Patent ID: 6457219
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: A44B,Y10T

Abstract:
A side release buckle comprising:a male buckle member, said male buckle member comprising a hollow base defining at least one belt insertion slot, two spring hooks bilaterally forwardly extended from a front side of said hollow base, and an elongated stop block forwardly extended from a middle part of the front side of said hollow base between said spring hooks; a female buckle member, said female buckle member comprising at least one belt insertion slot near rear side thereof, a receiving chamber, a front opening disposed in a front side thereof in communication with said receiving chamber through which the spring hooks of said male buckle member are inserted into said receiving chamber, two side openings respectively formed in two opposite lateral sidewalls thereof in communication with said receiving chamber, and two shoulders respectively formed in the lateral sidewalls of said female buckle member in front of the side openings of said female buckle member for engagement with the spring hooks of said male buckle member after insertion of the spring hooks of said male buckle member through the front opening of said female buckle member into said receiving chamber; wherein: said male buckle member further comprises two hooked retaining rods bilaterally upwardly extended from a top side of said hollow base, and a decorative member fastened to said hooked retaining rods and covered over said hollow base, the decorative member of said male buckle member comprising a horizontal top sidewall, two vertical lateral sidewalls perpendicularly downwardly extended from the horizontal top sidewall at two sides and defining with the horizontal top sidewall a receiving space adapted to receive the hollow base of said male buckle member, and two retaining holes disposed inside the receiving space and adapted to receive the hooked retaining rods of said male buckle member; said female buckle member comprises two top retaining holes, and a decorative member fastened to said top retaining holes and covered over a top side thereof, the decorative member of said female buckle member matching the decorative member of said male buckle member in shape, and comprising a horizontal top sidewall, two vertical lateral sidewalls perpendicularly downwardly extended from the horizontal top sidewall at two sides and defining with the horizontal top sidewall a receiving space adapted to receive said female buckle member, two hooked retaining rods suspending in the receiving space for engaging into the retaining holes of said female buckle member to secure said female buckle member to the decorative member of said female buckle member, and two side openings respectively disposed in the vertical lateral sidewalls corresponding to the two side openings of said female buckle member for the insertion of fingers to force the spring hooks of said male buckle member away from the shoulders of said female buckle member.