Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rapid adjust buckle with integral flexible pull loop
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Application No.: US16041178Application Date: 2018-07-20
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Publication No.: US10209031B2Publication Date: 2019-02-19
- Inventor: Troy E. Lance , Robert J. Meinert , Paul N. Smith , Clif Hampel
- Applicant: Vista Outdoor Operations LLC
- Applicant Address: US UT Farmington
- Assignee: Vista Outdoor Operations LLC
- Current Assignee: Vista Outdoor Operations LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US UT Farmington
- Agency: Christensen, Fonder, Dardi & Herbert PLLC
- Main IPC: F41C33/00
- IPC: F41C33/00 ; F41C23/02

Abstract:
Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to a rapid adjust buckle for a rifle sling. The buckle can include a main buckle portion with a pair of side portions and a handle portion extending between the pair of side portions and over the main buckle portion to define a handle aperture. In various embodiments the handle portion and the main buckle portion are a unitary piece composed of a polymer material with the handle portion being flexibly biased towards an uncompressed open shape such that the handle portion is configured to compress against the main buckle portion in response to a compressing force but return to the uncompressed open shape when the compressing force is relieved. In one or more embodiments the handle portion includes a plurality of jointed connection points configured to flatten the profile of the handle portion when the handle portion is exposed to the compressing force.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190025013A1 RAPID ADJUST BUCKLE WITH INTEGRAL FLEXIBLE PULL LOOP Public/Granted day:2019-01-24
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