Patent ID: 7103942

Claim:
A buckle adapted to receive a first strap in an adjustably fixed relationship and a second strap, comprising: an inner portion disposed generally in a first plane; an outer portion bent back on the inner portion and disposed generally in a second plane parallel to the first plane; the outer portion forming a first sidebar with the inner portion, the first sidebar being generally parallel to the first plane of the inner portion and the second plane of the outer portion and having a first pair of strap engagement edges; the inner portion and the outer portion defining with the first sidebar a channel; a slide movable within the channel generally parallel to the first sidebar, the slide having a second pair of strap engagement edges whereby the first strap can be threaded around the slide and cinched tightly to engage the first strap with the first and second pair of strap engagement edges and thereby form the fixed relationship with the buckle; and a bar adapted to engage the second strap.