Patent ID: 8286312
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: A44B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A buckle having a plug member and a socket member which are detachably coupled to each other, wherein the plug member having a base part, a pair of lock arms which project from the base part to be elastically coupled to the socket member, a guide rod which projects from the base part between the pair of lock arms, and bridges which extend from the base part inside the pair of lock arms and are connected to distal ends or middle portions of inner surfaces of the lock arms, and wherein the socket member have a chamber which is defined by an upper plate, a lower plate and sidewalls connecting the upper and lower plates and is open at a distal end thereof to receive the pair of lock arms and the guide rod, and engagement parts which are formed outside the chamber to allow distal end portions of the lock arms to be engaged therewith, wherein a slot is defined in the guide rod in a lengthwise direction of the guide rod, and a guide rib to be fitted into the slot of the guide rod is formed in the chamber of the socket member in such a way as to connect the upper and lower plates, wherein the slot is defined to a middle portion of the guide rod, a connecting part is formed to extend from the middle portion of the guide rod to the base part, and a rib groove is defined in the guide rib to receive the connecting part.