Abstract: A seat belt buckle 10, adapted to releasably engage with a latch plate 24 insertable within a latch passage 22 in the seat belt buckle 10, comprises: a rigid frame 12 having an open forward end 11 defining the latch passage 22, an opposite rearward end 13 adapted to be attached to a seat belt, an apertured rectangular base plate 14, an upstanding side wall 16 extending from each longitudinal edge of the base plate 14, and a fixed bar 18 extending across the width of the base plate 14 between the forward and rearward ends thereof, parallel to, and spaced apart from, the base plate 14, the fixed bar 18 being secured at each end thereof to a respective side wall 16.

Abstract: A seat belt buckle adapted to releasably engage a latch plate 42 having an aperture 40 therein, the buckle comprising a rigid frame 10 including a base 12 having an opening therein, upstanding side walls 14 adapted to guide the latch plate longitudinally of the frame, a bar 16 extending transversely of the frame between the side walls, the bar being spaced above the base, a locking member 24 pivotally mounted on the frame and pivotal between a lower latched position and an upper unlatched position, the locking member carrying a downwardly projecting locking element 38 engageable in the aperture 40 in the latch plate 42 to retain the latch plate in place and passing into the opening, a slider 44 slidable longitudinally of the locking member between a first position in which it is located under the bar 16, to retain the locking member in the lower latched position and a second position in which it is resiliently engaged against the rear of the bar to retain the locking member in its upper unlatched position, a

Abstract: A seat belt buckle 10, having a pivoted locking member 26 adapted to releasably engage with a cross-bar 34 of an apertured latch plate 24 insertable within a latch passage 22 in the seat belt buckle, includes a rigid frame 12 having an apertured rectangular base plate 14, upstanding side walls 16 extending from longitudinal edges of the base plate 14, and a fixed bar 18 extending across the width of the base plate 14, parallel to, and spaced apart from, the base plate, the fixed bar 18 being secured at each end thereof to a respective side wall 16.