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Safety belt buckle

  • US 4,064,603 A
  • Filed: 09/29/1976
  • Issued: 12/27/1977
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/1976
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a safety belt buckle having a channel-shaped buckle body having a base and a pair of upstanding walls connected to opposite sides of said base for pivotally receiving opposite pivot arms on a latch lever for pivotally mounting the latch lever for pivoting by a push-button means against the biasing force of a spring means urging the latching lever upwardly to its latching position, the improvement for reducing the height and length of the buckle body comprising pivot arm receiving openings in said upstanding sidewalls at locations at substantially the plane of the buckle base of said channel-shaped buckle body for receiving said pivot arms and for locating said pivot axis adjacent said base web, openings in said buckle base allowing portions of said latch lever to pivot downwardly into said openings when said latch lever is operated by said push button means, and a cover means attached to said channel-shaped base member and extending across said openings in said buckle base and covering the latter and said portions of said latch lever.

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