Seat belt buckle
US4899424A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 4, 1989 |
| Grant date | Feb 13, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 4, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T24/45675
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A seat belt buckle 10, having a pivoted locking member 26 adapted to releasably engage with a cross-bar 34 of an apertured latch plate 24 insertable within a latch passage 22 in the seat belt buckle, includes a rigid frame 12 having an apertured rectangular base plate 14, upstanding side walls 16 extending from longitudinal edges of the base plate 14, and a fixed bar 18 extending across the width of the base plate 14, parallel to, and spaced apart from, the base plate, the fixed bar 18 being secured at each end thereof to a respective side wall 16. The locking member 26 is pivotally supported by the frame side walls 16 so as to pivot about an axis substantially parallel to, and spaced apart from, the fixed bar 18 of the frame 12, between a latched position, in which the locking member 26 retains the latch plate 24 within the latch passage 22 in the buckle, and an unlatched position, in which the locking member 26 is held clear of the latch passage 22, the locking member 26 including a depending lock bar 32 extending therefrom, which lock bar 32 extends across the latch passage 22 and into an aperture 60 of the apertured base plate 14 of the frame 12 when the locking member 26 is in…
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