Buckles

A buckle for connecting the opposite ends of a strap together, one of the ends having a plurality of longitudinally spaced apertures, said buckle comprising:

• (a) a base member;
• (b) a cover member lockingly engageable with said base member to cover the same, said cover member being adapted to be attached to the other end of the strap;
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• (c) a lock tongue on said base member adapted to be selectively inserted into one of the apertures for retaining the one end of the strap against movement;
• said cover member being engageable at one end with said base member for pivotal movement toward and away from said base member, said cover having at the other end a lock means lockingly engageable with said base member, said base member being of a channel-shaped cross-section defined by a pair of arms and a bottom portion interconnecting said arms at their one ends, said lock means comprising a pair of side lugs and an intermediate lug disposed therebetween out of registry with said side lugs, said base member having a retaining pin and a mounting pin journalled in said arms, said pins being spaced along the length of the strap, said side lugs and intermediate lug being lockingly engageable with said retaining pin, and said cover member being engageable at the one end with said mounting pin.