US1512407A - Belt buckle - Google Patents

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2l, i924. l E,512,407

. s. CLARK BELT BUCKLE Filed March 5, 1924 Tq. l.- l

Patented @et 2l, 1924.,

Milf-itl SAIVIUEL CLARK, O'F NElVA'B/If, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNGR, BY MESNE SSIGMENTS, TO GOBHAM MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A CORPRAT'GN 0l? RHODE SLAND.

BELT BUCKLE.

Application filed. March 3, i924. Serial No. 696,472.

T all 'whom t may concern: l

VBe .it-known that I, SAMUEL CLARK, a citizen the "United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Belt Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in belt buckles, and it has for its primary object to provide a buckle of that class in which there is a tongue or the like to engage in a hole in the belt so constructed that the said tongue will be invisible, instead of being exposed to view. To this end I provide the body portion of the buckle with a pivoted member, the pivot of whichV is disposed Vbeneath the said body portion, the said pivoted member being in the form of a loop to which one end of the belt is attached, and adjacent the pivot, where, in use, it is hidden beneath the body member, the said pivoted member is provided with a stud or the like which is adapted to enter a hole in the belt. The free end of the belt passes over this pivoted member and practically conceals it from view, the stud entering the hole in the belt and holding the latter against the body portion, so that there is no danger of the belt slipping when once adjusted.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be specifically delined by the appended claim.

The invention, in its preferred form, is

clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which with the numerals of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a face view showing the front portion of the belt with the present improvement applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a rear view of the same.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section as on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a view looking at the end of the buckle with the pivoted member shown in two positions, one by full lines and the other by dotted lines.

Figure 5 is a section as on the line 5,5 of Figure 4:.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

My buckle comprises a body portion l which may be as ornamental as desired, having thev longitudinal members on the under at the entrance end of the body portion tothe more readily receive and guide the free end of the belt while at the other or narrower lugs or the like 4t to receive the rod or pin 5 on which is mounted the member 6 which is in the form of a loopE about which the end of the belt 7 is designed to be secured in the usual way. y

Movable with the pivoted member 6 is a stud or the like 8, which in the present instance is shown as on the enlarged transverse portion 9 adjacent the pivot of the member 6 and is designed to engage in the desired hole l0 in the belt.

In use the end of the belt isy axed to the loop ofthe buckle as shown in Figures'Q and 3, the free end placed about the waist, and entered between the body portion of the belt and the lguides and adjusted to the de-v Vengage the stud from the opening in the belt so the latter mayy bewithdrawn. The enlarged transverse portion 9 rigid with the member 6 not only adds the requisite strength but, bearing' on the belt across the entire width upon both sides of the stud 8,r

serves to compress the belt at such points and keeps the belt flat as well as holding the stud firmly in the opening in the belt.` By locating the pivot member 5 in close proximity to one end of the body portion '1 and locating the stud 8 between said pivot and the adjacent end of the said body portion, the member 6, when in use, is extended beend they are shown as formed withl soA y l Ut) tion, said loop member having adjacent its pivot a transverseenlargement.carrying a i5 stud at right ang'les thereto at a point farthest from the pivot of the loop member to engage in a hole in the belt, whereby the stud engages in the hole in the belt and the said enlargement serves to compress the belt 2o and to keep the latter flat, and acting in con` junction with the stud to hold the belt more firmly in position.

ln testimony that vI claim the invention above set forth affix my signature hereto.

SAMUEL CLARK.

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