Lowe Alpine Buckle

In this brief I was challenged by Lowe Alpine to create a multi use component for one of their products, I chose to make a clasp/ buckle with a hidden lock to make the bags more secure both when worn and when unattended.

For this project I made use of the 3d printers for my form and function models.

The sliding lock was a iterated many times before i landed upon this design that spreads the leaves of the clasp so it had tension as it was slid.

I made large scale test buckles so I could see any flaws in the mechanism and to determine the length of travel needed for the sliding lock.

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