Safeco Mfg. Limited

Steve A Copeland

Roger M Ball

A strap and buckle assembly wherein a plurality of ratchet teeth are formed on the strap and the buckle has a ratchet type of catch for releasably retaining the strap. The housing of the buckle has a slipway which receives the strap. A catch lever is pivotally mounted on the housing for movement between a locking position and a release position. The catch lever having first and second portions of its length extending from opposite sides of its pivotal axis. A shoulder is formed on the first portion of the catch lever and is arranged to be oppositely disposed with respect to the locking faces of the ratchet teeth when the catch lever is in the locking position. Resiliently deformable catch biasing arms are formed integrally with and extending from the second portion of the catch lever into contact with the housing. The arms normally urging the catch lever toward the locking position and are deformable in response to movement of the catch lever toward the release position to an extend sufficient to withdraw said shoulder from engagement with said locking faces of the ratchet teeth.

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Pickering, Canada

Steve A Copeland