Buckle

Claim 2

A buckle comprising; a molded plastic male member being formed with a body, and having arm means, said arm means consisting of a pair of opposed flexible arms connected to said body; and a molded plastic female member comprising a body formed with a pair of channels to slidably receive said arms, and means to lock said arms into said female body after sliding said arms in said channels.

Claim 3

The buckle of claim 1, said arms being sufficiently flexible so as to be self-flexing upon insertion in the channels, and wherein said arms cannot be flexed so as to touch each other prior to insertion.

Claim 4

The buckle of claim 2, each of said arms being formed with a rounded foreward edge to be received in said channel.

Claim 5

The buckle of claim 3, each of said arms being formed with a flange adjacent said foreward edge, said flange being formed with a recess of a size so as to provide a molded plastic rim.

Claim 6

The buckle of claim 4, said means to lock said arms comprising a female body portion being formed with a pair of oppositely disposed cut away portions for receiving the flanges, which flanges flex outwardly into the cut away portions so as to be a locked portion.

Claim 7

The buckle of claim 5, wherein at least a portion of each flange rim is disposed in the female body with the arms in the locked position.

Claim 8

The buckle of claim 1, each of said arms being formed with a flange portion for inserting into said channels, said flange portion having a flat edge and a contiguous rounded leading edge, and said flange portions and the channels being sized so that each of the flat edges slidably engages one side wall forming one of said channels and the rounded edge slidably engages an opposed side wall forming of said one channel.

Claim 9

The buckle of claim 4, said recess being trapezoidal in shape.

Claim 10

The buckle of claim 1, further comprising a cross member interconnecting said arms. so that said arms are in facing opposition and flex to each other to a limited degree so as not to touch each other.

Claim 11

A buckle comprising; a body having means to 3 djustably secure the end of a length of a web including first and second parallel bars transversely disposed in said body, said first bar having an angled surface for engaging the web and said second bar having a cross section in the shape of an ellipse, and wherein the web overlies a portion of the surface forming the ellipse, said bars being spaced from each other, whereby the web extends from the overlying portion of the first bar to the overlying portion of the second bar.

Claim 12

A buckle comprising; a body having means to 3 djustably secure the end of a length of a web including first and second parallel bars transversely disposed in said body, said first bar having an angled surface for engaging the web and said second bar having a cross section in the shape of an ellipse, and wherein the web overlies a portion of the surface forming the ellipse, said bars being spaced from each other, whereby the web extends from the overlying portion of the first bar to the overlying portion of the second bar.

Claim 13

The buckle of claim 10, wherein the web overlies portion of the second bar most adjacent to the first bar lies on the major axis of the ellipse.

Claim 14

The buckle of claim 11, said body having top and bottom surfaces and wherein the major axis of the ellipse is at an angle of about 57 0 with said top and bottom surfaces.

Claim 15

The buckle of claim 10, wherein the first bar angled surface forms an angle of about 90 0 .

Claim 16

The buckle of claim 10, wherein the web overlies portion of the second bar most adjacent to the first bar lies on the major axis of the ellipse, wherein the web overlies portions of the second bar most remote from.the first bar lies on the major axis of the ellipse.

Claim 17

A buckle comprising: a molded plastic male member being formed with a body, and having arm means, said arm means consisting of a pair of opposed flexible arms connected to said body; and a molded plastic female member comprising a body formed with a pair of channels to slidably receive said arms, and means to lock said arms into said female body after sliding said arms in said channels, one of said bodies having means to adjustably secure the end of a length of a web including first and second parallel bars transversely disposed in said body, said first bar having angled surfaces forming for the web to overlie, and said second bar having a cross section in the shape of an ellipse, and wherein the web overlies a portion of the surface forming the ellipse, and said bars being spaced from each other, whereby the web extends from the overlying portion of the first bar to the overlying portion of the second bar.

Claim 18

A buckle comprising: a molded plastic male member being formed with a body, and having arm means, said arm means consisting of a pair of opposed flexible arms connected to said body; and a molded plastic female member comprising a body formed with a pair of channels to slidably receive said arms, and means to lock said arms into said female body after sliding said arms in said channels, one of said bodies having means to adjustably secure the end of a length of a web including first and second parallel bars transversely disposed in said body, said first bar having angled surfaces forming for the web to overlie, and said second bar having a cross section in the shape of an ellipse, and wherein the web overlies a portion of the surface forming the ellipse, and said bars being spaced from each other, whereby the web extends from the overlying portion of the first bar to the overlying portion of the second bar.

Claim 19

The buckle of claim 15, said one of said bodies being the male member body.

Claim 20

The buckle of claim 15, wherein the web overlies portion of the second bar most adjacent to the first bar lies on the major axis of the ellipse, wherein the web overlies portions of the second oar most remote from the first bar lies on the major axis of the ellipse.

Claim 21

The buckle of claim 17, wherein the first bar angled surface forms an angle of about 90 0 , and wherein the major axis of the ellipse is at angle of about 57° to one of said angled surfaces.