Tail Clip Belt Locking Structure for Slip-Resistant Adjustment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing belts with traditional buckle systems are prone to slippage and upwarping, compromising the girdling effect and fashionability due to easy disengagement of the tail end from the belt ring, leading to increased length and reduced functionality.

Innovation Solution

A belt design incorporating a tail clip with a connecting buckle and clamping device, featuring a belt fixing groove and sliding through groove, along with a rotating plate and safety device, ensures secure connection and adjustable length without slippage, enhancing fashionability and locking effect.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the tail end of the belt body is limited and fixed by the belt ring, then the belt length can be adjusted, but the tail end may be easily disengaged from the belt ring

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelocking effectVSAvoidadjustment convenience
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The tail clip is divided into multiple functional components: a clamping structure with clamping force, a positioning structure with positioning holes, and a sliding structure with sliding grooves. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently, providing reliable locking while maintaining ease of adjustment through the sliding mechanism.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The positioning holes are arranged concentrically within the tail clip structure, with the sliding groove nested around the positioning holes. This nested arrangement allows the belt body to pass through the sliding groove and be positioned at different locations, providing both secure locking and convenient adjustment without requiring separate components.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

2Adaptability or versatility

If the tail end of the belt body completely passes through the belt ring, then adjustment range is increased, but the tail end may be in an upwarping state

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadjustment rangeVSAvoidbelt shape stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The positioning holes are pre-formed at specific locations within the tail clip structure. When the belt body passes through the sliding groove, it is guided to align with these pre-positioned holes, which then constrain the tail end at stable positions. This preliminary positioning action prevents upwarping while allowing adjustment within the defined range.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The sliding groove acts as an intermediary structure between the belt body and the positioning holes. It guides the belt body through the tail clip while maintaining proper alignment with the positioning holes, ensuring that the tail end remains stable in the correct position even when adjusted to different lengths.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Device complexity

If a traditional belt ring is used, then the structure is simple, but the girdling effect is lost due to slippage

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructure simplicityVSAvoidgirdling effect
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The tail clip combines multiple functions into a single integrated structure: the belt ring function, the positioning function, and the locking function are merged into one component. This unified structure maintains the simplicity of a single piece while providing reliable girdling effect through the combined positioning and locking mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The tail clip employs a composite structure combining rigid positioning holes with flexible sliding grooves. This composite design allows the tail clip to maintain its shape and provide stable positioning while still allowing controlled sliding movement for adjustment, achieving both simplicity and reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

Data Source

PatentUS12419374B2Belt with tail clip
Publication Date: 2025.09.23 GUANGDONG HONGRUN PRECISION METAL TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
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AI summary

Disclosed is a belt with a tail clip. The belt with a tail clip includes a belt body provided with a connecting buckle and the tail clip. The connecting buckle includes a male buckle, a female buckle and a clamping device; a male buckle clamping portion and a female buckle clamping portion are clamped and connected through the clamping device; a belt fixing groove and a belt sliding through groove are formed in the tail clip; and one end of the belt body is fixed to the male buckle, and an end portion of the other end of the belt body is fixed into the belt fixing groove after the other end of the belt body passes through the belt sliding through groove and bypasses the inner connecting rod. The belt with a tail clip has advantages of convenience in belt length adjustment and good locking effect.