Patent ID: 6397440
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: A44B,Y10T

Abstract:
An assembly of a buckle mechanism and blade, the blade having a fastening surface, comprising:a base having a surface and a projection extending away from the surface, the projection having a lock surface being substantially perpendicular to a plane passing through the surface and being contiguous to the surface; a guide supported by the base, the guide engaging the fastening surface of the blade with the lock surface of the projection and including a release surface disposed at a first end of the guide and a bias surface at a second end of the guide, the second end being opposite the first end; and at least one biasing member, operatively engaging the second end of the guide, that locates the guide to a first position in which the fastening surface of the blade engages the lock surface of the projection and that opposes movement of the guide to a second position in which the blade disengages from the projection.