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US 2023/0015552 A1Published application
Multiple-utility release buckle
OwnerCurt Tucker, Jacob Averyinventors
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Abstract
Multiple-utility release buckles used in passive restraint systems for human occupants of vehicles. These types of buckles are typically useful in one embodiment, as a buckle for a safety harness that is commonly used in racing gear, such as automobile racing.
Claims2
A multiple-utility release buckle comprising:
- A. a cam release assembly surmounted by
- B. a utility release assembly, said utility release assembly comprising:
- i. a special retainer pin having a flat head, said special retainer pin slidably projecting through an aperture of a compression plate of said cam release assembly with said head beneath said compression plate;
- ii. said cam release assembly being surmounted by a fitting block, said fitting block being secured to a top of said compression plate;
- iii. a release bar surmounted on a top of said special retainer pin;
- iv. said fitting block having at least three openings therethrough;
- v. a lever, attached to, and surmounting a cam actuator of said cam release assembly;
- vi. wherein at least three said openings in said fitting block are fitted with attachment plugs for utilities selected from the group consisting of;
- a. air,
- b. water,
- c. a radio connection;
- wherein, each of said utility fittings are fitted with a release mechanism for releasing connections to said utility components through operation of said release bar through operation of said lever on said release assembly.
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