Abstract: A web adjuster for use with a plastic coated web. An adjuster frame includes a pair of slotted upstanding walls which slidably receive a roller bar extending therebetween. A plastic sleeve is rotatably mounted to the bar and includes a plurality of flexible ribs. The web extends around the sleeve which acts as a bearing relative to the bar. A stop edge is contactable by the web as the bar and sleeve move thereto locking the web to the adjuster.

Abstract: A tongue assembly for use in a seat belt device is formed of a tongue main body engaging a buckle and a slider slidably disposed over the main body. A first slit is situated in a middle portion of the main body to extend in a direction perpendicular to an inserting direction of the main body relative to the buckle. A first wall portion is fixed to the main body to project upwardly from an upper surface of the main body along the first slit at a side of a rear portion. A second wall portion is formed in an upper side of the slider and has a surface opposing to the first wall portion. A second slit is formed at a lower side of the slider so that a rear edge of the second slit at a side of a rear portion of the main body is situated close to an insertion portion of the main body with respect to the surface of the second wall. A third slit is further formed in the rear portion of the main body.

Abstract: A buckle for a belt or harness comprising a ring member defining a hollow interior space, a slidable bar, and releasable securable lock. The ring member has a first and a second side section, and a first and a second end section, which are connected to one another. The slidable bar is mounted between the side sections and is movable between a position immediately adjacent the first end section and a position immediately adjacent the second end section. The first end section of the buckle is securable to one portion of a web of the belt or harness. A free end portion of a web of the belt or harness is arranged to extend through the ring's interior space between the first end section and the slidable bar, around the bar, and through the space between the bar and the second end section, from which it exits beyond the second end section of the buckle.

Abstract: A sliding bar buckle is provided with a grip base with an inwardly facing toothed surface. A strap retainer moves within transverse slots on legs formed integrally with said grip base so that a complementary toothed surface on the strap retainer engages the inwardly facing toothed surface so as to engage a variable position strap therebetween. Connecting bars are additionally formed between said arms to engage a fixed position strap.

Abstract: A tongue assembly for use in a safety apparatus in which belt webbing restrains movement of an occupant of a vehicle includes a base, a cover, and a cam. The cover is mounted for sliding movement on the base. The cover has an actuator portion engageable by the belt webbing to slide the cover along the base between a first portion and a second position. The cover engages and pivots a cam when the cover slides from its first position to its second position. The cam has a clamping surface disposed adjacent a clamping surface on the base. A portion of the belt webbing passes between the clamping surfaces on the base and the cam member. The cam is pivoted by sliding movement of the base into a clamping position in which the cam clamps the belt webbing against the base to block movement of the belt webbing through the tongue assembly.

Abstract: A seat belt webbing adjuster having a base frame provided with a moveable elongated load bar of unique shape having a substantially planar transverse surface and having multiple transverse rounded edges displaced therefrom and about which seat belt webbing is wrapped, the load bar being adapted to pinch the webbing against the body frame at the planar surface and to frictionally engage the webbing at the rounded edges. Inasmuch as said webbing is pinched only along the planar surface of the load bar, jamming of the webbing as it is adjusted is avoided and the webbing adjuster assembly can be made to loose tolerances, thus decreasing the manufacturing costs.

Abstract: A system for holding a ladder in a secure position relative to an object against which the ladder rests. The system comprises a strap that contacts the ladder and the object and secures the ladder to the object. The system is also comprised of a first buckle and a second buckle, with each buckle being able to be placed at a desired position on the strap. Each end of the strap passes through a respective buckle and is positioned about a side rail of the ladder. The present invention also pertains to a buckle for holding a strap. The buckle comprises a first member having a first hole. Additionally, the buckle is comprised of a second member having a second hole. There is also a third member having a third hole. The third member is in sliding relationship with the first and second members such that the first side of the third member can slide over the first hole and contact the strap extending therethrough.

