Quick-Release Buckle with Fire Starting Components

Abstract

A quick-release buckle with a fire starting components is an apparatus that readily provides a user with the tools to create a fire in emergency situations. The apparatus mainly comprises a first buckle portion, a second buckle portion, a fire ignition material, a friction plate, and a plurality of interlocking mechanisms. The first buckle portion and the second buckle portion are used as a fastener and engage each other through the interlocking mechanisms. The fire ignition material is struck upon the friction plate in order to create a fire among an incendiary substance. The friction plate is integrated into the first buckle portion, which allows the friction plate to be firmly held in place by grasping the first buckle portion. The fire ignition material is integrated into the second buckle portion, which allows the second buckle portion to be used to strike the fire ignition material against the friction plate.

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[0001]The current application claims a priority to the U.S. Provisional Patent application Ser. No. 11 / 879,741 filed on Jan. 19, 2012. The current application is filed on Jan. 22, 2013 while Jan. 19, 2013 was on a weekend. The next business day is Jan. 22, 2013 while Jan. 20, 2013 was a weekend and Jan. 21, 2013 was a national holiday (Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.).FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention generally relates to an apparatus with a fire starter and a quick-release buckle. More specifically, the present invention allows portable fire starting components to be readily available for nearby fire creations.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Creating a fire is an essential asset for surviving a wide range of conditions. However, most people who find themselves in survival situations do so unexpectedly. As a result, they do not typically carry conventional fire starting materials.[0004]The use of fire starters is known in prior art. For example, one type of know...

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Benefits of technology

[0008]The present invention provides an improved apparatus for carrying a fire starter and overcomes the above-mentioned disadvantages and drawback of the prior art. The objective of the present invention is to provide an integrated improved fire starter with the utility of a slide release buckle that has all the advantages of the previously mentioned fire starting tools.

[0009]The preferred embodiment of the present invention essentially comprises a sparking and / or combustible material that is assembled or joined with one side of a buckle and a friction element that is attached to the other mating side of the complete buckle assembly. A portion of the buckle may be constructed of combustible metal, such as magnesium. The sparking material may be made of ferrocerium or flint or other sparking elements. In addition, a composite material may be used such as a ferrocerium-magnesium combination for fire creation. The friction portion located on the other mating buckle may be made of high carbon steel or other material that will generate sparks or combustion when rubbed with the combustible or sparking portion.

Problems solved by technology

However, most people who find themselves in survival situations do so unexpectedly.

As a result, they do not typically carry conventional fire starting materials.

Although such magnesium blocks with sparking inserts may come equipped with a beaded chain to link to a keychain, they are not typically carried on an everyday basis.

Although the inclusion of a striker eliminates the need for a knife, the separate fire starting elements makes this fire starting tool bulkier than the magnesium block with a sparking insert.

However, even though such a fire starting tool is a lanyard, this type of fire starting tool is still not typically carried on an everyday basis.

Although, this fire starting tool requires an individual to seek out and wear fire starting tools as jewelry.

This device is also limited to articles that are worn.

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