And operator therefor

A seat belt buckle assembly includes a male buckle member attached to a length of belt for movement with the belt and a female latch member mounted on a member of the vehicle body. The male buckle member is provided on the seat belt and has a round cylindrical pintle attached to a buckle member housing....     

A buckle having a male member insertable into a female member, the male member having a rigid portion and the female member having a flexible portion which engages the rigid portion to produce the locking action and the male member has a separate flexible portion which overlies the flexible female portion...     

The buckle assembly includes a cover member, a base member, a latch member movably supported by the base member, and latch member operating means. The latch member is slidable in a direction normal to a tongue inserting direction between a tongue latching position and a tongue unlatching position, and...     

A seat belt buckle equipped with means for preventing false locking comprises additionally a slider having a supporting means at its front end, supporting the front portion of a latch member. The slider can be slid in accordance with the insertion of a tongue into the buckle. The ratchet is prevented...     

Buckle for safety belts, which are provided with belt straps and two coupling components. Said coupling components are intended for detachable coupling together of the belt strap. One coupling component comprises a lockable part (1), and the other coupling component comprises a locking part. The locking...     

A safety belt buckle comprising a frame detachably coupled with a belt tongue, each secured to the end of a belt, the tongue having a latch opening, the frame having a reaction flange for pivotal engagement with a latch lever having a projection formed for displaceable engagement and disengagement in...     

An improved buckle arrangement for a seat belt for use in a motor vehicle or the like in which retaining portions provided on a frame of the buckle for retaining a locking member are formed into a plate-like shape, while the face of the retaining portions at the side for contacting the locking member...     

A locking device comprises a locking pin and a base with bore for receiving the locking pin. The base has resilient locking means movable between a locking position where it engages a detent on the pin and an unlocking position. A slide or like means aids movement of the means between the two positions.

The specification describes a push-button type seat belt buckle whose tongue releasing push-button, when mounted on a vehicle, faces toward the passenger and is located in a somewhat sunken position, thereby to facilitate the release of the tongue while avoiding accidental release thereof due to unintentional...     

When a tongue having a locking hole is inserted into a buckle, the edge of the locking hole is caught and locked by a catch of a rockable latch plate and is unlocked thereby when a slide button of the buckle is manually pressed in sliding movement, in which an inclined surface of the button actuates...     

A ball lock assembly is provided which permits preconstruction of certain ones of the assembly components. Consequently, the assembly, in kit form, has few parts, and may be integrated simply in a final binder construction by a binder manufacturer. The lock assembly includes a ball lock device having...     

The push fastener of this invention includes a plastic receptacle held by a metal member to a workpiece, the receptacle having four leaf springs for improved alignment and load carrying ability. Two inclined inner surfaces are provided on the receptacle, one for engagement by the end of the plunger and...     

A buckle device has a tongue member, a base member, a latch member mounted on the base member so as to be capable of assuming an engaging position in which the latch member is engageable with the tongue member and a non-engaging position in which the latch member is not engageable with the tongue member,...     

An automobile seat belt includes a latch tongue fixed to one belt segment and having a latching aperture, and a latch housing fixed to the other belt segment, having a recess and opening at its distal end to receive the latch tongue. The tongue is automatically latched within the housing by insertion;...     

An automobile seat belt includes a latch tongue fixed to one belt segment and having a latching aperture, and a latch housing fixed to the other belt segment, having a recess and opening at its distal end to receive the latch tongue. The tongue is automatically latched within the housing by insertion;...     

A one-piece plastic safety belt buckle cover employs integral structural members depending from the inside of the top portion of the cover to support it and give it strength and rigidity to resist crushing under vertical loading. The preferred structural members comprise a latticework or honeycomb of...     

A safety belt buckle employs a pivoting latch plate for retaining a tongue plate tip within the buckle interior. A locking means for securing the latch mechanism in a latched position includes a sliding member mounted on the pivoting latch plate and urged forward by spring means.

