42
.
The above enclosing buckles
20
,
30
,
40
all have a common shortcoming. With
FIG. 4
exemplified, after the post section
47
of the male buckle body
46
is inserted into the hole
43
of the female buckle body
42
, the male and female buckle bodies are latched with each other and locked on the hat body
48
without detachment. However, the post section
47
is cylindrical so that the post section
47
is rotatable within the hole
43
. Therefore, the male and female buckle bodies
42
,
46
will be rotated relative to each other. As a result, the male and female buckle bodies can be hardly firmly latched on the hat body without loosening.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is therefore a primary object of the present invention to provide an enclosing buckle of fabric article in which the male and female buckle bodies can be latched on the fabric article without rotating relative to each other.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide the above enclosing buckle which can be latched on the fabric article without rotation.
The present invention can be best understood through the following description and accompanying drawings wherein:
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1
is a perspective view of a conventional hat on which an enclosing buckle is latched;
FIG. 2
is a sectional assembled view of a conventional enclosing buckle structure latched on a hat body;
FIG. 3
is a sectional assembled view of another conventional enclosing buckle structure latched on a hat body;
FIG. 4
is a sectional assembled view of still another conventional enclosing buckle structure latched on a hat body;
FIG. 5
is a partially sectional exploded view of a first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6
is a sectional view taken along line
6
—
6
of
FIG. 5
;
FIG. 7
is a sectional assembled view according to
FIG. 5
;
FIG. 8
is a sectional view taken along line
8
—
8
of
FIG. 7
, showing that the nail post is engaged with the inner wall of the shaft hole;
FIG. 9
is a sectional view showing another embodiment of the nail post of the male buckle body of the present invention;
FIG. 10
is a partially sectional exploded view of still another embodiment of the present invention; and
FIG. 11
is a sectional assembled view according to FIG.
10
.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Please refer to FIG.
5
. According to a first embodiment, the enclosing buckle
50
of the present invention includes a female buckle body
60
and a male buckle body
70
. The female buckle body
60
is made of plastic material by injection molding. The female buckle body is formed with a stepped shaft hole
64
having an upper section with larger diameter defining a shoulder section
66
.
The male buckle body
70
includes a disc-shaped main body
72
and a nail post
74
and a penetrating post
73
upward projecting from the top face of the main body
72
. The top end of the nail post
74
is disposed with a conic head section
75
with larger diameter. The stem of the nail post is formed with several longitudinal ribs
76
. In this embodiment, as shown in
FIG. 6
, the stem of the nail post
74
is cylindrical and the ribs
76
are formed on the circumference of the stem at predetermined intervals. The ribs project from the stem to define a maximum outer circumference. The outer edge of each rib is sharp. The penetrating post
73
has a sharp top end.
The enclosing buckle
50
further includes a fastening member having a bowl-like cover body
80
. The cover body
80
has a top convex face
82
and a bottom concave face
84
.
The enclosing buckle
50
further includes a decorative cloth
85
wrapping the convex face
82
of the cover body
80
. Referring to
FIG. 7
, the end of the decorative cloth
85
is folded into the concave face
84
of the cover body. The cover body
80
together with the decorative cloth
85
covers the top arch face
61
of the female buckle body
60
with the decorative cloth wrapping the periphery of the female buckle body.
When assembled, the cover body
80
with the decorative cloth
85
wraps the outer periphery of the female buckle body
60
. The nail post
74
of the male buckle body
70
penetrates the hat body
90
from lower side thereof and upward inserts into the shaft hole
64
of the female buckle body. The bottom edge of the head section
75
of the nail post is engaged with the shoulder section
66
. As shown in
FIG. 7
, the male and female buckle bodies are mated and latched with each other without detachment. Therefore, the enclosing buckle is locked on the hat body
90
with the penetrating post
73
penetrating into the hat body.
The nail post
74
is inserted into the shaft hole
64
to latch the male and female buckle bodies
60
,
70
with each other. Thereafter, the ribs
76
around the stem of the nail post are forced into the peripheral wall of the shaft hole as shown in FIG.
8
. Therefore, the inner wall of the shaft hole is pressed and deformed by the ribs to achieve a meshing effect between the ribs
76
and the shaft hole
64
. Accordingly, the male and female buckle bodies are engaged with each other without relative rotation. The penetrating post
73
penetrates into the hat body to prevent the enclosing buckle from rotating relative to the hat body.
