Patent ID: 9173456
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: A44B

Abstract:
1. A restraint system comprising: a first belt portion having a first end adapted to be secured to the mobile platform and a second end movable relative to the mobile platform; a second belt portion having a first end adapted to be secured to the mobile platform and a second end movable relative to the mobile platform; a latch plate fixed to said second end of one of said first belt portion and said second belt portion; and a buckle secured to said second end of the other of said first belt portion and said second belt portion and selectively connected to said latch plate in a latched state to join said first belt portion and said second belt portion, said buckle including a housing having an actuation handle, an opening receiving said latch plate in said latched state, a bottom surface disposed on an opposite side of said housing than said actuation handle, a first aperture formed through said bottom surface of said housing and extending continuously from said bottom surface to a first side surface of said housing, and a second aperture aligned with said first aperture along a longitudinal axis of said housing formed through said bottom surface of said housing and extending continuously from said bottom surface to a second side surface of said housing, said housing further including a connecting member disposed between said first and second apertures and connecting a first portion of said bottom surface adjacent to said opening to a second portion of said bottom surface an opposite side of said first and second apertures than said first portion.