Seat belt buckle

Details Seat belt buckle Seat belt buckle

1976-08-16

1977-12-06

Gelak, Bernard A.

Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.

Bale and package ties, hose clamps

With tighteners

A44B 1126

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040608794

ABSTRACT:
A safety belt buckle includes a body member having a tongue receiving front opening and houses a floating latching member which is swingable about a transverse axis between lock and unlock positions engaging and disengaging an inserted coupling tongue, a push member is accessible through a window in the body member top wall and when depressed swings the latch member to unlock position to release the tongue. A unitary multifunctional spring member is located in the body member and includes guide and spring elements resiliently biasing the latching member to a medial forward locked position and a spring element resiliently biasing an inserted coupling tongue forwardly so as to eject the coupling tongue when it is unlocked or when it is improperly or insecurely coupled. The spring member likewise floats and includes a base plate overlying the body member base and side positioning flanges engaging the body member side walls.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3807000 (1974-04-01), Weman
patent: 3851360 (1974-12-01), Minolla
patent: 3877115 (1975-04-01), Stoffel

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