A seat belt buckle includes a body having a latch lever pivotally mounted thereon and including a tang struck therefrom. The latch lever has a pushbutton portion which registers with an opening in a cover attached to the body. A spring biases the latch lever to a latching position in which the tang engages...     

A buckle comprises a male member including a pair of resiliently flexible legs each having an abutment surface, and a female member having a socket portion releasably couplable with said legs and including a pair of spaced sidewalls defining therebetween a slot for receiving therein said legs, each of...     

A buckle for safety belts, especially in motor vehicles. The buckle has a housing and a tongue which can be inserted in an opening of the latter, can be locked in the housing by at least one latching member, and is stressed by a spring-loaded ejector. To be prevented is the technical of the rattling...     

Lock for safety belts, comprising a lock housing and a lock tongue which can be inserted into the lock housing. The lock tongue is displaceably mounted on a support element and is spring-biased to a withdrawn position, the lock tongue being normally displaceable to a projected position against the spring...     

The child safety seatbelt securement device of the present invention includes a housing adapted for at least partially covering the release button of a female seatbelt buckle so that direct access to the release button is substantially restricted. The housing includes a mechanism for releasably securing...     

A molded plastic tubular sleeve slips over the housing of a seat belt buckle and includes an integrally molded flap which registers with and overlies the pushbutton of the buckle. The pushbutton flap is plastically yieldable relative to the tubular sleeve to thereby depress the buckle pushbutton underlying...     

A jewelry clasp in which a blade member is captured in a case member by a latch normally located in a latched position to secure the blade member in the case member, the latch being displaceable along a first direction in response to movement of the blade member into the case member for latching purposes...     

A cover for a control mechanism. Activation of the control with the cover in place requires more strength than a child has; thus a child cannot, as a rule, activate the control. Concurrently, activation of the control with the cover in place does not require more strength than an adult has, so an adult...     

A buckle for seat belts which comprises a buckle body and a tongue plate engageable with the buckle body when inserted thereinto through an opening formed in the front end of the buckle body, the buckle body being provided with: (a) a frame comprising a bottom plate above which a path for insertion and...     

A separable connector for strap ends has a tapered tongue guided in a socket member between guide ribs so that passages are formed outwardly of these ribs for deflectable tongues which lodge in slits of the socket member. The plug member of the connector or, more generally, a buckle for a strap end,...     

A plastic buckle consisting of a one-piece plastic molding has a belt insertion hole defined by top and bottom walls facing each other and opposite side walls facing each other. The front wall of the buckle has a lock portion defined by a U-shaped slit-like opening. The lock portion is elastically deformable...     

The invention relates to a lock for safety belts, which is designed to receive a lock tongue provided with a deflection web and is equipped with a press button and which is arranged next to a high storage compartment, center armrest or the like. To make it possible to actuate the lock easily and properly...     

A seat belt buckle release guard apparatus has a box like device including first and second portions having recessed opposing ends and sides that are shelf hinged on one side, and bear a latch on a side opposing the hinged side. When the first and second portions are closed, opposing end apertures are...     

A buckle assembly includes a plug member and a socket member releasably coupled together to connect opposite ends of a strap or belt. The plug member includes a cantilevered resilient tongue having a locking lug lockingly engageable with a stopper bar of the socket member to couple the plug and socket...     

A buckle assembly includes a socket member and a plug member adapted to be releasably coupled with the socket member. The socket member includes a resilient locking arm releasable engageable with a pair of locking legs of the plug member when the locking legs are inserted into the socket member. The...     

A child proof cover for covering and encasing a seat belt buckle assembly includes a channel which provides access to the release control of the seat belt buckle assembly. The channel is sized and configured so that a child cannot reach the release control but an adult can reach the control to operate...     

A vehicular seat belting covering is set forth for use in combination with the buckling ends of a seat belt wherein the covering is of a generally cylindrical configuration formed with an opening sized to approximate that of the release button of the associated buckle. The covering is formed of elastomeric...     

