Patent ID: 8407820

Claim:
A buckle for swimming/diving goggles, with the buckle adapted to be mounted to a side of a body of the swimming/diving goggles and adapted to mount a head strap, with the head strap including a plurality of teeth on a side thereof, with each of the plurality of teeth of the head strap including an inclined guiding face and an engagement face, with the buckle comprising: a base including a plate having front and rear ends, with the rear end of the plate including an insertion hole and a partitioning plate, with the head strap adapted to be extended through the insertion hole and wound around the partitioning plate, with the plate including upper and lower walls each having a slot, with a compartment defined between the upper and lower walls; a pressing board including a front end and a rear end, with the front end of the pressing board engaged with the front end of the plate of the base, with the rear end of the pressing board including a pressing section corresponding to the partitioning plate, with the pressing section including a pressing face on a rear side thereof, with the pressing section further including first and second guiding faces on a front side thereof; and an operating button received in the compartment of the base, with the operating button including a resilient section, with an upper button formed on a top side of the resilient section and extended through the slot of the upper wall, with a lower button formed on a bottom side of the resilient section and extended through the slot of the lower wall, with the resilient section including first and second pressing surfaces corresponding to the first and second guiding faces of the pressing section of the pressing board, wherein with the operating button not pressed, the head strap is movable in a first direction to tighten the head strap and not movable in a second direction reverse to the first direction, with the engagement face of one of the plurality of the teeth of the head strap engaged with the pressing face of the pressing section of the pressing board to retain the head strap, wherein with the operating button pressed, the first and second pressing surfaces of the resilient section of the operating button press against the first and second guiding faces of the pressing board to move the pressing board rearward relative to the base, disengaging the pressing face of the pressing board from the engagement face of the head strap to permit the head strap to move in the second direction for loosening the head strap.