Quick hook-up and release buckling for weight lifter belts

A quick hook-up and release buckling for belts of substantial width and thickness having opposite dead end and live end portions and having a tightened closed condition and an interconnected released condition for subsequent complete separation of one or two anchor means, and including;

• a releasable toggle means comprised of a first anchor means permanently secured to the dead end portion of the belt, a second anchor means comprised of a plate to overlie and releasably secured to the live end portion of the belt in the closed and in the interconnected released condition, and a link pivoted to the first anchor means by a fulcrum pin and to an extension of the second anchor member by a draw pin spaced from the live end of the belt, the extension lying contiguous over the first anchor means when the toggle means is in a closed over-center condition drawing the second anchor means into a tightened closed condition, the live end portion of the belt having two longitudinally spaced bearing holes, and the plate having two longitudinally spaced pins engageable through said spaced bearing holes for bearing engagement against the sides thereof toward an end portion of said belt, one pin having an offset half diameter to bear in its hole and a full diameter head hooked through the live end portion of the belt, and the link swinging free when released from said closed over-center condition for interconnected separation of the first and second anchor means and for subsequent complete separation of the second anchor means from the live end portion of the belt by shifting of the plate and alignment of the full diameter head of the one pin with its bearing hole for withdrawal and complete separation from the belt.