Patent ID: 6920672

Claim:
A belt buckle for mounting a picture thereon, said buckle comprising: a pre-formed belt buckle blank having a recessed central area surrounded by a raised lip on the front side of the buckle; a picture sized to fit within said recessed area; a coating of a cured-in-place clear material covering the picture and filling the recessed central area of the blank; an elongated loop on the back of the buckle adjacent one end thereof, said loop being shaped to receive one end of a belt through the loop such that said one end of the belt folds about an outer portion of said loop to secure the belt to said one end of the belt, the free end of the belt forming at least one hole; means for affixing said loop to the back of the buckle along an inner portion of the loop adjacent one end of the buckle; and a rearwardly projecting pin member affixed to the other end of said buckle remote from said loop for engaging the free end of said belt to secure the belt about the waist of a wearer.