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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1986
Howard T Knox, Simi, CA (US);
Ancra Corporation, Hawthorne, CA (US);
Abstract
A quick release two piece buckle of economical construction for use in situations where rapid release of a strap is required such as for example a buckle for a strap holding a scuba air tank to a back pack. The buckle has a handle member with a pair of oppositely positioned side arm portions extending therefrom. The arm portions have slots formed on the outer walls thereof, there being a detent at the entry portion of each slot. Detents are further formed on the outer walls of the arms adjacent to the bottoms of each of the slots. One end of the strap is attached to a cross arm extending between the two side arm portions. The other end of the strap is connected to an attachment member which has a pair of opposing arms. Each of the arms has an inwardly extending post member at the end thereof which is adapted to slidably fit into a respective one of the slots of the main body portion. The attachment member is removably connected to the handle member by inserting the post members into the slots, these post members being pushed past the detents at the entrances to the slots. The handle member is then brought down opposite the attachment member, in so doing the arms of the attachment member being snapped past the detents next to the slots of the handle member, the two members thus being joined to each other. The two members can rapidly be released from each other by withdrawing the handle member away from the attachment member to bring the detents on the outer walls of the handle member arm past the attachment member, thereby permitting ready release of the two members from each other.