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.

1 . An article-storing belt buckle comprising a base and a cover, wherein the cover is fit over and coupled to a top of the base, the base forming a lower slot in the top thereof, the slower slot forming an opening at an end face of the base and having an inner end section forming an expanded article receiving chamber, a side-opening clip being received and fixed in the article receiving chamber, and wherein the cover forming an upper slot corresponding to and mating the lower slot of the base to form a chute that is adapted to receive and guide an article to be stored along the chute to the article receiving chamber to be secured by the clip or adapted to guide removal of a stored article out of the article receiving chamber. 
   
   
       2 . The article-storing belt buckle according to  claim 1  further comprising a magnetic element set in the article receiving chamber. 
   
   
       3 . An article-storing belt buckle comprising a base and a cover, wherein the cover is fit over and coupled to a top of the base, the base forming a lower slot in the top thereof, the lower slot forming an opening at an end face of the base and forming an article receiving chamber, two resilient clipping plates being received in and fixed to opposite sides of the article receiving chamber, the two clipping plates together forming a configuration having an expanded central portion and two reduced opposite end portions, and wherein the cover forming an upper slot, which has a configuration having expanded opposite ends and converging toward an intermediate portion, the upper slot corresponding to and mating the lower slot of the base to form a chute that is adapted to receive and guide an article to be stored along the chute to the article receiving chamber to be secured by the clipping plates and adapted to guide removal of a stored article out of the article receiving chamber. 
   
   
       4 . The article-storing belt buckle according to  claim 3  further comprising a magnetic element set in the article receiving chamber.