Patent Application
20190191824
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The disclosure and prior art relates to buckle devices and more particularly pertains to a new buckle device for facilitating a belt and buckle to be worn while passing through a metal detector.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a belt that may be worn around a waist. A clasp is removably coupled to the belt. The clasp releasably engages the belt such that the belt forms a closed loop to retain the belt around the waist. The clasp is comprised of a non-metallic material. In this way the clasp may be passed through a metal detector without triggering the metal detector.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A clasp 22 is provided and the clasp 22 is removably coupled to the belt 12. The clasp 22 releasably engages the belt 12 such that the belt 12 forms a closed loop to retain the belt 12 around the waist. The clasp 22 is comprised of a non-metallic material such as high impact plastic or the like. Thus, the clasp 22 may be passed through a metal detector without triggering the metal detector. In this way a wearer may pass through a security check point in an airport or the like without having to remove the belt 12.
The clasp 22 comprises a panel 24 that has a first surface 26, a second surface 28 and a peripheral edge 30 extending therebetween. The peripheral edge 30 has a first lateral side 32 and a second lateral side 34. A tab 36 is coupled to and extends away from the first surface 26 and the tab 36 is centrally positioned on the panel 24. Moreover, the tab 36 may be oriented to be collinear with a line extending through the first lateral side 32 and the second lateral side 34 of the panel 24.
A first bridge 38 is coupled to the first surface 26 of the panel 24 and the first bridge 38 is aligned with the first lateral side 32. The first end 14 of the belt 12 is passed beneath the first bridge 38 thereby facilitating the tab 36 to extend through the first slot 18 in the belt 12. In this way the clasp 22 is removably coupled to the belt 12. A second bridge 40 is coupled to the first surface 26 of the panel 24 and the second bridge 40 is aligned with the second lateral side 34. The second end 16 of the belt 12 is passed beneath the second bridge 40 thereby facilitating the tab 36 to extend through a selected one of the second slots 20 in the belt 12. In this way the belt 12 is retained in a closed loop of a selected diameter.
A hanger 42 is provided and the hanger 42 is selectively and releasably attached to the clasp 22 when the belt 12 is being stored or displayed. The hanger 42 has a first surface 44, a second surface 46 and a peripheral edge 48 extending therebetween. The peripheral edge 48 has a first lateral side 50 and a second lateral side 52. The hanger 42 has a third slot 54 extending through the first 44 and second 46 surfaces and the third slot 54 insertably receives the tab 36 on the clasp 22 having the hanger 42 extending outwardly beneath the second bridge 40. In this way the belt 12 is positioned between the clasp 22 and the hanger 42 thereby inhibiting the belt 12 from falling off of the tab 36. The hanger 42 has a groove 56 extending from the first lateral side 50 toward the second lateral side 52. The groove 56 engages a support, such as a clothes hanger or the like, to suspend the belt 12 from the support for storage.
In use, the first end 14 of the belt 12 is passed beneath the first bridge 38 and the tab 36 is extended through the first slot 18 to removably couple the clasp 22 to the belt 12. The belt 12 is worn around the waist and the second end 16 of the belt 12 is passed beneath the second bridge 40. The belt 12 is tightened on the waist until the tab 36 engages a selected one of the second slots 20 in the belt 12. In this way the belt 12 is retained around the waist. The second end 16 is passed beneath the first bridge 38 to accommodate excess length of the belt 12.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