Abstract: A latch plate assembly (10) comprising: a plate (12) having a tongue (14) formed at one end (16) thereof, a back portion (18) opposite the tongue (14) and a first opening formed in the back portion (18); a web guide (40), is positioned about the back portion (18) which includes an elevated member (44) spaced above the back portion (18) and a lower member (42) positioned below the back portion (18). The members (42, 44) cooperate to define a web guide slot (46) which laterally extends relative to the plate (12) to receive the seat belt webbing (36). The elevated member (44), includes a sloped surface (48) extending away from the first opening (34) and a first engagement surface (50) extending laterally positioned across a rear side of first opening (34). The latch plate assembly further includes: a cover (70) slidingly received about plate (12) relative to the web guide ( 40).

Abstract: A latch plate assembly (10) comprising: a plate (12) having formed at one end thereof a tongue (14) and at an opposite end a back portion (22), the back portion (22) comprising open ends (112a,b) and an open recess (50; 30), the back portion including radially extending opposing openings (52,54) through which may be received a substantially flat seat belt webbing (60); a lock bar (80) moveable between first and second positions releasing and compressing the webbing (60); a cap (90) for enclosing the open recess (50; 30) and open ends (112a,b) including a sloping surface for positioning the lock bar (80) into compressive engagement with the webbing (60) and for slideably securing the lock bar (80) therein.

Abstract: An apparatus for restricting relative sliding movement of first and second belt portions arranged in an overlapping side-by-side relationship is usable with a three-point safety seat belt system for securing a child's seat on a vehicle seat. The apparatus includes a V-shaped member having a pair of leg portions and a bight portion interconnecting the leg portions. The V-shaped member has an opening in the bight portion. A bar is pivotally connected to the leg portions of the V-shaped member. When it is desired to secure a child's seat on a vehicle seat, the lap belt portion is extended around the child's seat and a tongue plate slidably fastened to the lap and shoulder belt portions is secured to a belt buckle. With the bar in an open position, a loop formed from overlapped lap and shoulder belt portions of the seat belt webbing adjacent the tongue plate is inserted through the opening in the bight portion of the V-shaped member.

Abstract: The invention is an apparatus for securing together segments of an elongated member such as an extension cord. The apparatus includes means for engaging at least one segment of the elongated member and a band member for wrapping around additional segments of the elongated member and having surfaces that releasably adhere to maintain the segments of the elongated members in a bundle.

Abstract: A seat belt latchplate is disclosed for use in association with a three-point seat belt harness wherein the latchplate is mounted at an intermediate point on the belt formed with a tongue portion adapted to be releasably anchored to an associated releasable buckle positioned inboard of the vehicle passenger seat. The latchplate has a trough-shaped depression providing a cross bar defined by a pair of symmetrically disposed belt slots located in each sloped side of the depression. A J-shaped lock bar is supported on the cross bar enabling the belt to be weaved through one slot and over the lock bar for passage through the other slot. With the latchplate in its free running stowed mode the belt is straight allowing the lock bar to float for free sliding travel of the belt through the latchplate slots. In its latched mode the belt is pulled around a hook-shaped portion of the lock bar causing the bar to rock and pinch the belt in its cinching mode releasably locking the passenger in the vehicle seat.

Abstract: A buckle includes a first buckle body and a second buckle body. The first buckle body is inserted into the second buckle body so s to be made incapable of withdrawl from the second buckle body and is released from engagement with and made capable of withdrawl from the second buckle body by inserting it further into the second buckle body from its engaged state. The second buckle body is integrally provided with flexing portions which are formed so as to face the free end of the first buckle body when the same is engaged with the second buckle body.

Abstract: An adjustable fastener for interconnecting a first and a second part of an article includes a flat hollow sleeve having a first connecting portion for attachment to the first part, a plug having a second connecting portion for attachment to the second part, a flat body slidably received in a longitudinal guide channel in the sleeve, a locking member slidably held within a transverse guide groove in the sleeve and having a pusher head at an end thereof, and at least one locking projection releasably engageable with one of a row of teeth on the plug body for locking the plug in position against displacement, and a spring held within the sleeve for normally retaining the locking projection in locking engagement with the one tooth and keeping the pusher head to project outwardly of the sleeve. The locking member is movable along the guide groove to disengage the locking projection from the one tooth against the force of the spring when the pusher head is depressed.

