Device for tensioning belts or the like

A two-piece plastic belt tensioning device having and open and latched position comprising:

• a base member having top and bottom sides, a beveled aperture and a rivet means for permanently affixing a first end of a belt thereto;
• a cover member having top and bottom sides with a peg means integrally formed to said bottom of said cover for engaging an aperture formed in said belt, for affixing sald belt to said cover at a point intermediate the ends of said belt and for engagement with said beveled aperture;
• prong and hook means integrally formed on opposite sides of said bottom of said cover and said top of said base respectively for hingedly connecting said base to said cover at one of their respective ends;
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• means for latching said base to said cover upon rotation about said hinge means at their respective ends opposite said hinge means said means for latching said base to said cover having a pair of resilient catch members integrally formed on opposite sides of said top of said base and a pair of loop members integrally formed on opposite sides of said bottom of said cover which engage said catch members when said cover is rotated to said final latched position, each of said catch members having an integrally formed tab means which is engageable from the outside of said device for disengaging said catch from said loop when said tab means is properly displaced toward the interior of said device whereby upon latching, said point intermediate the ends of said belt is further tensioned with respect to said first end of said belt.