US2020985A - Combined buckle slide and button loop - Google Patents

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` Nov. 12, 1935.A

-c.EANDERsoN COMBINED BUQKLE SLIDE AND BUTTON LOOP vFiled Feb. 17, 1933 INVENTOR BY 1 A OR EY Nov. 12', 1935.. C, 'E ANDERSON 2,020,985

I COMBINED BUCKLE SLIDE AND BUTTON' LOOP Filed Feb. 17, 1953 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR ATTOR Y Patented Nov. 12, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COMBINED EUCKLE SLIDE AND BUTTON LOOP Application February 17, 1933, Serial No. 657,171

1 Claim.

This invention relates to an improved slide for receiving the strap of a garment and having means whereby the slide can be adjusted on the strap. The improved slide is constructed in a manner to give it a maximum stiffness and stability without increasing the weight of the article.

The improved slide may also be provided with a button loop which suspends a button in the normal way but in addition the lever is disposed so that it fastens a button in the loop when the lever is moved to clamping position relative to the strap. In addition to this the lever is used to anchor the strap to the article as the lever has means for fastening it to the end of the strap. This not only prevents the slide from slipping from the strap but the strap is thus formed into a loop which can be used as a means for pulling the lever to its free position. This saves time and also makes it easy to release the slide and overcomes the disadvantage present when the lever must be disengaged by the finger which often is painful especially when a linger nail is broken due to a tight clamping of the slide on the strap.

'Ihe invention is also present in certain details of construction which will be more fully described hereinafter and nally embodied in the claim.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a front View of my improved slide and button loop showing part of a garment and strap. Figure 2 is a side View of Figure 1. Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 in Figure 1. Figure 4 is a rear view of the slide and buckle detached. Figure 5 is a horizontal section on line 5 5 in Figure 1. Figure 6 is a rear View of a modied form of buckle and slide. Figure 7 is a vertical section of Figure 6 with the slide opened and before the end of the strap is secured. Figure 8 is a similar view with the strap secured. Figure 9 is a rear view of the buckle shown in Figure 1 with the frame or face plate modified to show a different form of pivoting means for the lever. Figure 10 is a section of Figure 9 with the lever removed. Figure 11 ls a section on line II-II in Figure 9. Figure 12 is a detail perspective view of still another modied form of hinging support for the lever and Figure 13 is a similar view showing the parts before the bearing has been bent over. Figure 14 is a detail section of a corner of the main part of the buckle showing a modified form of pivotal support or bearing for the lever. Figure 15 is a detail View of one end of the lever showing my improved form of pintle.

The main part of the slide comprises a face plate III which is substantially rectangular for threading the strap I Ila therethrough and has a depressed part I2 forming a button loop. The button loop opening extends upwardly and ares intoI a broad opening, the upper edge I4 of which Il is bowed or arched to provide a clear space for the insertion or removal of a button. The button I6 is thus readily removed from or placed into the button loop I3 with the shank I5 of the button seated in the loop when the parts are as- 10 sembled.

'Ihe strap II)a is held by a lever I'I which has an arm I8 extending a proper distance to fasten and hold the strap Illa against the rear face of the face plate. The lever has a second arm I9 sub- 15 stantially at a right angle to the arm I8 and with its bottom edge at a line to form a closure for the button entrance of the loop I3. The bottom edge 20 thus forms a latch or holder to retain the button I 6 in the button loop and prevent 20 the loop riding 01T the button when the tensional strain between the loop and bottom is lessened. The lever thus acts to clamp the strap to the face plate and at the same time confines the button to the button loop. AThe material of the strap 25 threaded between the lever and the face plate also acts as a cushion for the end of the lever as does the material to which the button is attached. This form of buckle requires the insertion of the button from the rear and the lever and the cush- 30 ion so formed prevent the canting of the upper part of the button in the loop.

'I'he face plate is usually stiffened by marginal anges, the side flanges 2| acting to brace the ears 22.

The ears are struck up from the front of the face plate and are perforated. The lever I'I has its side ends formed into studs or pintles 23 which enter the perforations of the ears and thus act as pivots for the lever. The improved form of pintle is shown in detail in Figure l5. The blank is formed in a manner to cause the pintle to extend from the bend in the lever to form a pin that is L-shaped with a rounded outer bearing face 23ab to bear on the inside of the bearing 22 or its equivalent when the lever is swung. This form is stiflened by the divergent arms of the pintle and resists bending pressure exerted on the rounded face 23a.

The top flange 24 of the face plate not only 50 stiffens the plate but co-operates with the arm I8 of the lever in causing a sharp turn 25 in the strap which provides a better hold on the strap.

The strap is held from sliding either longitudinally or bunching laterally by reason of the depressions 26 in the face plate and corresponding teeth or projections 21 on the arm I8 of the lever. The entrance of the teeth is easy as the depressions 26 are extended in the direction of movement of the lever and the teeth can be forced into or out of the depressed parts with ease.

The lever I'I is provided with means for securely holding the end of the strap |05. In Figures 1 to 5 I show such means. in the doubled over end 28 of the lever I8. The end is doubled back toward the pivot and after the end 29 of the strap is inserted the end 28 is pressed down. The strap, having been rst threaded through the slide, forms a loop 30 which serves as a flap prevents the slide from becoming detached by sliding from the strap as the slide has no other means of fastening it to the strap.

In Figures 6 to 8, I show a modification. The

modification is the means for fastening the strap.V TInstead of bending the bottom of the arm I9 over the arm is provided with teeth 3I struck up from the arm itself. y The teethare spaced from the perforations 32 formed Yby the stamping of the teeth far enough to allow the end 29 of the strap to pass under the teeth. This is shown in This of pivotal support for the lever. The flanges 2I are provided with ears 33 bent over on the inside of the flanges to form a double'thickness.' The flange 2| braces the ears 33 and the whole structure is betterV adapted to resist spreading. i This construction has the same advantage of that shown in Figures 1 to 5 in that the flange 2| forms a smooth exterior and the ends of the pins or projections 23 are not exposed for engagement with the clothing or with the fingers. 10 In Figure 14. I show still another modification which consistsV in punching a part 36 inwardly from the side flange 2 I, on. each side of the face plate and perforating the parts to be punched as at 31. The smooth outside appearance is pres-V 15 ent in all these constructions of pivotal support but in both of the later showings the front of the face plate is not perforated above the button loop as is the case in the first one.

. In Figures 12 and 13 the hinge element. `is 20 formed by blanking outthe face plate withgthe Y small flaps 34 extending from the edge of the' flanges 2| andrthen bending them to form theV cylindrical bearings 35 for the pins 23. g A

The forms and proportions of the parts may f25" be varied to suit various requirements without departing from the scope of my invention.

A combined slide'and buckle comprising a face plate having a depending portion with an openso" ing aboveit to form a button loop, a lever pivot-A ed to the face plate at the back and having one4 arm to clamp a strap to the back of the face plate and having a second arm to lie withits bottom edge to form a closure for the button loop 35 When the lever isV in clamping position, means V01'1 the second arm for securing the end of a` strap. and a strap between the lever and the backrof the face plate and with its end securedto the second arm to form a loop, the material of the 40 strap forming a cushion between the second arm and the button and material to which the button, is secured. I y

CARLA E, ANDERSON.

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