Restraint harness buckle assembly and method of making
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1. A buckle assembly, comprising:
- a support having a pair of spaced, upstanding sidewalls;
a pin extending between said sidewalls, said pin having an end extending through and protruding slightly beyond one of said sidewalls; and
a cover which fits over said support and is fastened thereto by said pin end, said cover having a wall which encloses said pin end and captures the pin on the support, said pin end being sized to pass freely through said one sidewall upon removal of said cover.
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Abstract
A cover which fits over a restrain harness buckle assembly. The cover slides down over the buckle and confines the ends of cam support pins in the assembly, eliminating the need for the use of pins with heads on one end, for fasteners to hold such pins in place, and the need for machining threads or grooves on the pins to cooperate with such fasteners. Additionally, the cover provides a smooth, contoured appearance which insures that nothing protrudes from the buckle assembly which might snag clothing or scratch skin. Thus, the cover eliminates the need for extra parts, machining, and assembly while providing a neater appearance.
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19 Claims
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1. A buckle assembly, comprising:
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a support having a pair of spaced, upstanding sidewalls; a pin extending between said sidewalls, said pin having an end extending through and protruding slightly beyond one of said sidewalls; and a cover which fits over said support and is fastened thereto by said pin end, said cover having a wall which encloses said pin end and captures the pin on the support, said pin end being sized to pass freely through said one sidewall upon removal of said cover. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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7. A restraint harness buckle assembly, comprising:
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a support having a bottom wall and a pair of spaced, upstanding sidewalls; a latch pin extending between said sidewalls, with the ends of the pin extending through and protruding slightly beyond the sidewalls; a rotatable cam mounted on said pin, adapted to cooperate with a clasp plate attached to a belt webbing to latch the clasp plate to the buckle assembly; and a cover which fits over said support, said cover having a plurality of walls forming a frame and including a pair of spaced sidewalls that straddle the support sidewalls, a recess facing inwardly toward said support in each cover sidewall, the distance between said recesses being about the length of said pin, said recesses being located in position to receive the ends of said pin when the cover is fully installed on said support, portions of said cover sidewalls leading to said recesses being spaced a dimension less than the length of said pin such that the cover sidewalls must be flexed outwardly to enable the cover to be pressed onto the frame so that the pin ends are received within said recesses, said cover being sufficiently flexible that it will permit the cover sidewalls to be flexed to receive said pin ends and will snap back when the pin reaches said recesses, thereby capturing the pin in the recesses and capturing the cover on the support.
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18. A method of assembling a buckle assembly, comprising:
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positioning a handle between sidewalls of a support; sliding a pin through said handle in and through the sidewalls of the support with an end of the pin protruding beyond the sidewalls; and positioning a cover over said support and capturing the pin end in a recess in the inner surface of said cover such that said pin is kept from sliding out of said support and said cover is retained on said support. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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