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Abstract

Abstract A SAFETY BELT BUCKLE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A BELT TONGUE HAVING MEANS THEREON DEFINING A LATCHING SURFACE, A BASE MEMBER COMPRISING A CENTRAL WEB SECTION HAVING A REENTRANTLY FOLDED LATCH RETAINER, AND A PAIR OF SPACED PARALLEL, UPSTANDING FLANGE SECTIONS, A LATCH MEMBER UNDERLYING SAID TONGUE AND ENGAGED IN SAID LATCH RETAINER, A BELT RETAINER AT THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID WEB SECTION FROM SAID LATCH RETAINER AND ALIGNED THEREWITH, THE LATCH MEMBER DEFINING A LATCHING FACE ENGAGEABLE WITH THE LATCHING SURFACE OF THE TONGUE, AN INTERNAL MANUALLY OPERABLE MEMBER, A COVER MEMBER EXTENDING ACROSS THE UPPER SIDE OF THE BASE MEMBER AND DEFINING AN OPENING THROUGH WHICH THE MANUAL OPERATOR MEMBER IS ACCESSIBLE, AND MEANS FOR BIASING THE LATCH MEMBER TOWARD A POSITION WHEREIN THE LATCHING FACE THEREOF IS ENGAGED WITH THE LATCHING SURFACE OF SAID TONGUE AND WHEREIN THE LATERALLY OPPOSITE EDGES OF THE TONGUE ARE CLAMPINGLY ENGAGED BETWEEN THE MARGINAL EDGE PORTIONS OF THE LATCH MEMBER AND THE FLANGE SECTIONS OF THE BASE MEMBER.

Inventors

• 👤 Robert Cripps Fisher

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