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Free-falling, self-locking adjustable tip assembly

  • US 4,903,377 A
  • Filed: 05/31/1988
  • Issued: 02/27/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/31/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A tip assembly for free sliding mounting on a safety belt, the tip assembly comprising:

  • a tongue plate for connection to a buckle, the tongue plate having lateral edges,snubber slide means movable in a forward and rearward direction and slidably engaged with the tongue plate for gripping the belt,channel-shaped region walls at the lateral edges of the snubber slide means receiving the lateral edges of the tongue plate,the snubber slide means being slidable on the tongue plate to a belt gripping position when the tip assembly is mounted on a belt that is under tension and the tongue plate is connected to a buckle,the snubber slide means being slidable to a position that will allow sliding of the tip assembly downwardly along the belt when the belt is in a vertical position and the tongue plate is disconnected from the buckle, andsaid tongue plate being a substantially flat plate having top and bottom sidewalls,said snubber slide means having portions covering the top and bottom sidewalls and the lateral edges of the flat plate,the snubber slide means having an opening through which the belt passes, anddampening means including a spring located between at least part of the portions of the tongue plate and the snubber slide means that engage one another to urge the lateral edges of the flat plate in a lateral direction against the channel-shaped region walls to reduce noise between the tongue plate and the snubber slide means.

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