A44B11/2584

Configurable subshell components in orthopedic devices

A coupling device for an orthopedic brace includes an anchoring member for securing to a frame and protruding therefrom, and a subshell arranged to connect to the frame by the anchoring member. The subshell has a locking element for selectively positioning the subshell on the frame at a plurality of locations. The subshell may include an end portion or contoured edge extending beyond a portion of the frame so as to flex relative to the frame.

Tension release fastener
10736384 · 2020-08-11 · ·

A counter release buckle is provided herein. More particularly, a counter release buckle disengages in a direction opposite the direction that the buckle member is tensioned in. The counter release buckle releases each of the buckle members in the opposite direction of tension that is or would be placed on the buckle member. The buckle also engages the opposing buckle portions by moving them in the direction that the tension is or would be pulling on the respective buckle member.

Wearable Electronic Device Assembly
20200229552 · 2020-07-23 ·

A wearable electronic device assembly has a strap attached to the device for attaching the device to a wearer, and a connector for securing two overlapping end regions of the strap together. The connector has first and second parts configured to be secured together with the two overlapping end regions of the strap extending between them, to secure the two end regions together. The first part has a projection arranged to extend through or adjacent to the strap. The second part has a main body having an aperture to receive the projection of the first part, and a securement part movable with respect to the main body between a released position and a securement position. The projection is retained in the aperture to secure the first part of the connector to the second part of the connector.

Buckle

Disclosed is a buckle including a first connector member provided with a plurality of connecting grooves, and a second connector member provided with a plurality of connecting hooks protruding from the second connector member. While the first connector member and the second connector member are slid in a lateral direction by a first locking protrusion formed on one end portion of the first connector member and a second locking protrusion provided at a center portion of the second connector member, the first and second connector members are connected or disconnected, thereby quickly and readily connecting and disconnecting the buckle within a short stroke distance only by manipulation.

BI-STABLE BUCKLE
20200170327 · 2020-06-04 ·

An adjustable buckle secures a head strap to a head-mounted display and is operable between a first stable mode and a second stable mode in which the adjustable buckle transitions between a shorter and a longer effective length to adjust the fit of the head strap according to a wearer's preference. The adjustable buckle comprises a first plate, a second plate, a third plate, and a fourth plate. The first plate secures to the head strap, and the second plate secures to the head-mounted display. The third and fourth plates are bendably connected between the first and second plates via flexible hinges. The second plate is slidably movable along guide member(s) extending between the first and second plates. Rotation of the fourth plate about its flexible hinges causes corresponding translation of the second plate along the guide member(s), placing the adjustable buckle in the first or second stable mode.

Fastener

A closure is shown and described, preferably for an orthosis, which has a belt assembly, having a first closure part (1) and a second closure part (21), which can be releasably connected to one another, wherein the first and the second closure parts (1, 21) have connecting means for belts of the belt assembly, wherein the first closure part (1) has a pin (3), wherein the second closure part (21) has a connection end (23) and a coupling end (25), and between the connection end (23) and the coupling end (25) a guide track (37) extending in a closure plane is provided, which extends from an entrance opening (41) to a guide track end (43), wherein the pin (3) has a first section (7) and a second section (9), wherein the dimensions of the first section (7) perpendicular to the direction of extension of the pin (3) correspond to the dimensions of the guide track (37) in the closure plane at the guide track end (43), and wherein the dimensions of the second section (9) perpendicular to the direction of extension of the pin (3) are greater than the dimensions of the guide track (37) at the guide track end (43), so that the second section (9) restricts a movement of the pin (3) relative to the second closure part (21) perpendicular to the closure plane.

BUCKLE, IN PARTICULAR BELT BUCKLE
20190380453 · 2019-12-19 · ·

A buckle with a first buckle part and at least one second buckle part. The first buckle part has a first buckle main body and a receptacle which is hook-shaped, seen in at least one section, and formed rigidly on the first buckle main body. The second buckle part has a second buckle main body with an inherently rigid hook-in part for hooking into the receptacle of the first buckle part, and the first buckle part additionally has at least one bolt. The hook-in part has a central web and two side parts protruding on mutually opposite sides from the central web, and each of the side parts is delimited by a respective front edge, and the front edges of the side parts are oriented extending obliquely away from each other at least regionally from a direction of the central web, preferably running at least regionally in a V-shape relative to each other.

Buckle with pull ring
11925242 · 2024-03-12 · ·

A pull ring for a buckle assembly that has a main body with a first hook element facing a rear end, and an actuation button. The actuation button is connected to the main body by a spring so that the actuation button can move between an extended resting position and a compressed position. The actuation button has a second hook element on a bottom surface and which faces the front end of the main body. The pull ring is connected to the main body and actuation button by fitting the pull ring around the first hook element, pressing the actuation button, pivoting the actuation button and main body until the second hook element is disposed within a central aperture of the pull ring, and releasing the actuation button so that the pull ring is retained in the hook elements under pressure by the spring.

Female buckling component for magnetic buckling assembly
11903455 · 2024-02-20 · ·

A female buckling component for a magnetic buckling assembly. A female locking portion comprises at least one resilient arm and at least one engaging head integrally formed with the at least one resilient arm. The at least one resilient arm drives the at least one engaging head to move when the at least one resilient arm is resiliently deformed. The female buckling component also comprises an installation chamber inside a middle portion of the female buckling component, a female magnetic component installed in the installation chamber, and at least one operating component movably disposed on the female buckling component and coupled to the at least one resilient arm of the female locking portion to resiliently deform the at least one resilient arm and thereby move the at least one engaging head.

Fixation system of a strap to a camera including a buckle and a button

This buckle for a fixation system of a strap to a camera includes a plate and a means for attaching the plate to a strap, the plate including a first hole, a second hole and a protrusion located between the first and second holes. A button may be received in the second hole only by inserting it in the first hole and then moving it from the first hole into the second hole, and removed from the buckle only by moving it from the second hole into the first hole and then removing it from the first hole. The plate further includes a slit extending from the second hole towards an outer edge of the plate.