Abstract: A strap adjustment assembly generally comprises an open or hollow connector frame integrally molded of synthetic resin and a strap retainer integrally molded of synthetic resin and assembled in the hollow connector frame. The hollow connector frame includes a grip base having a strap bearing surface, a pair of spaced legs extending from the grip base and having a pair of oblong slots, respectively, and a connecting bar joining the legs remotely from the grip base by a distance. The strap retainer includes a central strap engagement portion, and a pair of arms extending from the central strap engagement portion and being non-rotatably loosely fitted in the slots, respectively. The central strap engagement portion has a strap pressing surface for frictionally pressing a strap end portion against the strap bearing surface. The strap pressing surface is transversely spaced from the arms at least by said distance. The connector frame and the strap retainer are simultaneously molded in an assembled condition.

Abstract: An improved tip assembly including a tongue plate insertable into a buckle is provided for a safety belt system in which a continuous retractable belt length provides both a lap portion and a shoulder portion. The tip assembly through which the belt passes has a snubber slide engaged with the tongue plate and slidable relative thereto. When the belt is drawn across the occupant's body, the belt shifts the snubber slide rearwardly on the tongue plate to a point where the belt is firmly gripped between a surface of the tongue plate and a surface of the snubber slide, whereby that portion of the belt which extends across the occupant's lap cannot expand. When the belt is retracted so that a run of the belt is substantially vertical, the weight of the tip assembly causes its front end to tip downwardly causing the slide to fall vertically along the tongue plate releasing its grip on the belt, whereby the tip assembly freely falls to a lower position along the vertical belt position.

Abstract: A tongue assembly is used in a safety apparatus having a belt for restraining movement of an occupant of a vehicle. The tongue assembly includes a base having a flat leading end portion, a flat trailing end portion which is offset from and extends parallel to the leading end portion, and a connector portion extending between the leading and trailing end portions. The base has an opening which extends through the trailing end portion and through the connector portion. A locking bar spans the opening in the base. The belt extends through the opening, across the bar and back through the opening. When the tongue assembly is disconnected from a buckle, the belt extends through the tongue assembly so that the belt has first and second straight portions with the angle between the first and second straight portions of the belt being at least 154.degree..

Abstract: A safety belt connector fitting is disclosed in association with a three-point safety belt harness wherein the connector fitting is mounted on a mid-portion of the belt to be releasably anchored to an associated push button type buckle positioned inboard of the vehicle passenger seat. The slide bar of the connector fitting has a web spanning the belt receiving aperture of the fitting base plate for entraining the safety belt through the fitting. The web has upper longitudinal corner surfaces which are truncated to provide flattened surfaces facilitating sliding movement of the belt thereby when the fitting is suspended on the belt in a stored condition. Lower longitudinally extending corners of the web have conventional right angle corner configurations to cinch the safety belt between the slide bar and the fitting base when the connector is in use to hold a passenger via lower portions of the safety belt in his vehicle seat in an emergency condition.

Abstract: A device for adjusting the slack of safety seat belts in vehicles. The device has a channel member that has substantially the shape of a flattened C and removably receives a rectangular block member therein leaving just sufficient space between these two members to pass the belt through. A centrally disposed elongated cavity on the surface of the block member that faces the channel member is provided with an internal slanted surface that, in cooperation with a locking member, exerts sufficient frictional pressure to maintain the device in a predetermined location in said belt.

Abstract: A binding device for rope such as a belt for hanging a bag or a leash for tugging a pet. The rope is passed through into the setting hole of the binding means with a wedge so that the rope is fixedly pressed in the said hole.

Abstract: A buckle for a strap comprises a rectangular body formed with a window defined by a planar rectangular frame with a fixed bar at an edge of the body, and a pair of guide walls extending generally perpendicularly to the fixed bar, and a movable bar in the window parallel to the fixed bar and defining therewith a gap into which a strap can be passed and which can clamp the strap against the fixed bar. The movable bar is provided with wedge-shaped formations tapering toward the fixed bar bordering the window, the walls being formed with lateral slots respectively receiving the wedge-shaped formations with clearance and tapered correspondingly with substantially the same angle of taper and such that movement of the formations in the respective slots in a direction opposite the direction of taper thereof increases play between the formations and the slots whereas movement of the formations in the respective slots in an opposite direction wedges the formations without play in the slots.

