Patent ID: 7334301

Claim:
A buckle comprising: a base made by pressing, with the base including two walls, a cross member between the two walls and a base jaw between the two walls; a handle jaw made by rolling, with the handle jaw including a cam, two non-circular blocks extending from the cam and a shaft extending from each of the two non-circular blocks into an aperture defined in each of the two walls of the base, with each of the two non-circular blocks intermediate to the cam and the shaft, with the two non-circular blocks having a perimeter, with the perimeter smaller than a circumference of the cam, with the perimeter larger than a circumference of the shaft, with the handle jaw located between the two walls; a handle made by pressing, with the handle including a touch portion and two non-circular braces extending from the touch portion for holding the two non-circular blocks of the handle jaw, with the two non-circular braces in contact with the two non-circular blocks of the handle jaw, wherein the handle is installed on the base so that a gap is defined between the base jaw and the handle jaw, wherein the handle can be pivoted on the base between a first position where the gap is small and a second position where the gap is large; and an elastic element biasing the handle from the first position to the second position.