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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
David Burke, Carlisle, GB;
Assignee:
BSRD Limited, Carlisle, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A44B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
24641 ; 24645 ;
Abstract
In a seat belt buckle a U-shaped main frame (1) has two side portions (7,8) and a tilting locking element (15) located between them to be engageable with a belt tongue (4) when inserted therein, a retaining member (27) being movable in L-shaped cut-outs (11,12) in the side portions between locking and unlocking positions in relation to the locking element (15) by action of the tongue or a release button respectively, and inertial rocking member (20) being pivotally carried by the locking element (15) and spring urged towards a position which locks the retaining member into its said locking position and is unresponsive to pretensioning action on the buckle.