Abstract: A separable connector for strap ends has a tapered tongue guided in a socket member between guide ribs so that passages are formed outwardly of these ribs for deflectable tongues which lodge in slits of the socket member. The plug member of the connector or, more generally, a buckle for a strap end, can have a movable bar about which the strap can be looped and which has wedge-shaped formations at its ends guided in wedge-shaped slots so that canting of the bar is prevented when the bar clamps the strap end against the movable bars.

Abstract: A press fastener comprising a plug body connecting with a slotted body. The plug body contains an elastic tongue part for extending into the slotted body. The tongue part contains a climbing angle positioned at the end thereof to hook the plug body to the slotted body when the climbing angle of the tongue part extends along an angled receiving groove of the slotted body, thereby stressing the tongue part, and into a center cavity of the slotted body. The central cavity is of such dimensions to allow a press groove to be supported therein to allow unhooking of the plug body from the slotted body when pressure is exerted thereon.

Abstract: A pair of bands (bands of both sides may be connected at bottom surface) are attached in inverted U-shape along both side surfaces (only one side will do if hand holding condition is not needed) of a large size bag and the like, and a cramping device of an upper portion of the inverted U-shape band is formed in a special adjusting mechanism according to this invention, and when the band is shifted in vertical and horizontal directions against these cramping devices and is fixed, the length and the interval of the shouldering band can be properly adjusted so as to match a physical constitution (height and size of shoulders) of user of bag. After the length and the interval are properly adjusted, there is no shift of band at all even if the band is pulled.

Abstract: An improved belt buckle characterized by comprising a buckle body, a belt catch holder, a belt catch, a fastening plate, a spring plate and a serrate plate wherein said belt catch being fitted in a recess of said belt catch holder and joined together with said buckle body and belt catch holder by means of knuckles formed thereon and a pin so as to allow the belt to pass the slot in the buckle body freely and to catch the same as it retreats; said fastening plate being fitted in the space of said belt catch holder and joined together with said belt catch holder by means of knuckle and pin so as to fasten the belt end; said spring plate being fixed to the fastening plate and engaging one ratchet corner of said belt catch so that the other ratchet corner can move retractably; said serrate plate being mounted on the reverse of the belt for said belt catch to catch adjustably.

Abstract: A butt jointing assembly comprises two identical butt joint parts with the one being reversed with respect to the other. The butt joint assembly comprises an elastic locking and unlocking pawl and at least one retaining slot therein such that the pawl in the one part engages the slot in the other part, as two of such parts are butt jointed, the elastic pawl being moreover flexible through pressure of one's finger to unlock it. Application to the connection of rigid or supple elements with each element being provided with a butt joint part or being configured so as to have a butt joint part at one end thereof.

Abstract: A two piece buckle has a frame member and a bale member which is pivotally supported on the frame member. The frame member includes a central elongated substantially flat piece and a pair of arm members extending from the edges of the central piece at an angle of substantially 90 degrees. These arm members have a pair of apertures formed therein which provide sockets into which the opposite ends of the bale fit. A pair of detents which are in the form of protrusions extend outwardly from the frame arm members. The bale member is resilient such that the bale member can be pivotally moved over the detents and thus positioned on either side thereof. The central piece of the frame has a first cross arm with an elongated slot formed on either side thereof and a second cross arm spaced from the first cross arm by one of said slots, a clamp member being slidably mounted on the second cross arm.

Abstract: A molded sliding bar buckle of the type comprising a strap retainer bar slidably mounted on an open rectangular connector frame having a grip base and a connecting bar on opposite sides of the strap retainer bar. The strap retainer bar includes a central strap engagement portion for retaining therearound one end portion of a strap and having on its back a sloped flat or substantially flat surface facing away from the grip base. The sloped surface has an upper end disposed adjacent to the connecting portion and a lower end disposed adjacent to the grip base, the upper end lying in a plane extending through a center of the thickness of the strap engagement portion. With this construction, when the strap is longitudinally tensioned with its one end portion looped around the strap engagement portion, a tensioning force is transformed substantially into a force or a vector acting in said plane in a direction to tend to move the strap retainer bar linearly toward the grip base.

