A decorative concho that can be attached to the belt loops of a person's pants to provide a different "look". It consists of a decorative buckle which has three bars attached to the back of the buckle. Two of the bars are attached at the ends of the buckle and at one side of the buckle. The other end of the two bars are free. The third bar is attached between the first two bars and is permanently attached at one end to the buckle. The end that is permanently attached is adjacent the free ends of the other two bars to provide a serpentine path between the bars. The concho can be attached to the belt loops by slipping one bar at a time on the belt loop.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
This invention relates, in general, to a decorative concho, and, in 
particular, to a decorative concho attached to the belt loops of a woman's 
pants. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART 
In the prior art various types of decorative articles for clothing have 
been proposed. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 965,425 discloses a buckle for 
securing the ends of straps without employing tongues on the buckles. U.S. 
Pat. No. 1,326,158 discloses a buckle attached to one end of a strap and 
having a perpendicular tongue which is placed in a hole on the other end 
of a strap to secure the ends of the straps. U.S. Pat. No. 2,750,643 
discloses a buckle having a spring clip locking structure for securing 
ends of a strap. U.S. Pat. No. 3,981,124 discloses a concho having top and 
bottom walls which are slotted to receive and secure the ends of straps. 
All of the prior art devices are fixedly secured at one end to the belt or 
straps. This makes it difficult, or at least inconvenient, to change the 
device to another belt. Today, people like to mix and match clothing 
accessories to create a different "look" to their apparel. Utilizing a few 
clothing accessories in this manner allows them to have many different 
outfits using the same accessories. This means a savings in money spent on 
clothing or clothing accessories, and allows a person to dress in a way to 
match their mood or style. 
However, most of the prior art devices make mixing different clothing 
accessories difficult because of the manner that they are secured to the 
various articles of clothing. If it is difficult or time consuming to more 
an accessory from one item of clothing to another, a person will probably 
not do it. Therefore, there is a need for a decorative clothes accessory 
that is attractive and easily taken off one item of clothing and placed on 
another. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
The present invention is directed to a decorative concho that can be 
attached to the belt loops of a person's pants to provide a different 
look. It consists of a decorative buckle which has three bars attached to 
the back of the buckle. Two of the bars are attached at the ends of the 
buckle and at one side of the buckle. The other end of the two bars are 
free. The third bar is attached between the first two bars and is 
permanently attached at one end to the buckle. The end that is permanently 
attached is adjacent the free ends of the other two bars to provide a 
serpentine path between the bars. The concho can be attached to the belt 
loops by slipping one bar at a time on the belt loop. 
It is an object of the present invention to provide a decorative concho 
that is easily attached to an article of clothing.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
Referring now to the drawings in greater detail, FIG. 1 shows a partial cut 
away view of the decorative concho 1 of the present invention. It consists 
of a buckle or decorative portion 2 which can be made of any attractive 
material such as, but not limited to, nickel silver or sterling silver. 
Attached to the back of the concho 1 are three prongs 3, 4, and 5. Each of 
the prongs are made from four gauge half round wire having a round top side 
3c and a flat bottom side 3d as shown in FIG. 6. Each of the prongs is 
approximately 1 inch long an can be made from the same materials as the 
concho 1. It should be noted that the dimensions and materials are given 
merely for illustration purposes and it should be understood that other 
dimensions or material may be used without departing from the scope of the 
invention. 
As shown in FIG. 2, each of the prongs are attached permanently at one end 
5a to the back of the concho, and the other end 5b is spaced away from the 
back of the concho approximately 1/4 an inch. This gap will allow the belt 
loop 6, shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, to be slipped between the prongs and the 
back of the concho. Each of the prongs 3, 4, and 5 are permanently 
attached at one end to the back of the concho. In FIGS. 3-5 the ends 3a, 
4a, and 5a are permanently attached to the concho by, for example, 
soldering, although any conventional attachment means can be used. The 
other ends of the prongs 3b, 4b, and 5b are free and spaced from the back 
of the concho. 
In order to attach the concho 1 to a belt loop, the loop is first slipped 
under the free end 3b, and then the belt loop is slipped under the free 
end 4b, and then the belt loop is slipped under the free end 5b. As can be 
seen from FIG. 4 the belt loop must take a serpentine path in order to be 
placed under all three prongs. Once the belt loop is in place as shown in 
FIG. 5, the concho will be securely fastened to the belt loop, but can be 
quickly and easily removed if the wearer wants to put it on a different 
pair of pants or wants to change conchos. 
Also, even though the concho 1 of the present invention is show as oval, 
the shape is not critical and the concho can be made in any shape. 
Although the decorative concho and the method of using the same according 
to the present invention has been described in the foregoing specification 
with considerable details, it is to be understood that modifications may be 
made to the invention which do not exceed the scope of the appended claims 
and modified forms of the present invention done by others skilled in the 
art to which the invention pertains will be considered infringements of 
this invention when those modified forms fall within the claimed scope of 
this invention.