Safety belt buckle

Claim 1

A SAFETY BELT BUCLKE COMPRISING A BASE MEMBER HAVING. A WEB PORTION WITH UPSTANDING FLANGES ON OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF WITH INTURNED EDGE PORTIONS EXTENDING IN SPACED GENERALLY PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP TO THE WEB PORTION THEREOF. SAID BASED MEMBER HAVING MEANS AT ONE END THEREOF FOR RETAINING A LATCH PLATE AGAINST MOVEMENT IN ONE DIRECTION AND MEANS AT AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION THEREOF FOR RETAING SAID LATCH PLATE AND A RELEASE HANDLE AGAINST MOVEMENT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, A LATCH PLATE HAVING A LATCH THEREON, SAID LATCH PLATE OVERLYING THE WEB PORTION OF SAID BASE MEMBER AND HAVING MEANS FOR RESTRAINING THE RELEASE HANDLE AGAINST MOVEMENT IN SAID ONE DIRECTION A BELT TONGUE HAVING A LATCH SURFACE ENGAGEABLE WITH THE LATCH ON SAID LATCH PLATE, A RESILIENT MEANS BETWEEN THE WEB PORTION OF SAID BASE AND SAID LATCH PLATE FOR NORMALLY BIASING SAID LATCH PLATE TOWARD SAID TONGUE, AND A RELEASE HANDLE PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED BY SAID BASE MEMBER AT THE INTERMEDIATE PORTION THEREOF, SAID HANDLE BEING ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID LATCH PLATE TO EFFECT DISENGAGEMENT OF THE LATCH THEREON FROM THE LATCH SURFACE ON SAID TONGUE, THE EDGE PORTIONS OF SAID BASE RETAINING SAID RELEASE HANDLE, TONGUE, LATCH PLATE AND RESILIENT MEANS AGAINST MOVEMENT IN A DIRECTION NORMAL TO SAID ONE DIRECTION WHEREBY SAID BASE, LATCH PLATE RESILIENT MEANS AND RELEASE HANDLE OF SAID BUCKLE ARE MUTUALLY INTERLOCKED IN AN ASSEMBLED CONDITION.