The broken lines are for the purpose of illustrating the unclaimed portion of a buckle which form no part of the claimed designs; the dot and dashed lines shown in design 1 are boundaries between the claimed portion and the non-claimed portion; the parallel thin lines (shading lines) shown on the surface of the buckles are used to specify a three dimensional shape of the claimed portion of a buckle.

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for a portion of a buckle, as shown and described.

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D11/218

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