Linear clip mount comprising an open track in a tongue mounting an immovable guide in a buckle that locks by a levered and sprung projection.

Abstract

A linear mount clip joins a tongue and a bracket using an open track in the tongue to guide the tongue into the bracket. The buckle has an immovable linear guide which serves as an internal guide for the open track until the tongue can be inserted no further. The buckle includes a sprung plate overarching the tongue and incorporating a perforation on the tongue side of the plate as well as a rotating attachment to the immovable linear guide. The angle of rotation of the tongue is perpendicular to the axis of the immovable linear guide. The sprung plate revolves on the axis of the immovable feature. Depressing the plate on its edge will lever the plate and its projection away from the tongue allowing it to be inserted into the buckle bracket. Releasing the plate will cause the projection to lock into a perforation in the tongue. The tongue and bracket and locking device form a buckle that can be used to secure a device to a substrate such as a watch to a watchband.

1 . Novelty in this Invention is claimed to lie in the tongue equipped with an open track guide that is distinct from excluding any sprung locking device in the buckle assembly. 
     
     
         2 . Novelty is claimed to arise through the separation of the two tongue features of a distinct perforation for anchoring the locking device and a distinct open track that guides the tongue around an immovable bracket feature. 
     
     
         3 . Novelty is claimed to arise through the use of the open track guide to prevent misalignment of the device-bearing tongue backward into the buckle bracket. 
     
     
         4 . Novelty is claimed to arise through the provision of a groove in the tongue allowing for levering the locking device open.