Patent ID: 7617586

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a metal buckle for a sports shoe comprising a decoration and/or gripping zone ( 10 ) on its upper surface ( 2 ), wherein this decoration and/or gripping zone ( 10 ) comprises reliefs formed by the intersection of at least two series of grooves which are non-parallel to each other, said method comprising the following stages: formation during an extrusion of a first series of grooves ( 3 ) adapted to the shape of the reliefs desired in the following stage on a surface of a metal section intended to form the buckle after it has been cut; milling of all or part of the grooved surface formed in the first stage to cause a second series of grooves that are non-parallel to and intersects the first series of grooves ( 3 ) so as to form the decoration and/or gripping zone ( 10 ) comprising reliefs on the upper surface ( 2 ) of the accessory.