Patent ID: 7552515

Claim:
A belt adjuster for fastening a first belt and a second belt adjacent to each other, the second belt being held in a length-adjustable manner, the belt adjuster comprising: a frame including two lateral bars and two vertical bars, the lateral bars including a first lateral bar and a second lateral bar, and the frame having a front side and a rear side, the rear side being opposite and spaced apart from the front side; a first belt holding section provided adjacent to the first lateral bar of the frame, into which the first belt is insertable to be held; a second belt holding section having: a belt winding bar provided between the two vertical bars of the frame, around which the second belt is woundable to be turned back to the rear side of the frame, and at least a rear surface of an abutment bar provided between the two vertical bars in the vicinity of the belt winding bar, the rear surface of the abutment bar adapted to abut a folded portion of the second belt to bend the second belt, the rear surface of the abutment bar being oriented to face substantially the same direction as the rear side of the frame; and a finger-placing section provided adjacent to the second lateral bar of the frame, wherein: the finger-placing section comprises a through-hole passing from the front side to the rear side of the frame and a guide section for guiding a finger to the through-hole, the guide section is provided on a rear side of the finger-placing section, the rear side of the finger-placing section being oriented to face substantially the same direction as the rear side of the frame, the through-hole is defined by the abutment bar and the second lateral bar of the frame substantially adjacent the longitudinal center of the abutment bar and the second lateral bar, the through-hole forming a substantially triangular shape, the second lateral bar of the frame includes a curved surface on a rear side of the second lateral bar, the curved surface curving toward the front side of the frame from both ends to the center of the rear side of the second lateral bar, the curved surface constituting a part of the guide section, and the rear side of the second lateral bar being oriented to face substantially the same direction as the rear side of the frame, the finger-placing section includes at least a portion of the second lateral bar and at least a portion of the abutment bar, and a front surface of the abutment bar is disposed rearwardly of a plane that extends through a front side of the belt winding bar and a front side of the second lateral bar of the frame such that the front surface of the abutment bar is recessed relative to the front sides of the second lateral bar and the belt winding bar, wherein the front sides of the belt winding bar and the second lateral bar and the front surface of the abutment bar are oriented to face substantially the same direction as the front side of the frame.