US 7,480,967 B2
Removable fastener apparatus and method of use
Ramineh Kojoori, Plano, Tex. (US); and Luk Kwok Wah, Kowloon (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, The)
Assigned to Fossil, Inc., Richardson, Tex. (US)
Filed on Jan. 14, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/36,807.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/558669, filed on Apr. 01, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2005/0217080 A1, Oct. 06, 2005
Int. Cl. A44B 11/25 (2006.01); A41F 9/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 24—163R  [24/265 BC; 24/194; 2/322] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A buckle assembly for coupling to a belt, the belt for wearing around a waist of a wearer, the buckle assembly comprising:
a base member including a male portion, the base member independently coupled to the belt at a distal end of the belt; and
a buckle attachment comprising a lateral side and a longitudinal side, the buckle attachment including a female portion disposed on at least a portion of the longitudinal side, wherein the base member is removably coupled to the buckle attachment by slidably coupling the male portion of the base member and the female portion of the buckle attachment along an axis defined by a longitudinal axis of the female portion, and wherein the longitudinal axis of the female portion extends along the longitudinal side of the buckle attachment, and wherein the buckle attachment is adapted to releasably secure to the belt for fastening the belt around the waist of the wearer.