Patent ID: 6948220
Filing Date: 2005-09-27
Classification: A01K,A44B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A pet collar buckle structure, comprising: a plastic male member having a stepped round face at a front end thereof, and an outer circular surface protruding from the round surface, a lateral notch being formed in the two sides of the round face, and a clevis disposed at a rear end thereof with a horizontal bar across the clevis that provides for the insertional coupling of one extremity of a collar; and a female member having a surface section that is of a planar arrangement and, having two elastic clips situated at a lower side of the surface section, wherein an interior space remains between the surface section and the two elastic clips; wherein a convex section and a concave section are contiguously articulated along an inner side of the two elastic clips such that a reticulated section matching a shape of the male member round face is formed within the inner sides of the two elastic clips; wherein the reticulated section and the interior space are confluent and a narrow slot is formed along an outer side of each elastic clip; wherein the female member has a clevis at a rear end thereof with a horizontal bar across the clevis of the female member that provides for an insertional coupling of an opposite extremity of the collar; wherein when the male member is placed into the female member, the two elastic clips of the female member arrest the round face of the male member and retain the round face in position and the outer circular surface of the male member becomes located in the interior space between the surface section and the two elastic clips of the female member; and wherein when the male member and the female member are subjected to a certain pulling force, the male member is released from the female member.