Belt-buckle assembly

Claim 1

A BELT BUCKLE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A BRACKET HAVING AN OPEN FACE DEFINED BY A PAIR OF OPPOSITELY-DISPOSED SIDE CHANNEL MEMBERS, MEANS FOR RELEASABLY CONNECTING SAID BRACKET TO ONE END OF A BELT, MEANS FOR RELEASABLY CONNECTING SAID BRACKET TO THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID BELT, AN OPEN-FACED HOUSING RELEASABLY POSITIONED ON SAID BRACKET, SAID HOUSING BEING SLIDABLE INTO AND OUT OF POSITION ON SAID BRACKET BETWEEN SAID CHANNEL MEMBERS, A COVER PLATE HINGED TO SAID HOUSING AND HINGEDLY MOVABLE INTO AND OUT OF COVERING POSITION OVER THE OPEN FACE OF SAID HOUSING, A LATCH MEANS ON SAID HOUSING RELEASABLY HOLDING SAID COVER PLATE IN COVERING POSITION, AND LOCK MEANS ON SAID HOUSING AND ON SAID BRACKET SIMULTANEOUSLY RELEASABLY LOCKING SAID COVER PLATE IN ITS COVERED POSITION AND RELEASABLY LOCKING SAID HOUSING TO SAID BRACKET, SAID COVER PLATE BEING FRAMED WITHIN THE OPEN FACE OF SAID BRACKET BETWEEN SAID CHANNEL MEMBERS AND BEING ACCESSIBLE FROM OUTSIDE SAID BRACKET WHEN IT IS IN CLOSED POSITION AND WHEN THE HOUSING IS POSITIONED ON SAID BRACKET BETWEEN SAID CHANNEL MEMBERS.