Patent ID: 6446314
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: A44B,Y10T

Abstract:
A buckle comprising:a plug member having a base portion; at least one resiliently flexible locking leg extending from the base portion of the plug member, each of the at least one resiliently flexible locking legs defining a latching surface, and each of the at least one resiliently flexible locking legs permitting movement of the latching surface in at least one first direction; a socket member defining a cavity therein and an opening to the cavity; a stopping post extending into the cavity from a surface of the socket member, said stopping post defining an engaging surface; a disengaging member linked to the socket member, such that the disengaging member is movable in a second direction within the cavity of the socket member, the second direction being non-parallel to the at least one first direction, wherein the at least one locking leg is adapted to slidably enter the cavity of the socket member through the opening, to deflect around an angled surface of the stopping post, and to engage the latching surface with the engaging surface of the stopping post, so as to couple the plug member to the socket member, and wherein the disengaging member is adapted to disengage the latching surface of the at least one locking leg in the first direction from the engaging surface of the stopping post through movement of the disengaging member in the second direction, and thereby permit decoupling of the plug member from the socket member.