Patent ID: 8464407
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: A44B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A buckle assembly comprising a tongue and a buckle, the tongue having an end portion insertable into a mouth of the buckle to lockingly engage the buckle; the buckle including a housing and two locking pawls in the housing that are pivotable between a locking position blocking removal of the tongue from the buckle and a release position enabling removal of the tongue from the buckle; the buckle including a spring engaging the pawls that biases the pawls into the locking position; the pawls having portions that are manually engageable to receive force to pivot the pawls from the locking position to the release position against the bias of the spring thereby to enable removal of the tongue from the buckle as a primary release mechanism; and the spring having a portion for receiving pulling force from a cable or lanyard to cause the spring to move the pawls from the locking position to the release position to enable removal of the tongue from the buckle as a secondary release mechanism; wherein the spring is a torsion coil spring having a central coil portion for receiving the pulling force and having two end portions that engage the respective pawls.