A cover for vehicle safety belt buckles for preventing opening of a vehicle safety belt by young children or the like. The cover comprises a covering member for covering the buckle and for preventing or rendering more difficult the operation of belt releasing means on the buckle, and means for releasably...     

The housing of a seat belt buckle is comprised of C-shaped one-piece stamping having upper and lower legs which are spaced apart to receive the apertured latch plate therebetween. A detent is formed integral with the lower leg and projects upwardly into the path of entry of the apertured latch plate...     

A two piece flat, low-profile separable fastener comprising a clasp and a receptacle, the clasp comprising a base and a rigid tongue having a release tab with a first shoulder that is a first stop means protruding therefrom; the receptacle comprising a body that defines a cavity and an aperture on an...     

A safety belt buckle guard comprising a flexible body of fabric adapted to wrap around an engaged belt buckle assembly, a rigid member for preventing depression of the release mechanism on said belt buckle assembly, means for positioning the rigid member adjacent the flexible body or attaching it thereto,...     

A buckle comprises a plug including a protuberant arm having first engaging means; and a socket adapted to be releasably coupled with the plug. The lower wall of the socket has a cantilevered engaging flap provided on its inner surface thereof and having second engaging means for snapping engagement...     

A buckle comprising a male member and a female member releasably engageable therewith, the female member including a pair of resilient arms serving as a release lever and a pair of inwardly directed flanges. The resilient arms each have a stop finger normally spaced apart from but abuttingly engageable...     

The device consists of a base channel detachably secured to the buckle element of a seat belt so that the buckle rests in the channel and secures the channel to the buckle. A hinged cover can be closed and detachably locked over the buckle so that the release button, either on top or in the front of...     

A low-profile buckle includes a flat one-piece socket member molded of synthetic resin and including a top plate having a resilient locking wing engageable with locking feet of a pair of flat legs of a planar plug member to interlock the plug and socket members, and a back plate having a resilient presser...     

A buckle assembly for a seat belt generally comprises a base having a horizontal plate and side plates, a latch means to be engaged with the side plates and supported thereby so as to be swingable between a latch locking position and a latch releasing position, a push button pivotally mounted to the...     

In a belt buckle for safety belts, particularly in motor vehicles, for receiving and locking an insertable tongue having a housing and, arranged therein, an insertion path for the insertable tongue, with the path containing a spring-loaded ejector, and having a locking element which is pivotably mounted...     

A seat belt system has a plurality of seat belt units with buckle apparatuses each having a tongue plate and a buckle plate for receiving and engaging the tongue plate. The seat belt system includes a first tongue plate having a first insert portion, a first buckle body having a first ejector movable...     

An accessory actuator for an occupant restraint system buckle which gives the owner of an automotive vehicle a choice in rendering the restraint belts in the vehicle more convenient for unlatching. The accessory comprises a molded plastic accessory button which can be installed without the use of separate...     

A child proof cover for covering and protecting a seat belt buckle assembly includes a channel which provides access to the release control of the seat belt buckle assembly. The channel is sized and configured so that a child cannot reach the release control but an adult can reach the control to operate...     

A buckle device for use in vehicle seat belt system having a tongue plate and a buckle body into which the tongue plate is inserted for engagement therewith includes a lock member which is swung to engage the inserted tongue plate and is adapted to lock the tongue plate, a release button moved by the...     

A seat belt buckle has a spring biased ejector member and a slidable pushbutton member. A coil spring biases both the pushbutton member and the ejector member. A secure connection between the ejector member and the pushbutton member is provided in a vertically compact structure. Contact surfaces on the...     

A buckle for connecting the ends of a belt used in clothes and the like. The buckle consists of a socket, which has a hollow socket-body and a locking-device, and a plug, which as a pair of engaging members. The locking device has a locking-plate and a pressuring projection. A resilient engaged member...     

A child safety harness has a pair of lap straps and a pair of shoulder straps interconnected by an impact pad which comprises an upper portion and a lower portion. Coupling means connects the upper portion to the lower portion in a plurality of alternative mutually overlapping positions so as to vary...     

