US 11,737,522 B2
Locking buckle
Christopher Moir, Langley (CA); and Marco Rota, North Vancouver (CA)
Assigned to Klick9 Supply Inc., Vancouver (CA)
Filed by Klick9 Supply Inc., Vancouver (CA)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/725,150.
Application 17/725,150 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CA2020/051424, filed on Oct. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/929,298, filed on Nov. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0240630 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. A44B 11/26 (2006.01); A44B 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC A44B 11/266 (2013.01) [A44B 11/006 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A locking buckle comprising:
a first buckle member, the first buckle member comprising:
a first strap-receiving slot for receiving a first loop end of a strap, the first strap-receiving slot defined in part by a strap-retaining bar and a body of the first buckle member;
a strap-locking bar pivotably attached to the body of the first buckle member, the strap-locking bar pivotable between an unlocked configuration in which the strap may freely pass through the first strap-receiving slot and a locked configuration in which the strap passing through the first strap-receiving slot is prevented from passing freely through the first strap-receiving slot;
a second buckle member connectable to the first buckle member, the second buckle member comprising:
a second strap-receiving slot for receiving a second loop end of the strap opposite the first loop end of the strap, the second strap-receiving slot defined by a strap-receiving bar and a body of the second buckle member;
wherein when the first buckle member and the second buckle member are connected and the strap-locking bar is in the locked configuration, the strap-locking bar abuts the second buckle member thereby preventing the strap-locking bar from pivoting from the locked configuration to the unlocked configuration; and
wherein when the first buckle member and the second buckle member are connected and the strap-locking bar is in the unlocked configuration, the strap-locking bar abuts the second buckle member thereby preventing the strap-locking bar from pivoting from the unlocked configuration to the locked configuration.