ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,332, issued on April 15, was assigned to LINDNERHOF-TAKTIK GMBH (Lenggries, Germany).
"Buckle" was invented by Martin Schwager (Penzberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure comprises a buckle for connecting a functional element to a webbing loop, having a base element which comprises a bottom region and two web elements and can be inserted under the webbing loop in such a way that the bottom region is arranged below the webbing loop and the web elements engage around the webbing loop on both sides, and having a connecting element which can be latched to the web elements of the base element arranged on the we...