Patent ID: 8448308
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: A44B,B60N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A buckle comprising: a buckle body including an insert groove having two upwardly facing openings, two stop portions disposed in said insert groove, and a resilient pressing arm; two first retainers inserted into said insert groove in said buckle body via said upwardly facing openings, respectively, each of said first retainers including a resilient retaining plate biased to a retaining position to thereby abut against a respective one of said stop portions of said buckle body so as to prevent removal of a corresponding one of said first retainers from said buckle body; and a biasing unit for providing a biasing force to eject said first retainers from said upwardly facing openings, respectively, wherein said resilient pressing arm of said buckle body includes two actuating portions that are positioned such that, when said resilient pressing arm is pressed, each of said resilient retaining plates of said first retainers is removed from said retaining position by a respective one of said actuating portions; wherein said buckle body further includes a first outer housing, a second outer housing, and a release member disposed between said first and second outer housings and including said resilient pressing arm and a connecting body connected to said first outer housing, said resilient pressing arm extending upwardly from a top end of said connecting body, being configured as a cantilever, and allowing for manual operation, and wherein said biasing unit includes two first plate bodies each having an end, and two second plate bodies extending respectively from said ends of said first plate bodies and pressing respectively against said first retainers, said second plate bodies cooperating to provide said biasing force, said buckle body further including two positioning brackets disposed in said insert groove for supporting said first plate bodies, respectively.