Clevis safety belt buckle
AssigneeIrvin Industries, Inc.
InventorJames A. Gavagan
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Abstract
A high strength safety belt buckle characterized by a clevis attached to one belt end, a connector attached to another belt end releasably held within the clevis by a latch passing through the connector and engaging both sides of the clevis. A first embodiment is suitable for use as a safety release buckle in a passive restraint system which need be disconnected only under emergency conditions. A second embodiment is suitable for normal safety belt buckle use where maximum convenience of connection and disconnection is essential.
Claims17
A safety belt buckle comprising a connector tongue adapted for attachment to a first belt end, a housing having a base, clevis means mounted within said housing extending, longitudinally as an aligned tension element on both sides of said tongue with a transverse closed end adapted for attachment to a second belt end, alignable apertures in said connector tongue and both adjacent sides of said clevis means, latch means extending upwardly from the base through said apertures engaging said tongue and both sides of said clevis means, resilient means mounted within said housing normally retaining said latch means in engaging position, and exposed manually actuable means for moving said latch means downwardly relative to both clevis and tongue to a position for disengaging said connector tongue.
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