Patent ID: 8322000

Claim:
A locking tongue for a seat belt assembly comprising: a tongue plate with a pair of side portions; an end flange extending along the rear of the tongue plate; a pair of spaced apart side flanges, each side flange extending from the tongue plate along a respective side portion of the tongue plate and each side flange having a slot; and a lock bar that extends between the two side flanges, the lock bar having its ends guided in respective slots of the side flanges, the lock bar being movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, the lock bar and the end flange being configured to receive seat belt webbing between the lock bar and the end flange, the seat belt webbing being pinched between the lock bar and the end flange when the lock bar is in the locked position, wherein each slot has a narrow portion and an enlarged portion, the ends of the lock bar residing in the narrow portions of the slots when the lock bar is in the locked position and residing in the enlarged portions when the lock bar is in the unlocked position.