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Cinch latch plate and buckle

  • US 5,649,341 A
  • Filed: 04/29/1996
  • Issued: 07/22/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/29/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A seat belt device comprising:

  • a buckle;

    a latch plate (20) comprising;

    a first part or tongue (26) for lockingly engaging a cooperating part of the seat belt buckle (100);

    a rear or second part (26) including a seat belt clamping surface (30) adjacent a seat belt receiving opening (28) within the second part;

    a yoke (40) slidably received upon the latch plate (20) and movable relative to the belt receiving opening, including a clamping bar (48), wherein a portion of a seat belt (90) lays through the belt receiving opening (28) between the belt clamping surface and the clamping bar;

    a clamp initiating mechanism (60) manually movable from a first position in which the seat belt is free to slide through the opening to a locking position in which the seat belt is locked, including a cam surface (63) which when moved to the locking position urges the clamping bar toward the clamping surface to thereby clamp the seat belt therebetween andfirst means cooperable with the seat belt buckle to maintain the mechanism (60) in its locking position.

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