A seat belt including first and second webs includes a latch housing cooperative with a buckle tongue for securement together. A container housing is positionable about the assembled latch housing and buckle tongue in a latched configuration, with the container housing including a lid hingedly mounted...     

A seat belt buckle and seat belt buckle attachments are disclosed, and are designed in such a manner that the seat belt can be put on quickly and smoothly. That is, the seat belt buckle and seat belt buckle attachments are provided with trumpet-like guide members which serve to guide a seat belt tongue...     

A child-resistant safety belt buckle is disclosed that relies for its effectiveness on differences in the ways young children and adults think rather than on presumed (but often non-existant) strength or dexterity differences. The child-resistant feature comprises a combination lock mechanism that incorporates...     

A cover for securing about an engaged closure device comprising a body having an upper portion and a lower portion that define a cavity therebetween to accept and enclose the closure device. A locking system of flanges engageable in slots is provided to releasably secure the upper and lower portions...     

A safety belt buckle comprises a housing with an insertion path, a spring loaded ejector positioned in the insertion path, and a recess communicating with the insertion path. An insertion tongue with a cutout is insertable into the insertion path. A latch inside the housing locks the insertion tongue...     

A safety belt buckle for receiving and locking an insertion tongue is comprised of a casing having an insertion slot, an insertion tongue that is slidably mounted in the insertion slot and has a cutout, a spring-loaded ejector, arranged in the insertion slot and acting on the insertion tongue, and a...     

A carrying system which may be utilized for carrying video cameras and accessories therefor comprises a main case and a plurality of accessory cases which interlock for carrying as a single unit. The main case includes clasps for releasably engaging linking straps which are provided on the accessory...     

A seat belt buckle for securing a tongue of a seat belt comprises an insertion passage for inserting the tongue, a latch device for preventing the tongue from being pulled out from the insertion passage, and a magnetic biasing device for biasing magnetically the tongue in the direction of insertion.

A buckle assembly (36) includes a latch member (50) which is movable between an engaged position and a release position. A pushbutton (88) is manually actuatable from a first position to a second position to move the latch member from the engaged position to the release position. The latch member is...     

A seat belt tongue retaining device which comprises a buckle unit having an insertion passage into which a tongue is inserted, and a latch pawl capable of getting into and out of the insertion passage. A tongue has a latch hole for allowing the latch pawl to engage therewith. Slots formed in the tongue...     

When the connection of the buckle main body A with the tongue is to be released during normal operation, the operating member is operated and is moved to the position where the engagement of the tongue with the latch member can be released. In this case, the locking member can be moved toward the position...     

In a snap buckle, the plug member 1 has a pair of resilient locking strips, each having on its outer surface an engaging portion, and a pair of guide strips outside the locking strips, each having an inner edge portion substantially in alignment with the respective engaging portion. The companion socket...     

A seat belt buckle guard comprises a one-piece, molded plastic, box-like enclosure having one open end and an opposite end wall with a slot. The seat belt buckle fits through the open end into the enclosure with its latch plate receiving slot aligned with the slot in the housing. The latch plate on one...     

A buckle apparatus includes a buckle body, a tongue plate, a lock plate supported by the buckle body, and being swingable between a first position for engaging the tongue plate and a second position for releasing the engagement, a lock pin moving in the tongue plate removal direction so as to prevent...     

A tongue includes a tongue base which can project therefrom and a tongue face plate at the forward end thereof. A buckle includes a solenoid provided at the forward end so as to attract the tongue face plate. After the tongue base is inserted into the buckle, the tongue base is drawn deep into the buckle...     

An automatic buckling device comprising a tongue attached to a seat belt and a buckle for latching the tongue. The tongue includes a cover case, a tongue plate which can project from the forward end of the cover case, a spring for urging the tongue plate in the direction in which the tongue plate is...     

A buckle is coinjection molded from different resins to provide a visually distinguishable section to which digital pressure is applied to release the buckle. The protuberance of a spring arm of the male member to which digital pressure is applied may be injected molded of a different colored resin or...     

