Patent ID: 9072346
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: A44B,B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A buckle for use with a safety harness, said buckle comprising: a plurality of slots each for receiving an end of a harness belt section, each slot having associated therewith a retainer for engagement with an abutment surface defined by the end of the belt section, at least some of said retainers each having associated therewith a respective one of a plurality of first bias means normally to urge the retainers each to reside at a position at which they each engage with a said abutment surface of the end of the belt section following insertion into a slot of the plurality of slots, at least one of said retainers being non-retractable and some of said retainers being retractable, a plurality of said retractable retainers each having associated therewith a lever which is pivotable against an action of a respective one of the first bias means to move the retainer to a release position at which the retainer is free from engagement with a said abutment surface, an actuation member operable to act on each lever whereby each lever is caused to move a retractable retainer to said release position, and each said retractable retainer being positioned to act in the slot of the plurality of slots, which has associated therewith ejector means that is arranged positively to eject a belt end from the slot when the retainer at that slot is moved to a release position, wherein the actuation member is moveable axially in a direction parallel with movement of the retainers under the action of the first bias means.