Patented at. 9. 1940, ’ $186,574»

< 92,186,574

‘ _ ' ""BUo'KLI: " I Malkon .Chadirjian and . Oscar '- ‘Chadirjian, aGorona, ‘Y. -

Application June;5, 1937, Serial‘-Nof,146t5l66 . ' . o _- ,

' ;3¢Claims.‘ (oral-1'63) ' ' ’ . " m: of material bentior otherwiseformed'into buckle Our invention relates to a buckle particularly shape,‘ .ifor’ ‘example, “the simple rectangular 3. adapted for useas a fabric-covered buckle for ‘buckle herein illustrated. ‘The frame 5‘ may be _ clothing. v . ‘formed . of‘ any suitable material, either metallic. 1 - Buckles for use on garments‘of all kinds. are . or non-)metallic, .butjispreferably formed of some‘ .5. now'frequently covered ‘with fabric, either to. " light material of the type'of ‘Celluloid. As stated, match or contrast with the fabric of . the‘paré the ‘frame is preferably formed of \ a‘ single. strip ticular garmentwith which the buckle is'used. '_ or piece of material and the'ends 6-—'l of the stripv Heretofore the covering of buckles with fabric ‘ ’ are brought‘ together‘ preferably into abutting ' , has been either a slow operation or vha‘sreduired comparatively expensive ‘machines. ‘Some buck? relationship with each other,.so as to form ‘811L310 lo substantially 'eontinuousibuckle frame. - les, have been covered by wrapping a strip, of The parts. of the frame adjacent the division fabricv about the frame, but such an operation ,is aresecured together preferably byi'me'ans' of the Y tedious and the ?nished appearance of the'buckle buckle chape employedfor securing the belt or, ’ is not'always satisfactory. Buckle-s have also‘ - 'o'therstrapito the buckle. In the form illustrated’ma ‘ been fabric-covered by the operationof applying *lthe ends of the’ strip forminglthe frame at points apieceof fabric thereto and clampingthe same .in' place. Such operation ordinarily requires 4 _adjacent the division areprovided with means, which, inigvene'ral." “such as apertures~8—-8, and theside of‘the-frame f rather expensive dies and dies vopposite the division is provided. with means, such ?t only one size and shape of buckle. ‘Since it as apertures Iii-H. said apertures being inter-":20 buckles are or may be of innumerable desirable ~~engageable ‘with suitable parts-on the‘ chape. shapes, the method heretofore employed for ,CQV-r . ering the buckles is not universally applicable or L 5 The-chape illustrated [in Fig. :5 is relatively extensible oneand may comprise a strip‘v of metal » is not universally satisfactory. or other suitable material . l2, slidable relatively ' provideIt, is‘ thea buckle principal which object may beof quicklyour invention and easily to > tov another strip I3. The ‘strip [3 ‘may have 25 ' sides. M-—M bent and extending over. the strip [2-, . covered with fabric without the use of expensive ~ so that'the two strips are slidably or telescopi tools or other paraphernalia. cally engaged with each other. The strip 12 may . It is another object to provide"v a buckle, the ’ have an upstanding ?ange Hi to" prevent disen- 4 frame of which may be easily covered with a pre gagement’of the parts Iii-J3 from each other ‘30 " formed continuous tube of fabric.provide an improved‘- I and the strip 13 may be provided'with a bendable ' It is another object to tongue I6 which, when the chape ‘is ‘fully ex buckle which may be readily covered with'lfabric and which is cheap to» manufacture, easy to as—. tended, may be bent over behind the flange 85, ' ' . as will be clear from Fig’. 2, so as toprevent col- 7 semble, neat-in appearance and serviceable; lapse or shortening of the chape after application 35 - ‘ Other objects and various features'of invention , ‘to the buckle frame, as will .be described. will be hereinafter pointed out or will become ap Thechape strip 121s provided with tongues or parent to those skilled in the art. ' ' projections l1’; engageable with the apertures In the drawing which shows, for illustrativev frame 5. The chape strip‘ I3 is pro purposes only, a preferred formof the inven-[ >vided with vcorresponding tongues or projections i 4D 40 tion- I . > -_ for engagement with. the apertures Iii-4 I. When .7 i Fig. 1 is a face view of a complete, covered be assembled the buckle illustrating features of the invention; ’ the frame and chape are to ‘ Fig. Zis a sectional View taken isubstantially’in ' chape is shortened, for example, to the extent in- ‘ '1 dicated in Fig. 5, and the projections l'l—l1.are ‘ the plane-of the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; ‘ " interengaged with the apertures 8-;9-48-4 I of 45 Fig. 3 is an isometric view of the buckle frame . the'buckle frame. The chape is then elongated shown in Figs. 1 and 2; by sliding the two parts 12-13 relatively to each Fig. 4 is an isometric‘ fragmentary View of‘ a other and the tongue