FIG. 9
shows another preferred embodiment of the present invention, in which except the nail post
74
of the male buckle body
70
, all the parts of this embodiment are identical to those of the above embodiment. The nail post
74
has a rectangular cross-section. The four corners of the nail post
74
are longitudinal ribs
76
formed on the stem of the nail post. The ribs
76
define a maximum outer circumference of the stem for meshing with the shaft hole.
In practice, the cross-section of the stem of the nail post
74
can alternatively have a triangular or pentagonal or other polygonal shape.
FIGS. 10 and 11
show still another preferred embodiment of the enclosing buckle
100
of the present invention, in which the bottom of the female buckle body
110
is formed with an inward extending recess
112
. A projecting post
114
downward extends from the recess
112
. The projecting post
114
is formed with a shaft hole
116
with unified diameter.
The nail post
122
of the male buckle body
120
is formed with several ribs
124
. After the nail post
122
penetrates the hat body
140
to be inserted and located in the shaft hole
116
, the inner wall of the shaft hole
116
is expanded and deformed by the head section
126
of the nail post
122
. Therefore, the bottom edge of the head section
126
is engaged in the shaft hole to prevent the nail post from detaching from the projecting post.
The fastening member
130
is a ring body fitted around the projecting post
114
. After the decorative cloth
135
wraps the outer periphery of the female buckle body
110
, the fastening member
130
binds the periphery of the decorative cloth
135
in the recess
112
.
After the male and female buckle bodies are mated and latched with each other, the ribs
124
of the nail post
122
will mesh with the inner wall of the shaft hole
116
to prevent the male and female buckle bodies
110
,
120
from rotating relative to each other. Also, the penetrating post
127
of the male buckle body
121
penetrates into the hat body
140
.
According to the above arrangement, after the male and female buckle bodies are latched with each other, they cannot be rotated relative to each other. Therefore, the enclosing buckle can be firmly locked without loosening or detaching from an article. Furthermore, the penetrating post of the male buckle body penetrates into the hat body so as to prevent the enclosing buckle from rotating relative to the hat body.
In practice, the angle contained by the ribs and the longitudinal axis of the nail post can be a predetermined angle other than 90 degrees. The predetermined angle enables the nail post to mesh with the inner wall of the shaft hole without rotation. In addition, the shaft hole of the female buckle body is not limited to the above two embodiments as shown in the drawings. For example, the shaft hole
64
of the first embodiment is not necessary to pass through the top section of the female buckle body and it is not necessary to form the shoulder section
66
in the shaft hole
64
. Similarly, the shaft hole
116
of the second embodiment can pass through the top section of the female buckle body or be formed with a shoulder section.
The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the present invention, not intended to limit the scope thereof. Many modifications of the above embodiments can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
Claims
- 1. A non-rotatable buckle for attachment to a fabric article and comprising:a) a female buckle body having a shaft hole bounded by an inner wall and adapted to be located on a first side of the fabric article; b) a male buckle including a disc-shaped main body with a nail post and a penetrating post extending therefrom, the nail post having a conical head section and a plurality of outwardly extending longitudinal ribs, each rib having a sharp outer edge, the male buckle adapted to be located on a second side of the fabric article such that the nail post extends through the fabric article and into the shaft hole of the female buckle body, the sharp outer edges of the longitudinal ribs deforming the inner wall to thereby prevent relative rotation between the female buckle body and the male buckle, the penetrating post engaging the fabric of the fabric article so as to prevent relative rotation between the male buckle and the fabric article.
- 2. The non-rotatable buckle as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a fabric cloth wrapping located on an outer surface of the female buckle body.
- 3. The non-rotatable buckle as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a fastening member disposed between the female buckle body and the fabric cloth wrapping for keeping the fabric cloth wrapper on the female buckle body.
- 4. The non-rotatable buckle as claimed in claim 3, wherein the fastening member comprises a bowl-like cover body having a convex face and a concave face, the fabric cloth wrapping located on the convex face of the cover body, an end of the fabric cloth wrapping being folded into the concave face of the cover body.
- 5. The non-rotatable buckle as claimed in claim 4, wherein the bottom of the female buckle body has an inward extending recess, and further comprising a projecting post extending from the recess, the projecting post having the shaft hole therein, the fabric cloth wrapping located on an outer surface of the female buckle body, an end of the fabric cloth being folded into the recess, the fastening member comprising a ring body fitted around the projecting post and binding the fabric cloth in the recess.
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