Patent ID: 7513020

Claim:
A child resistant buckle, comprising: first and second buckle members shaped to be cooperatively joined in a clasped condition; a plurality of latching mechanisms included in the first and second buckle member, each capable of being separately actuated; the latching mechanisms arranged with a functional symmetry to permit the buckle members to be joined and clasped with the latching mechanisms in a plurality of orientations, wherein at least one latching mechanism comprises: a central arm extending internal to the buckle in a clasped condition with a first engagement structure that is free of engagement in a first orientation and engaged with a cooperative second engagement structure in a second, different orientation; a central arm catch being operable to releasably secure the first and second buckle members together in a clasped condition when the central arm cooperates with the central arm catch; the central arm being received into a chamber of a mating buckle portion, whereby the central arm is relatively inaccessible; a trench opposed to the central arm catch in one of the first or second buckle members suitable for receiving the central arm from the other of the first or second buckle members when the central arm is displaced for engaging or disengaging the central arm catch; and a disengagement device on one or more of the first or second buckle members and being operable to disengage the at least one latching mechanism, the disengagement device being integral with the one or more of the first or second buckle members.