Safety belt buckle

Claim 1

A BUCKLE COMPRISING: (A) A BASE PLATE FOR ATTACHMENT TO ONE END OF A BELT; (B) A LATCH MEMBER THAT IS MOUNTED ON SAID BASE PLATE; (C) A CONNECTOR PLATE FOR ATTACHMENT TO THE OTHER END OF THE BELT AND FOR INSERTION BETWEEN SAID BASE PLATE AND SAID LATCH MEMBER, TO OVERLIE SAID BASE PLATE, SAID CONNECTOR PLATE BEING FORMED WITH A LATCHING OPENING THEREIN; (D) SAID LATCH MEMBER BEING FORMED WITH AT LEAST ONE LATCHING FINGER FOR ENGAGEMENT IN SAID LATCHING OPENING FOR SECURING SAID CONNECTOR PLATE TO SAID BASE PLATE; (E) SAID BASE PLATE BEING FORMED WITH AN EXTENSION AT ONE SIDE THEREOF, AND AT ONE SIDE OF SAID LATCH MEMBER; (F) MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID EXTENSION FOR ADJUSTABLY SECURING SAID BASE PLATE TO ITS END OF SAID BELT; (G) SAID CONNECTOR PLATE BEING FORMED WITH AN EXTENSION THAT IS DISPOSED TO BE AT THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID LATCH MEMBER FROM SAID BASE PLATE EXTENSION WHEN SAID CONNECTOR PLATE IS INSERTED BETWEEN SAID BASE PLATE AND SAID LATCH MEMBER; (H) MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID CONNECTOR PLATE EXTENSION FOR ADJUSTABLY SECURING SAID CONNECTOR PLATE TO ITS END OF SAID BELT; (I) A COVER PLATE MOUNTED AT ONE END OF SAID BASE PLATE FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ABOUT AN AXIS THAT EXTENDS SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF SAID CONNECTOR PLATE RELATIVE TO SAID BASE PLATE, SAID COVER PLATE BEING COUPLED TO SAID LATCH MEMBER FOR OPERATING SAID LATCH MEMBER TO OPEN AND TO CLOSE SAID BUCKLE; AND (J) SAID LATCH MEMBER BEING PIVOTALLY MOUNTED AT AN END OF SAID BASE PLATE OPPOSITE SAID ONE END AND ABOUT AN AXIS THAT EXTENDS SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF SAID CONNECTOR PLATE RELATIVE TO SAID BASE PLATE.