Patent ID: 6868591
Filing Date: 2005-03-22
Classification: A44B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A buckle for use with a safety belt comprising a buckle housing formed to define a cavity, an actuator aperture in communication with the cavity, and an insertion opening in communication with the cavity, an actuator coupled to the buckle housing and formed to include a button accessible through the actuator aperture of the buckle housing and a belt-anchor catch coupled to the button to move with the button, an ejector spring positioned within the cavity of the buckle housing along a substantially central longitudinal axis defined to extend from a back end of the buckle housing to a front end of the buckle housing, a locking spring positioned within the cavity of the buckle housing along a transverse axis substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and formed to engage a bottom wall of the buckle housing at a first end and a portion of the belt-anchor catch at a second end to bias the belt-anchor catch in a direction away from the bottom wall of the buckle housing, a first belt anchor formed to be inserted, at least in part, into the insertion opening to engage the ejector spring and move the ejector spring to a retracted position, and a second belt anchor coupled to the first belt anchor and formed to be inserted, at least in part, into the insertion opening to engage the belt-anchor catch of the actuator and move the belt-anchor catch of the actuator against the bias of the locking spring.