Storage mechanism for seat belt buckles

Claim 1

THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A VEHICLE SEAT, A SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SEAT AND INCLUDING A PAIR OF FLEXIBLE BELTS, ONE END OF EACH OF SAID BELTS BEING ANCHORED, A LATCH PLATE CONNECTED TO THE OTHER END OF ONE OF SAID BELTS, A BUCKLE CONNECTED TO THE OTHER END OF THE OTHER OF SAID BELTS, SAID BUCKLE COMPRISING A FLOOR AND A PAIR OF UPSTANDING SIDE WALLS DEFINING A LATCH-RECEIVING SLOT FOR RECEIVING SAID LATCH PLATE, LATCH MEANS MOUNTED BETWEEN SAID SIDE WALLS FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN A LATCHED POSITION ADJACENT SAID FLOOR AND AN UNLATCHED POSITION AWAY FROM SAID FLOOR, AND YIELDABLE MEANS CONTINUOUSLY BIASING SAID LATCH MEANS TOWARD SAID LATCHED POSITION, SAID LATCH PLATE INCLUDING OPPOSED SURFACES HAVING A PERIPHERAL CONFIGURATION DEFINED BY LEADING EDGE MEANS JOINING A PAIR OF LATERALLY SPACED SIDE EDGES THEREOF, SAID LEADING EDGE MEANS BEING INSERTABLE INTO SAID LATCH-RECEIVING SLOT TO ENGAGE SAID LATCH MEANS TO MOVE SAID LATCH MEANS AWAY FROM SAID FLOOR AND TOWARD SAID UNLATCHED POSITION AS ONE OF SAID SURFACES OF SAID LATCH PLATE SLIDES ALONG SAID LATCH MEANS AND THE OTHER OF SAID SURFACES THEREOF MOVES ALONG AND COACTS WITH SAID FLOOR AND SAID SIDE EDGES THEREOF COACT WITH SAID SIDE WALLS OF SAID BUCKLE TO GUIDE SAID LATCH PLATE INTO THE LATTER, SAID LATCH MEANS RELEASABLY LATCHING SAID LATCH PLATE UPON INSERTION OF SAID LATCH PLATE WITHIN SAID LATCH-RECEIVING SLOT OF SAID BUCKLE WHEREBY SAID BELT ASSEMBLY MAY CONFINE A VEHICLE PASSENGER WITHIN SAID SEAT, AND A STORAGE PLATE MOUNTED IN A FIXED POSITION ADJACENT SAID SEAT, SAID STORAGE PLATE INCLUDING OPPOSED SURFACES HAVING A PERIPHERAL CONFIGURATION DEFINED BY LEADING EDGE MEANS JOINING A PAIR OF LATERALLY SPACED SIDE EDGES THEREOF, SAID LEADING EDGE MEANS OF SAID STORAGE PLATE BEING INSERTABLE INTO SAID LATCH-RECEIVING SLOT OF SAID BUCKLE TO ENGAGE SAID LATCH MEANS TO MOVE SAID LATCH MEANS AWAY FROM SAID FLOOR AND TOWARD SAID UNLATCHED POSITION AS ONE OF SAID SURFACES OF SAID STORAGE PLATNE SLIDES ALONG ASAILT DLLATCHME MEANS AND THE OTHER OF SAID SURFACES ON SAID STORAGE PLATE MOVES ALONG AND COACTS WITH SAID FLOOR AND SAID SIDE EDGES OF SAID STORAGE PLATE COACT WITH SAID SIDE WALLS OF SAID BUCKLE TO GUIDE SAID STORAGE PLATE INTO THE LATTER FOR SUPPORTING SAID BUCKLE IN A STORED NON-USE POSITION, SAID LATCH MEANS BEING BIASED INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID STORAGE PLATE BY SAID YIELDABLE MEANS TO FIRMLY RETAIN SAID BUCKLE ON SAID STORAGE PLATE WHEN SAID BUCKLE IS FULLY POSITIONED ON SAID STORAGE PLATE IN SAID STORED NON-USE POSITION.