Dual tongue buckle with independent latching
First Claim
1. A belt buckle-tongue combination comprising:
- a housing having a cavity therein;
a cover mounted to said housing over said cavity;
a single latch member positioned in said cavity and moveable therein;
a plurality of tongue members each receivable within said cavity and latchable to corresponding portions of said single latch member independently of latching of remaining ones of said plurality of tongue members;
a release member extending through said cover and operable to force said single latch member away from said cover to thereby unlatch any of said plurality of tongue members latched to said single latch member; and
an ejection member positioned within said cavity and responsive to movement of said single latch member away from said cover to at least partially eject from said cavity each of said tongue members unlatched from said single latch member via said release member.
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Abstract
A dual tongue buckle includes a single latch member and a single ejection member housed within a buckle main body, and a pair of tongue members that are slidable relative to each other. When the first tongue is advanced sufficiently into the buckle main body over the latch member, the tongue forces the ejection member to rotate away from that side of the latch member allowing the latch member to lock to the first tongue, while the opposite end of the ejection member maintains the opposite end of the latch member in a pre-latched position. When the second tongue is advanced sufficiently into the buckle main body, it forces the opposite end of the ejection member away from the latching member to thereby lock the second tongue thereto. A releasing member depresses the latch member so that the ejection member at least partially ejects any of the tongue members latched therein from the buckle main body.
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20 Claims
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1. A belt buckle-tongue combination comprising:
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a housing having a cavity therein; a cover mounted to said housing over said cavity; a single latch member positioned in said cavity and moveable therein; a plurality of tongue members each receivable within said cavity and latchable to corresponding portions of said single latch member independently of latching of remaining ones of said plurality of tongue members; a release member extending through said cover and operable to force said single latch member away from said cover to thereby unlatch any of said plurality of tongue members latched to said single latch member; and an ejection member positioned within said cavity and responsive to movement of said single latch member away from said cover to at least partially eject from said cavity each of said tongue members unlatched from said single latch member via said release member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A belt buckle-tongue combination comprising:
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a housing having a cavity therein; a cover mounted to said housing over said cavity, said cover and said housing defining a cavity entrance therebetween; a latch member positioned within said cavity; a single ejection member positioned within said cavity and moveable toward and away from said cavity entrance; a plurality of tongue members, each of said tongue members separately advanceable within said cavity via said cavity entrance to force a portion of said single ejection member away from said cavity entrance and latchingly engage with said latch member; and operator means for simultaneously unlatching from said latch member any of said tongue members latchingly engaged thereto, said single ejection member responsive to an unlatching of said any of said tongue members from said latch member to move toward said cavity entrance and thereby force said tongue members toward said cavity entrance. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A belt buckle-tongue combination comprising:
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a housing; a plate mounted to said housing, said plate and housing defining a cavity therebetween; a plurality of tongue members receivable within said cavity; latch means for separately engaging with each of said tongue members to thereby retain each of said tongue members within said cavity; operator means for simultaneously releasing each of said tongue members from said latch means, and ejection means separate from said plurality of tongue members for at least partially ejecting from said cavity each of said tongue members released from said latch means. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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