A buckle comprising a plug having a base plate and a pair of resilient arms extending forward from the base plate; each arms having a coupling hook; a socket including a pair of upper and lower walls to define therebetween a chamber for receiving the arms and a pair of coupling lugs mounted in the chamber;...     

A tongue includes a tongue base which can project therefrom. A solenoid at the forward end of a buckle attracts a tongue face plate. After the tongue base is inserted into the buckle, the tongue base is drawn deep into the buckle by the pawl portion of a hook. A latch plate is engaged with a hole at...     

An end release type belt buckle for releasably latching a tongue plate of a safety belt system in a latched position. The belt buckle has a base, a release mechanism and an actuator supported for sliding movement on the base. The base has a stationary latch portion adapted to releasably lock the tongue...     

A seatbelt buckle safety sheath to prevent the inadvertent releasing of the seatbelt buckle by young children. Specifically, the seatbelt buckle safety sheath is made of a resilient material and frictionally encompasses the female portion of the seatbelt buckle. The resilient material of the safety sheath...     

A tongue forming part of a safety belt is provided with two apertures adapted to receive the safety belt. The tongue has a portion adapted to be received and retained by a buckle forming part of a safety belt system. The tongue carries a clamping element adapted to be moved, by pressure applied to the...     

A lock fastener for bags or other receptacles (B) comprises a plug member and a socket member releasably engageable therewith, the plug member having an engaging tongue which is resiliently lockable with the socket member and unlockable therefrom by a means movable toward and away from the plug member...     

A fastener device including a male fastener, a female fastener and a lock button. The male fastener has a pair of opposite outward projecting pressing latch boards integrally formed at two front ends thereof. Each pressing latch board has an integral inward projecting latch lug formed with a middle notch....     

A safety belt buckle for receiving and retaining a tongue includes a housing defining a path therein to receive the tongue. A main locking element is movable between a release position in which it does not engage the tongue, and a locking position in which it engages the tongue to retain the tongue in...     

A locking arrangement is provided comprising a retaining element which is positionable to retain a lockable element in position. A combination of an actuating element and a counter weight are provided which are inter-connected to rotate simultaneously in a predetermined manner about axes of rotation....     

The pretensioner-proof buckle for safety belts has a latch (12) which is movably mounted in a load-bearing frame (10) between a release position and a fastening position and which in its fastening position acts on an insert tongue. A release button (14) is slidably mounted on the frame (10). Pressing...     

A seat belt buckle based on the proven latching pawl design is equipped with simple measures to render it tensioner compatible. The latching pawl is locked in its latching position by a pin-type catch which is preloaded by a compression spring to a retracted position, but shifted into a blocking position...     

A buckle includes a female member having a main body provided at opposite ends with sockets, a belt retainer adapted for fastening one end of a belt thereto and provided on one side of the main body so as to extend between the sockets, an engaging member having engaging claws facing the sockets and projecting...     

A buckle for a seat belt of a motor vehicle includes a lockbar 18 engagable in an aperture 26 in a latch plate 24, which is inserted into the buckle. A slider 16 connected with the lockbar 18 is retained under a lockpin 12 to prevent the lockbar 18 from disengaging the aperture 26 in the latch plate...     

A locking seat belt buckle assembly is configured for placement and operation within a standard seat belt buckle and tongue. In one embodiment, the seat belt buckle includes a latch that engages the tongue and a latch release plate to disengage the latch from the tongue upon depression of the release...     

A high-security buckle including a pair of flexible side release latches and a third latch accessible on the front of the buckle. A male part of the buckle fits within a tubular body of a female part of the buckle. Disengagement of the male part can be accomplished by squeezing the side release latch...     

A seat belt buckle (100) comprising: a frame (102) having a tongue receiving opening (170) to receive a tongue (173) as the tongue is moved in a first direction, a latch member (180) arranged to move from a latched position to an unlatched position, an ejector to eject the tongue which the latch member...     

