Patent ID: 7761960

Claim:
An insert tongue ( 10 ) for a safety belt buckle ( 7 ), including an insert section ( 12 ) which is intended to be inserted into said belt buckle ( 7 ), and a safety belt section ( 14 ) which has a single slot ( 16 ) for receiving a safety belt ( 5 ) such that said safety belt ( 5 ) extends straight through said insert tongue ( 10 ) when said insert tongue ( 10 ) hangs freely on the perpendicularly extending safety belt ( 5 ), said safety belt section ( 14 ) generally extending along an extension of said insert section ( 12 ), said slot ( 16 ) and said safety belt ( 5 ) extending at an angle (α) of less than 25° relative to a plane defined by said insert section ( 12 ) when said insert tongue ( 10 ) hangs freely on the perpendicularly extending safety belt ( 5 ), longitudinal edges of said slot ( 16 ) being defined by first and second lands ( 20 , 22 ) of said safety belt section ( 14 ), both of said first and second lands ( 20 , 22 ) extending from said insert section at the angle relative to said plane, said first and second lands ( 20 , 22 ) being offset from each other.