Patent ID: 8256072

Claim:
A A buckle comprising: a female buckle component defining a pocket having an entrance opening and first and second sides, each said side defining a window; said female buckle component having pediments provided on opposed surfaces adjacent said windows at ends of said windows nearest said entrance opening, said pediments including pediment cam surfaces and blunt pediment lock ledges, said pediment lock ledges facing away from said entrance opening, and said pediment cam surfaces each being adjacent one of said pediment lock ledges between said pediment lock ledge and said entrance opening; a male buckle component received in said pocket through said entrance opening; said male buckle component including first and second lock arms in said pocket, each said lock arm having a distal portion and a proximal portion relative to said entrance opening, said distal portion including a bulbous portion positioned in said window when said buckle is latched, and said proximal portion being a more flexible segment of said arm along which said arm is bent to latch and unlatch said buckle, each said lock arm including a latching structure having a lock arm lock ledge facing toward said entrance opening with said lock arm in said pocket, and a lock arm cam surface adjacent said lock arm lock ledge and extending distally therefrom; said pediments and said lock arm lock ledges engaged one against the other securing relative positions of said components when said buckle is latched, said engaged lock ledges being inwardly of an axis defined by said proximal portion relative to said window; and said lock ledges positioned in said buckle axially between said bulbous portions positioned in said windows and said entrance opening.