Patent ID: 8528173
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: A44B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A quick-action closure for an end fitting of a safety belt, the quick-action closure comprising: a closure housing, an insertion tongue configured for insertion into the closure housing along an insertion path, a locking element disposed in the closure housing and movable between a locking position and a release position, the locking element locking the insertion tongue in the closure housing when the locking element is in the locking position, a safety element mounted in the closure housing and rotatable about an axis of rotation between a safety position and a rest position, the safety element in the safety position fixing the locking element in the locking position and, in the rest position, releasing the locking element, the axis of rotation extending through a center of gravity of a safety element arrangement that includes at least the safety element, a spring urging the safety element toward the safety position, and an actuating element configured to be inserted into the closure housing, the actuating element being dimensioned to abut the locking element upon insertion of the actuating element into the closure housing and to move the locking element from the locking position to the release position.