Abstract: An improved tip assembly which includes a tongue plate insertable into a buckle is provided for a safety belt apparatus in which a continuous retractable belt length provides both a lap portion and a shoulder portion. The tip assembly through which the belt passes has a snubber slide engaged with the tongue plate and slidable relative thereto. When the belt is drawn by the passenger over his body, the belt shifts the snubber slide rearward on the tongue plate to where the belt is firmly gripped at normal loads between a surface of the tongue plate and a surface of the snubber slide, whereby that portion of the belt which extends across the passenger's lap cannot expand. At heavy deceleration loads, e.g. 150 lbs on the lap belt, a portion of the snubber slide deflects to decrease the gripping action to allow transfer of belt from the shoulder belt into the lap belt.

Abstract: An adjustable buckle having elements for fixing to respective opposed flaps of a garment with a cover formed to engage one element and in pulling the respective flap of the one element over the respective of the second element to engage the second element in a plurality of positions so that the flaps are secured and the garment buckled in a plurality of positions so as to adjust the garment on the body of the wearer. The buckle is particularly suited for closing pants, and eliminating the top button closure on the pants over the fly. The buckle eliminates the need for belts and provides a flat, contoured appearance to the pants.

Abstract: A low friction self-locking adjust tongue having a pair of depressed lands provided in the tongue plate either side of the web aperture to form a lock bar well. Cutouts provided in the tongue plate's upstanding flanges form in conjunction with said depressed lands a bi-level lock bar slot extending rearwardly and upwardly from the lock-bar well to above the plane of the tongue plate. In the unlatched position of the tongue plate, the lock bar rests in the lock bar well permitting the seat belt webbing to pass thereover with negligable friction. In the locked position, the lock bar is displaced towards the rear of the bi-level lock bar slot which raises the lock bar above the plane of the tongue plate. In this position, the friction between the lock bar and the seat belt webbing is sufficient to lock the seat belt webbing in the tongue plate after it is snuggly adjusted about the occupants pelvic region.

Abstract: An adjustable buckle having elements for fixing to respective opposed flaps of a garment with a cover formed to engage one element and in pulling the respective flap of the one element over the respective flap of the second element to engage the second element in a plurality of positions so that the flaps are secured and the garment buckled in a plurality of positions. The buckle is particularly suited for closing pants, and eliminating the top button closure on the pants over the fly. The buckle eliminates the need for belts and provides a flat, contoured appearance to the pants.

Abstract: In combination, a support belt and a buckle having a frame with a pair of opposed forward and rearward transverse members, the latter being secured to one end of the belt. The other end of the belt is adapted to pass through the frame and has means thereon for engagement with the outside of the belt after such passage. The frame has a slidably, rotatable tubular member movable towards and away from the forward transverse member and the tubular member has a pair of opposed planar faces joined by a pair of opposed curved faces, said faces providing a pair of opposed, relatively sharp edges.

Abstract: Tourniquet for medical applications, for example, for stanching the blood in veins for taking blood samples, wherein the tourniquet comprises a clamping lock and a strap which is pulled through the clamping lock and wrapped around the arm of a patient. Clamping of the strap in order to form a stanching loop occurs by means of a spring-loaded clamping wedge which clamps the strap against an inner wall of the clamping lock via a clamping plate. By manually displacing the clamping wedge against the force of the spring, the clamping force can be sensitively regulated, so that a regulated release of the stanching loop is possible. In all these manipulations the tourniquet can be single-handedly operated.

Abstract: An improved tip assembly which includes a tongue plate insertable into a buckle is provided for a safety belt apparatus in which a continuous retractable belt length provides both a lap portion and a shoulder portion. The tip assembly through which the belt passes has a snubber slide engaged with the tongue plate and slidable relative thereto. When the belt is drawn by the passenger over his body, the belt shifts the snubber slide rearward on the tongue plate to where the belt is firmly gripped between a surface of the tongue plate and a surface of the snubber slide, whereby that portion of the belt which extends across the passenger's lap cannot expand. When the belt is retracted so that a run of the belt is substantially vertical, the weight of the tip assembly causes its front end to tip downward causing the slide to fall forward along the tongue plate releasing its grip on the belt, whereby the tip assembly freely falls to a lower position along the vertical belt run.

