Quick release buckle and strap means

Claim 1

IN A QUICK RELEASE BUCKLE AND STRAP MEANS, THE COMBINATION OF: FIRST AND SECOND ELONGATED SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT FLEXIBLE STRAP MEMBERS EACH HAVING OPPOSITE EDGES; FIRST AND SECOND SUBSTANTIALLY LOOP-SHAPED BUCKLE MEMBERS CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST STRAP MEMBER; SAID FIRST BUCKLE MEMBER BEING MOVABLE RELATIVE TO SAID SECOND BUCKLE MEMBER AND SAID FIRST STRAP IN A DIRECTION LONGITUDINALLY OF THE AXIS OF SAID FIRST STRAP; SAID FIRST BUCKLE MEMBER ALSO BEING PIVOTALLY MOUNTED RELATIVE TO SAID SECOND BUCKLE MEMBER AND SAID FIRST STRAP ABOUT AN AXIS DISPOSED TRANSVERSELY RELATIVE TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID FIRST STRAP AND GENERALLY IN A PLANE INTERSECTING BOTH SAID OPPOSITE EDGES THEREOF; SAID FIRST BUCKLE MEMBER HAVING A FIRST STRAP FASTENING BAR PORTION SPACED FROM ITS CONNECTION WITH SAID FIRST STRAP, SAID SECOND STRAP HAVING AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION LOOPED OVER SAID FIRST STRAP FASTENING BAR PORTION, SAID SECOND STRAP HAVING CONTIGUOUS PORTIONS EXTENDING FROM SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION AND SAID FIRST STRAP FASTENING BAR; SAID SECOND BUCKLE MEMBER HAVING A SECOND STRAP FASTENING BAR DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID CONTIGUOUS PORTIONS IN SUCH POSITION AS TO CLAMP THEM AGAINST SAID FIRST FASTENING BAR PORTION; SAID FIRST FASTENING BAR PORTION EXTENDING BEYOND OPPOSITE EDGES OF SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID SECOND STRAP, SAID SECOND FASTENING BAR PORTION OF SAID SECOND BUCKLE MEMBER BEING LONGER THAN SAID FIRST BAR PORTION OF SAID FIRST BUCKLE MEMBER TO THEREBY PERMIT SAID FIRST FASTENING BAR PORTIN TO PASS THROUGH SAID LOOPED-SHAPED SECOND BUCKLE MEMBER; AND RAMP PORTIONS SECURED TO SAID SECOND BAR PORTION NEAR OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF, SAID RAMP PORTIONS HAVING TERMINAL EDGES AND CONVERGING FROM SAID SECOND BAR PORTION TO SAID TERMINAL EDGES OF SAID RAMP PORTIONS, SAID RAMP PORTIONS BEING DISPOSED TO BE ENGAGED BY OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID FIRST BAR PORTION, SAID RAMP PORTIONS ALSO CONVERGING AWAY FROM THE ADJACENT SIDE OF SAID FIRST FASTENING BAR PORTION TO SAID TERMINAL EDGES, WHEREBY ONE OF SAID CONTIGUOUS STRAP PORTIONS WHICH BEARS AGAINST SAID SECOND BAR PORTION OF SAID SECOND BUCKLE PORTION MAY BE PULLED TOWARD SAID BUCKLE MEMBERS TO THEREBY SLIDE SAID FIRST BAR PORTION OF SAID FIRST BUCKLE MEMBER ON SAID RAMP PORTIONS TO A POSITION BEYOND SAID TERMINAL EDGES OF SAID RAMP PORTIONS AND TO THEREBY PERMIT SAID FIRST BUCKLE MEMBER TO PASS THROUGH SAID SECOND BUCKLE MEMBER AND TO RELEASE SAID SECOND STRAP TO SLIDE AROUND SAID FIRST FASTENING BAR PORTIONS.