Tongue for inflataband

Claim 1

A seat band restraint assembly comprising a hollow tongue, a buckle portion, with a push button mounted on one side thereof, adapted to be latched with said tongue and unlatched therefrom on actuation of the push button, an inflatable seat band restraint mounted on said tongue, said buckle portion being provided with chamber means, said tongue having a single central passageway having a longitudinal axis through a portion thereof, said buckle portion containing a latching bar mounted therein moving perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the passageway, said tongue containing a recess therein for receipt of the bar and consequent latching of said tongue to said buckle at one end of said tongue as a result of reception of the bar in said recess, said recess located on the same side of the tongue as said push button mounting on the buckle, said central passageway being located at the end of said hollow tongue adjacent said recess, exit ports in said hollow tongue in communication with said central passageway and said inflatable band for communicating gas from said passageway to said band, said exit ports located at the end of said hollow tongue opposite to the end latched to the buckle, said central passageway being adapted to communicate with said chamber means when said tongue and buckle portions are latched, inflating means communicating with said chamber means, said inflating means including a gas source whereby said inflating means and said inflatable band are interconnected through said chamber means, said central passageway and said ports when said hollow tongue and said buckle portion are latched so as to allow gas released from said gas source to inflate said inflatable seat band restraint, said inflatable band restraint being mounted on said tongue between said exit ports and the end of the central passageway adjacent said recess.