It then bent over, so as to" - ' continuous fabric tube to be applied to the frame ‘ _ . ' hold the. chape in its elongated position. of Fig. 3; > It'will be ‘noted that the projections H—H are "L50 Fig. 5 is an isometric view of one form of chape . V50 . ‘ of somewhat cam formation,so that the two ends to be attached to the buckle frame; ‘and - 6-41 of the frame arecammedto-ward each other Fig. 6 is a similar view of a modi?ed form of when the chape is ‘elongated and the frame thus ' chape. , . > . .. ‘ , securely held together. ' ' " Inxsaid drawing?) indicates generally a frame [The chape shown in Fig.6 is of spring material, 55 55 ‘ preferably formed of ‘a continuous strip or‘ body » , 2,186,574 either metallic or non-metallic, and comprises a sired, of course a buckle tongue may be applied to single strip I8 of about the length of the properly either of the chapes shown. elongated chape shown in Fig. 5. The strip I8 is It will be seen that we have provided a buckle provided with tongues or projections H, the same which is cheap to manufactureand which may be as in the form previously described. When the assembled‘with the chape by a person of practi chape I8 is to be applied to the buckle the chape cally no skill. But little skill is required to pro is ?exed, so as to shorten the same, and the vide a serviceable, very neat appearing covered tongues engaged with the apertures 8—9—.| 0-4 I, buckle and the buckle frame may be used inde? after which the resilience of the chape will nitely and covered with different fabric tubes. 10 straighten out the latter and cause the frame to It will also be‘ observed that the buckle itself 10 be held rigidly, as heretofore described. may be made of ornamental form and the surface The principal utility of a buckle formed as ornamented so that it may be used without cover herein described is that it may be readily covered ing but the great utility of our improved buckle is by a continuous tube of fabric, illustrated in that it may be so readily converted into a covered 15 Fig. 4. A tube of fabric l9 may be readily made buckle without tools or other expensive parapher 15 on a sewing machine and then turned inside out,‘ ' nalia. ‘ . so as to provide a perfectly smooth exterior. The While the invention has been disclosed in its fabric from which‘ the tube: lilisv made is prefer~ preferred form it is to be understood that various ably cut on the bias, so that its diameter may be changes and modi?cations may be made within 20 decreased by pulling on the tube and thus cause ‘the scope of the invention as de?ned in the 20 the same to snugly ?t the buckle frame. appended claims. ‘ When the buckle is to be covered with a tube of We claim: , fabric I 9 the ends 6—‘l are relatively separated or 1. A buckle, comprising a frame, and-a two displaced from each other, such separation or dis part telescopic chape ‘engageable with opposite placement being permitted by the resiliency or sides of said frame, for the purpose described. ‘ 25 give of the material of which the buckle frame is ' 2. A buckle, comprising a continuous strip of made. The tube I9 is then slipped over one end material of frame form, the ends of said strip of the buckle frame and worked completely lying closely adjacent each other, a continuous around the frame and over the opposite end adja tube of fabric snugly ?tting said frame, the ends .30 cent the division. The tube may then be pulled of said tube of fabric being brought together 30 so as to provide a very snug ?t of the latter on the adjacent the ends of said strip forming said frame and the ends of the tube brought together frame, ‘and, an attachable chape having means and, if desired, tied or stitched to each other and penetrating said fabric tube and engageable with the surplus cut off. The chape is then applied to said frame ends for securing said ends of said I. .35 the buckle frame, as heretofore described, and of strip forming said frame together and for holding 35 course the projections or teeth I 'l pierce the said fabric tube in place. fabric of the tube 59 and, in drawing the parts of 3. A buckle, comprising a frame having a divi the buckle adjacent the division toward each sionat one side, a tube of fabric ?tting over said other, the fabric is quite effectively clamped and frame, the ends ‘of said tube of fabric being '40 brought together adjacent the division in said a serviceable covered buckle produced. 40 It will of course be understood that when the frame, and means for mechanically holding the ‘buckle is applied to a belt the chape will be cov4 parts of said buckle and the ends of said tube ered by the end of the belt, which is ordinarily ‘adjacent said division together. folded over and sewed about the chape. If de MALKON CHADIRJ IAN . OSCAR CHADIRJIAN.