Buckle assembled with whistle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10512308-B2
Application number	US-201815942508-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 31, 2018
Priority date	Jan 4, 2018
Publication date	Dec 24, 2019
Grant date	Dec 24, 2019

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a buckle assembled with a whistle, the buckle including: a plug member having locking arms that are formed at both ends at a front side of a base, and a guide rod that protrudes from the base at an intermediate side between the locking arms; and a socket member having a guide groove which is formed at a center of the socket member so as to be opened at an upper side thereof to accommodate the guide rod at the center, and chambers which are formed at both sides of the guide groove so that the locking arms at the both ends are inserted into the chambers, in which the guide rod is configured as the whistle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A buckle assembled with a whistle, the buckle comprising:
a plug member having locking arms formed at both ends at a front side of a base and a guide rod protruding from the base at an intermediate side between the locking arms; and
a socket member having a guide groove formed at a center of the socket member so as to be opened at an upper side thereof to accommodate the guide rod at the center and chambers formed at both sides of the guide groove so that the locking arms at the both ends are inserted into the chambers,
wherein the guide rod is configured as
the whistle with a hollow, extended and longitudinal body having a substantially rectangular cross-section detachably attached to a whistle cap formed on the base, and
the whistle cap, extending from a center of the base in parallel with the locking arms, having a substantially rectangular cross-section with narrowing widths such that the whistle cap horizontally slides within the whistle and is fully inserted into the whistle.

2. The buckle according to claim 1 , wherein the whistle cap comprises a catching protrusion extending vertically from a proximal end surface of the whistle cap and having a substantially rectangular cross-section formed along a leading edge of the whistle cap.

3. The buckle according to claim 2 , wherein the whistle includes a catching groove to which the catching protrusion of the whistle cap is coupled, the catching groove formed in an inner surface at a rear end portion of the whistle.

4. The buckle according to claim 1 , wherein an inner surface at a rear end portion of the whistle has a shape corresponding to an outer surface of the whistle cap, such that the inner surface of the whistle and the outer surface of the whistle cap are tightly coupled to each other.

Assignees

• Woojin Plastic Co Ltd

Inventors

• Paik Jisook
• Paik Nan Hee
• Paik Ji Hye
• Son Ji Won

Classifications

• A44B11/266 Primary

  with at least one push-button acting parallel to the main plane of the buckle and perpendicularly to the direction of the fastening action · CPC title

• A44B11/2546

  Details · CPC title

• A44B11/005 Primary

  Buckles combined with other articles, e.g. with receptacles · CPC title

• G10K5/00

  Whistles · CPC title