An air bag deactivation buckle (10) on a seat belt (12) for holding an infant (14) in an infant seat (16) securely in a seat (18) of a motor vehicle (20) comprising a frame (22) attached to a first end of the seat belt (12), the frame (22) having a slot (24) therein. A push button lock mechanism (26)...     

A quick-release belt buckle which includes a body fastened to a first end of a belt, the body having a I-shaped retainer block supported on a spring in between a bottom plate and a top cover plate, and a plug member fastened to a second end of the belt, the plug member having a hooked retaining portion...     

A seat belt buckle (12) has a light-transmitting portion (26) which is visible to a vehicle occupant. The buckle (12) includes a housing (60) containing a latch mechanism (20) which releasably locks a seat belt tongue (16) in the housing (60). The housing (60) further contains a light source (70) and...     

The object of a snap fastener closure is to couple a male part with a female part (20) as easily as possible, but so that it is difficult to uncouple them. The female part (20) comprises a push plate (30) which is movable longitudinally in a housing (23) and forks into two plate legs in the interior...     

A buckle comprises a male member and a female member adapted to couple with each other. The male member includes a fitting projection provided on a base thereof and the female member has a fitting cavity formed at its one end for fitting engagement with the fitting projection of the male member. A tongue-shaped...     

A seat belt buckle incorporates a spring mounted on the latch. When the latch engages with the tongue of a seat belt, the tongue can move against the spring in response to tension loading of the seat belt while remaining securely latched. This motion due to belt tension is resisted by the spring, with...     

A buckle for receiving and locking a tongue connected to a vehicle safety belt, the buckle comprising: a locking element for locking a tongue to the buckle; a sensor to sense locking of the tongue to the buckle; and an indicator arrangement actuable by an output of the sensor to indicate whether the...     

A composite buckle comprising a metal male portion that is attachable to a strap and an insertion plate having two flat surfaces, and a female portion for receiving the male portion. The female portion comprises a metal locking body that is attachable to a strap and at least two locking legs adapted...     

In a buckle of the present invention, inertia force F.sub.1 acts in a direction opposite to a direction toward a disengaging position of a main body 4d of a lock member when the buckle is pulled by a pretensioner. Clockwise torque T.sub.1 is developed on a lever 12b and counter-clockwise torque T.sub.2...     

A buckle tongue combination having a dual release for unlocking the tongue from the buckle. In the preferred embodiment, a spring bias slide cover mounted to the housing extends over a push button depressible to force a locking pawl apart from the tongue unlocking the tongue from the buckle. In an alternate...     

A seat belt buckle for use with a tongue 16, associated with a seat belt, includes a frame 10, in which is mounted an ejector 20, operable by an ejector spring 22. Insertion of the tongue pushes a retainer 30 down a track 26, against the action of a retainer spring 32. The track is inclined at an angle...     

A buckle is formed of a base, a latch member supported by side walls of the base so that the latch member can pivot between its non-engaged position and its engaged position, an operational member manipulated to cancel an engagement between the tongue and the latch member; and a lock member. The latch...     

A seat belt lock cover for use with a seat belt having a seat belt release button, for selectively preventing a child from accessing the seat belt release button, comprising a main housing and a cover plate. The main housing has a pair of side surfaces, a top surface and an elongated channel for allowing...     

A buckle for a vehicle safety restraint for use with a pretensioner has an actuating button for operating a latch for the tongue of the safety restraint. The button is connected via pulleys to a counterbalancing mass. When the pretensioner is operated and the buckle is retracted, the inertia of the mass...     

A buckle guard that is positionable over and around the buckle assembly of a vehicle seat belt shoulder harness to prevent a child from accessing and disconnecting the buckle assembly. The buckle guard includes a back guard section, an inner snap guard section and an outer snap guard section. The back...     

A detachable three point seat belt system having an interlocking mechanism that requires the wearer to reattach a detached system to the seat prior to fastening the seat belt over the wearer's body. This invention specifically addresses the need of three point seat belt systems, which will operate at...