Patent ID: 7320160
Filing Date: 2008-01-22
Classification: A44B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A buckle, comprising: a plug; a socket into which the plug is inserted; an engaging unit; and a posture-adjuster, wherein the plug includes: a plug base; a pair of lock arms extending from left and right side ends of the plug base toward a socket-insertion front end of the plug base; and a guide bar that is provided between the lock arms and has a predetermined length, the socket includes a top plate and a bottom plate forming top and bottom surfaces, the engaging unit includes the pair of lock arms, the engaging unit detachably engaging the plug and the socket in a state where the plug is inserted in the socket, the posture-adjuster includes: a guide path provided on one of the plug and the socket and having a widening width; and a guided member provided to the other one of the plug and the socket and guided along the guide path, the posture-adjuster has an axis path extending from the guide path linearly along a longitudinal axis of the one of the plug and the socket, and the posture-adjuster adjusts relative postures of the plug and the socket when the plug is relatively moved toward the socket.