US 12,220,024 B2
Buckle
Eric W. Millward, Des Plaines, IL (US)
Assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on May 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/142,849.
Application 18/142,849 is a continuation in part of application No. 29/858,329, filed on Oct. 31, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/345,972, filed on May 26, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0404219 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. A44B 11/26 (2006.01); A44B 11/25 (2006.01)
CPC A44B 11/263 (2013.01) [A44B 11/2546 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A female buckle component configured to mate with a male buckle component into a securely connected position, said female buckle component comprising:
a housing comprising a first side and a second side separated by a central rib, wherein each side of the housing defines:
a button aperture configured to secure a button of a male buckle component; and
a pocket configured to receive the male buckle component, wherein the pocket comprises a first alignment edge at an opening of the pocket and a second alignment edge between the opening and the button aperture that is transverse to the first alignment edge.