Latch buckle for seat belt

Claim 1

A seat belt latch buckle for retaining a buckle tongue in latched position and having a generally U-shaped frame that includes a base and a pair of side walls, a generally L-shaped latch plate pivotably supported in the side walls of the frame by reception of side extensions in generally triangular-shaped holes in the side walls and having a latching portion engageable with the tongue, a spring urging the latch plate to a tongue-latching position, a release member movable parallel to the frame base and engageable with the latch plate to pivot it out of the tongue-latching position to release the tongue, and a tongue ejector member resiliently urged along the frame base to push the released tongue out of the buckle body characterized in that a control member is slidable along the latch plate between a first position in which it engages a portion of the frame and prevents the latch plate from pivoting out of the latching position and a second position free of engagement with the frame to allow pivoting of the latch plate out of the latching position, and in that the release member has a portion engageable with a portion of the control member upon partial movement of the release member toward engagement with the latch plate to move the control member to the second position before moving the latch member to release the tongue.