Article-storing belt buckle

Abstract

An article-storing belt buckle includes a base having a top to which a cover is fit. A chute is formed in the belt buckle and an article receiving chamber is formed in the chute. An article to be stored is deposited in the chute and is moved along the chute into the article receiving chamber to be retained therein, or the article is forcedly moved out of the article receiving chamber for detaching from the belt buckle.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates generally to an article-storing belt buckle, and particularly to a belt buckle forming therein a chute that incorporates an article receiving chamber, for receiving and moving an article along the chute to get into or remove out of the article receiving chamber.DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART[0002]Circular flat objects, such as coins, are commonly used in daily living in various situations. For example, in a shopping mall, a shopping cart can be separated from a train of interlocked carts by inserting a coin, or a coin may sometimes be used as tool to replace a screwdriver or serve as a mark to identify the location of a golf ball in a green. Taking the shopping cart as an example, some of the shopping malls provide the consumers with coil-like objects for operating the shopping carts or other purposes. However, the consumers must carry such objects themselves. In addition, some shopping malls provide the consumers wit...

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Benefits of technology

[0005]An objective of the present invention is to provide an article-storing belt buckle, in which an article receiving chamber is defined for receiving and retaining, in a removable manner, a circular flat article in such a way to allow easy removal of the article for use.

[0007]In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, an article-storing belt buckle comprises a base and a cover. The cover is fit over and coupled to a top of the base. The base and the cover form slots that correspond to each other but have different widths. The slots, after the cover fit to the base, form a chute that, when viewed in a side elevation, has a configuration of reduced top and expanded bottom. The slot of the base forms an expanded article receiving chamber. Two resilient clipping plates are received in and fixed to opposite sides of the article receiving chamber. whereby an article is allowed to deposit into and move along the chute to engage the clipping plates. Once engaging the clipping plates, the article expand an opening defined between the clipping plates to allow the article to get into the article receiving chamber and retained by the clipping plates. When the article is subjected to force moving it outward, the article expands the opening of the clipping plates again to disengage from the confinement of the clipping plates, thereby achieving easy deposition and removal of the article.

Problems solved by technology

However, such a chain, together with the coin-like objects retained thereon, is of a bulky size for consumers to carry, especially carried in a pocket.

Apparently, although one problem is solved, yet a new problem occurs.

This is a tedious process.

Apparently, this is inconvenient.

All these apparently point to a common problem of how to provide a measure for storing a circular flat object in order to realize easy and convenient carrying such an object.

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