Patent ID: 7007353
Filing Date: 2006-03-07
Classification: A44B,A47D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A buckle arrangement for releasably connecting first and second parts of an object comprising: a first buckle part including a post which is carried by said first object part, said post having a waist; a second buckle part including a ring-shaped body which is connected to the second object part, said ring-shaped body having a housing with a diametrical through-passing channel that extends perpendicular to a ring opening axis of said ring-shaped body; said second buckle part including a latch arrangement that enables the ring-shaped body to be latched axially in relation to the post, said latch arrangement having two mutually identical, ring-shaped latch elements each with a respective opening therein, each latch element including a latch shoulder, a press key and an integral spring, the latch elements being parallel and brought in mutually opposite directions with the respective openings thereof in general alignment such that a cross-section of said two latch elements corresponds to a cross-section of said channel, said press keys being exposed on an outside of the ring-shaped body and located in diametrically opposite positions in relation to said openings with the spring of one latch element supporting against a radially inner side of the press key of the other latch element, and vice versa, said springs biasing said latch elements so as to bring the latch shoulders into engagement with mutually opposite sides of said waist and allowing the latch shoulders to move free from the waist when the press keys are pressed diametrically towards each other.