Slide Adjuster

Abstract

A belt has a rack having a plurality of engaging grooves on a top side thereof. A buckle has a base, a pair of side walls and an operation member. The operation member has an engaging claw and a press section on both ends thereof and is supported on the side walls via a connecting shaft. The buckle has a frame that is fixed on the base and is arranged along a periphery of the press section.

1 . A slide adjuster, comprising:
 a belt; and   a buckle,   the belt comprising a rack that has a plurality of engaging grooves on a top side thereof,   the buckle comprising: a base disposed on a bottom side of the belt;   a pair of side walls that are provided upright on the base and are opposed with the belt being interposed;   an operation member opposed to the top side of the belt;   an engaging claw provided on a first end of the operation member, the engaging claw engaging with at least one of the engaging grooves of the rack;   a press section provided on a second end of the operation member;   a connecting shaft that connects the operation member to the pair of side walls;   a biasing unit that biases the operation member so that the operation member is turned around the connecting shaft in a direction for the engaging claw to move toward the rack; and   a frame that is provided on the base and is disposed along a periphery of the operation member on the side of the press section.   
     
     
         2 . The slide adjuster according to  claim 1 , wherein
 a height of an upper periphery of the frame relative to the base is greater than a height of the press section when the press section is pressed to turn the operation member.   
     
     
         3 . The slide adjuster according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the frame is connected to the pair of side walls, upper peripheries of the side walls being continuous with an upper periphery of the frame.   
     
     
         4 . The slide adjuster according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the side walls extend along an entire length of the operation member.   
     
     
         5 . The slide adjuster according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the operation member has a step between the press section and a part provided with the engaging claw at which a side adjacent to the press section is raised.   
     
     
         6 . The slide adjuster according to  claim 1 , wherein
 a marker provided by a concavity and convexity perceptible by a finger is provided on a top side of the press section.   
     
     
         7 . The slide adjuster according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the connecting shaft has a torsional elasticity and the biasing unit is provided by the connecting shaft.   
     
     
         8 . The slide adjuster according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the belt has a protruding stopper on the top side thereof adjacent to an end of the rack.   
     
     
         9 . The slide adjuster according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the buckle and the belt respectively have a thin attachment for the buckle and the belt to be attached to an object.