Abstract A buckle cooperating with two straps each having a hooked end and a free end for fastening goods on a truck or the like. The buckle has a body and two rings. The body has two rectangular walls each having two longitudinal slots at two opposite ends thereof, two clefts each communicating with one of the slots, and at transverse middle cutoff. The walls are connected to each other with two bars below the slots and a flat element below the cutoff, thereby forming two openings beside the flat element. Each ring has a flat member. The hooked end of each strap is attached to a different side of the truck. The free ends of the straps are (a) inserted through the openings, (b) wound around the flat members of the rings, (c) inserted between the flat members of the rings and the bars, and (d) disposed between the bar and the strap. The flat member has an unlocking position where the strap can be pulled and a locking position where the strap is locked.
A buckle cooperating with two straps each having a hooked end attached to a different side of a truck and a free end secured in said buckle for fastening goods on the truck, comprising: a body comprising: two parallel rectangular walls each defining two slots extending in a length thereof at two ends thereof, two clefts each communicating with one said slot; and a cutoff extending perpendicular to the length between said slots; and two bars connecting said walls below said slots; and two rings each comprising a flat straight member having a locking position and an unlocking position in one said slot.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A buckle cooperating with two straps each having a hooked end attached to a different side of a truck and a free end secured in said buckle for fastening goods on the truck, comprising: a body comprising: two parallel rectangular walls each defining two slots extending in a length thereof at two ends thereof, two clefts each communicating with one said slot; and a cutoff extending perpendicular to the length between said slots; and two bars connecting said walls below said slots; and two rings each comprising a flat straight member having a locking position and an unlocking position in one said slot.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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A buckle in accordance with claim 1, further comprising an element between said bars for enforcing the connection between said walls.