Patent ID: 7478459
Filing Date: 2009-01-20
Classification: A44B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A buckle for connecting a band member to a connected member comprising: a base including a base portion, an attaching portion to the connected member, formed in the base portion, and opposing lever member supporting portions projecting from the base portion; and a lever member rotatably attached to the base, the lever member including an assembled portion, an operating portion extending from the assembled portion, and a clamping portion protruding from the assembled portion in a direction different from the operating portion, the clamping portion being configured to clamp the band member passing between the base portion and the assembled portion, to the base portion of the base by a rotation of the lever member towards the base, wherein the operating portion of the lever member includes a tip portion with curved inner and outer surfaces arranged such that as the inner surface and outer surface move towards a center of the lever member, the curved inner surface gradually approaches the outer surface, and the curved outer surface is arranged to gradually hang over an outward portion of the tip portion; wherein the operating portion of the lever member includes an arcuic slit in a length direction through which the band member is allowed to pass, such that the curved outer surface of the operating portion of the lever member is curved with a curved central part of the slit, whereby a tip side edge portion of the slit and an edge portion on the assembled portion side of the slit are configured to be strongly contacted with a central portion of the band member tensed by a force in at least one of the inner surface and outer surface of the operating portion of the lever member, such that the lever member is configured to be rotated from a stood up position to a laid down position when the force is applied; and wherein the operating portion of the lever member has, where the slit is formed, a curved face curved relative to a center of the slit.