US 12,201,086 B2
Breakaway buckle device for a pet collar
Wai Sze Chow, Kowloon (HK); Oscar Ernesto Romero Navarro, Kowloon (HK); and Rahmad Dani, Kowloon (HK)
Assigned to Pets at Home Asia Limited, Kwun Tong (HK)
Filed by Pets at Home Asia Limited, Kowloon (HK)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/982,598.
Claims priority of application No. 32021042115.4 (HK), filed on Nov. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0145756 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 27/00 (2006.01); A44B 11/25 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 27/001 (2013.01) [A01K 27/005 (2013.01); A44B 11/2592 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A breakaway buckle device for a pet collar, comprising:
a first buckle portion comprising a first part and a second part rotatable relative to the first part about a rotation axis, the second part comprising a head part and a leg portion;
a second buckle portion; and
a coupling mechanism arranged to releasably couple the first buckle portion with the second buckle portion and arranged to be manipulated for adjusting a breakaway force required for the first buckle portion to break relatively away from the second buckle portion along a breakaway axis generally parallel to or coaxial with the rotation axis;
wherein the coupling mechanism comprises
a plurality of engagement portions arranged at one of the head part of the second part; and
a corresponding engagement portion arranged at and the second buckle portion;
wherein the corresponding engagement portion is arranged to selectively engage with one of the plurality of engagement portions to releasably lock the first buckle portion and the second buckle portion and to define a respective breakaway force;
wherein
the first part defines a cavity for receiving the leg portion of the second part,
the second buckle portion defines a cavity for receiving the head part of the second part, and
the second part is substantially enclosed by the first part and the second buckle portion when the first buckle portion and the second buckle portion are releasably coupled.