Patent ID: 6402651
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: F16G

Abstract:
An emergency fan belt for a vehicle comprising:an elongate belt configured in cross section to fit a vehicle's fan belt pulleys, the belt having opposed ends fitted with a mated one way coupling, said coupling including a fastening mechanism that extends lengthwise along one of the ends to enable said one of the ends to be adjusted in an overlapping direction relative to the opposed end, and said coupling including a receiving buckle at the opposed end configured to have an entrance and an exit to receive and pass there through said one of the ends and further configured to have an upwardly and rearwardly curved bearing surface at the exit to allow said one of the ends as passed through the buckle to be slidably pulled in a direction back over the buckle enabling manual tightening of the belt with the belt mounted on the vehicle's pulleys.