Patent ID: 7698791
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: A44B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A safety strap buckle, in particular for automotive child safety seats, as well as for push-chairs or prams, comprising a buckle body, and a lock mechanism for releasably locking at least one tongue insertable inside said buckle body in a longitudinal insertion direction; the lock mechanism comprising: a) a retaining rod movable, in a release direction perpendicular to said longitudinal insertion direction, between a lock position engaging said at least one tongue to retain the tongue inside said buckle body, and a release position disengaging said at least one tongue to permit expulsion of the tongue from said buckle body; and b) a release button movable in said release direction to move said retaining rod into said release position; said retaining rod being movable in said release direction independently of said release button, and being maintained in said lock position by a spring; wherein said buckle body is made of plastic material molded onto a metal insert, the metal insert including: