| US 5,170,539 C1 (7018th) | ||
| SPRING LOADED SLIDING BAR WEB CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR A BUCKLE | ||
| Kurt H. Lundstedt, Long Grove, Ill., and Seven C. Keller, Island Lake, Ill., assignors to Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, Ill. | ||
| Reexamination Request No. 90/008,564, Mar. 30, 2007. | ||
| Reexamination Certificate for Patent 5,170,539, issued Dec. 15, 1992, Appl. No. 796,025, Nov. 22, 1991. | ||
| Int. Cl. A44B 11/00;11/26;11/25 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 24—196 |
| AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT: |
| Claims 2, 3, 7, 14 and 15 are cancelled. |
| Claims 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12 and 17-19 are determined to be patentable as amended. |
| Claims 5, 10, 13, 16, 20 and 21, dependent on an amended claim, are determined to be patentable. |
| 1. A buckle, comprising: a sleeve portion, fabricated from a plastic material, including a channel receiving means for accepting a member therein;
a web connector member, fabricated from a plastic material, positioned within said channel receiving means for cooperation with said sleeve portion; and
a pair of spring [means integrally formed]members formed as integral members along with said web connector member from said plastic material comprising said web connector member and extending into said sleeve portion from laterally opposite side portions of said web connector member for providing a spring bias to said web connector member with respect to said sleeve portion so that a web can be affixed to said buckle for adjustable cooperation with said web connector member, said sleeve portion, and said pair of spring [means]members, said web connector member being accessible from a position exterior to said buckle for manipulation by means of a user against said bias of said pair of spring [means]members so as to adjust or remove said web,
said sleeve portion including a first aperture defined therethrough, and said web connector member including a second aperture defined therethrough for alignment with said first aperture of said sleeve portion upon compression of said pair of spring [means]members.
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