Patent ID: 8991867
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: A44B,B60N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A buckle for connecting free ends of harness belts in a child safety seat comprising: a main body having a receptacle with an outer face; a lap belt connector having an elongate tang extending along an insertion axis from a base arranged generally perpendicular thereto, the tang being configured to be partially received by the receptacle by movement along the insertion axis toward the outer face; and a shoulder belt connector having a pair of flexible legs downwardly extending toward distal ends to form, when unflexed, an aperture through which the tang may be positioned to engage the shoulder belt connector on the lap belt connector, when flexed allowing the distal ends to be spaced apart and the tang to pass between the distal ends, each leg further having a retainer tab extending from the respective leg parallel to the insertion axis; the lap belt connector being insertable into the receptacle with the shoulder belt connector legs positioned around the tang and between the base and the outer face and in adjacent contact therewith causing the retainer tabs to extend into the receptacle and prevent the legs from flexing away from the tang and securing the shoulder belt connector to the lap belt connector, partially retracting the tang from the receptacle to withdraw the retainer tabs from the receptacle enabling the legs to be flexed and the tang to pass between the distal ends and so that the shoulder belt connector may be disengaged from the lap belt connector by movement non-parallel to the insertion axis.