Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Separable-fastener or required component thereof – Including member having distinct formations and mating...
Patent
1999-06-02
2000-11-07
Sakran, Victor N.
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Separable-fastener or required component thereof
Including member having distinct formations and mating...
24 68CD, 24641, 24647, A44B 1125, A44B 2100
Patent
active
061418404
ABSTRACT:
A buckle for releasably engaging a tongue of a restraint system and the like includes a housing containing a latch having a forward edge pivotally connected to a forward end of the housing. Overlying the latch is a lever that is pivotally connected to the housing intermediate opposite ends of the lever. Interposed between the housing and latch is a leaf spring that urges a back edge of the latch upwardly within the housing and into engagement with a rear end portion of the lever rearwardly of the pivotal connection between the lever and housing for urging a front end portion of the lever forwardly of the pivotal connection toward the housing. A raised rearwardly facing shoulder on the latch is engageable by a wall of a slot in the tongue when the tongue is inserted into the buckle between the lever and latch for retaining the tongue within the buckle. To release the tongue from the buckle, the front end portion of the lever is lifted upwardly to cause the rear end portion of the lever to press downwardly against the back edge of the latch, causing the back edge of the latch to move downwardly within the housing until upward projections on the housing disengage the tongue from the rearwardly facing shoulder.
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patent: 3425103 (1969-02-01), Melin
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patent: 4638533 (1987-01-01), Gloomis et al.
patent: 4715096 (1987-12-01), Fleming et al.
Artisan Tool & Die Corporation
Sakran Victor N.
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