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US 4,791,711 AGranted
Child resistant buckle for seat belt restraints
AssigneeSimulators Limited, Inc.
InventorWilbur R. Adams
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Abstract
A child resistant buckle for seat belt restraints comprising a two-part buckle in which the female part, or part containing the release button, has a multi-part release button which can only be operated by a full size hand. A smaller, child's hand, having smaller fingers and thumbs, will not normally apply simultaneous pressure to all of the parts of the release button, which must be actuated simultaneously to release the other part of the buckle.
Claims9
A child resistant buckle for personal restraints, comprising:
- a male section having a generally flat body provided with a central opening therein;
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- a complementary female section having,
- (1) a first opening on the top thereof,
- (2) a multi-part release button disposed inside said female section and operable through said opening,
- (3) a second, slot-like opening on the inner end of said female section for receiving said male section therein in locking engagement, and
- (4) a plurality of upwardly biased retaining means normally disposed in said central opening of said male section to lock and retain the buckle in closed position, and a plurality of connecting means, each extending between one part of said multi-part release button and a corresponding retaining means,
- each part of said release button being adapted to release the corresponding section of the retaining means only when that corresponding part of the release button is actuated, said male section of the buckle being released only when all parts of said release button are actuated simultaneously.
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In a child resistant safety restraint, a coupling for closing and opening said restraint comprising:
- a female housing having an opening in the top surface thereof;
- actuating means having a plurality of separately actuatable parts enclosed in said female housing;
- a release button disposed in said housing and exposed through said opening on the top side of said female housing, said release button having a corresponding plurality of separately actuatable parts, each of said parts being adapted to separately engage and operate a corresponding part of said actuating means;
- a retainer means having a corresponding plurality of separately actuatable parts for retaining a male member in locking engagement with said female housing, said male member being released only when all parts of the release button are actuated simultaneously.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.