Abstract: A belt buckle construction is disclosed which has a keeper with a frame and tongue pivotably disposed on the outer end thereof for interengagement with the longitudinally perforated end of a flexible belt strap. The keeper also includes a rearwardly opening sleeve to receive the inner end of the belt strap, which may be of the reversible type. The sleeve includes an upwardly opening undercut slot which exposes a surface portion of the inner end of the belt strap. A combination belt loop and belt clamping member transversely engageable within said slot and including a projecting portion for engaging and releasably clamping the inner end of said belt within the sleeve of said keeper. This construction enables the belt to be cut to any desired length and/or reversed from one side to the other. The belt loop portion of said clamping member serves to receive and retain the outer end of the belt flat against the underlying end of the belt for a neat appearance.

Abstract: A clasp used with a swimming article for tightening a strap wherein the clasp comprises two main portions: a frame member formed of a resilient material having longitudinal recesses along two opposite sides of the frame member and having two cutaway portions formed on the same sides of the plane of the frame member and at diagonally opposite corners thereof, and a movable bar whose opposite ends are adapted to slide in the recesses in the opposite sides of the frame member and which is adapted to be inserted into the frame by passing the ends of the bar through the cutaway portions, and into the recesses. The movable bar is snap fitted while being placed on the diagonal of the rectangle with its ends engaging with the cutaway portions, and is capable of sliding along the longitudinal recesses. A clasp in accordance with this invention is particularly useful in a diving mask or flippers.

Abstract: An improved self-locking adjust tongue plate including a sleeve surrounding a lock bar extending in slots provided on side flanges of the tongue. The sleeve spaces the lock bar from the walls of the slots so as to avoid metal to metal contact, which may adversely affect the lock-up angles of the adjust tongue.

Abstract: The present invention relates to accessories for safety belts in the form of a tension stop which comprises a support piece defining a passage for a belt, as well as a blocking piece mobile with respect to the support piece and adapted to occupy two positions in which, respectively, it frees the passage or it projects locally therein to tighten the belt. The invention is applicable to safety belts for automobile vehicles.

Abstract: A fastening device is structured so that one half thereof is symmetrical with the other and includes a casing, with a pair of inwardly folded portions, and a pair of symmetrical block-members, each having a bar-member and accommodated within the casing such that one end of each block-member is respectively outwardly biased toward the lateral open ends of the casing. Respective end portions of strings or the like are wound around the respective bar-member and respectively abut the respective folded portions as long as the respective ends of the block-members remain outwardly biased and are not pushed inwardly by a user.

Abstract: A seat belt comfort device located in the tongue and buckle interconnection which eliminates the tension exerted by the rewind force of a seat belt retractor. The comfort device is manually actuable between engaged and disengaged positions with the seat belt. Preferably, the comfort device is automatically disengaged when the tongue is inserted into the buckle and when the tongue is released from the buckle.

Abstract: An automatic locking belt carried safety belt take-up reel includes a U-shaped body member provided with longitudinal side arms having a spring biased belt take-up reel journalled between its rear portions and having parallel track grooves formed in the confronting faces of its front portion. A tongue plate slidably engages the grooves and has a transverse rear and a lock bar slidably rests on the tongue plate across the slot and includes upwardly forwardly projecting side legs. A top wall extends between the top forward portions of the side arms and terminates in a front depending lip extending to the level of the groove tops. A safety belt has one end connected to the reel and extends from the bottom thereof upwardly through the slot rearward of the lock bar, about the lock bar and then downwardly between the lock bar and the slot front edge and rearwardly to a vehicle anchor point.

Abstract: A seat belt buckle and tongue combination with means limiting relative motion between the combination frame and the belt or web attached thereto. A roller bar is slidably mounted to the combination frame with the opposite ends of the bar extending into slots on the frame. A pair of helical springs are positioned in the slots to urge the roller bar toward a stop edge on the frame to secure the web against the stop edge and limit relative motion between the web and the roller bar. A pair of clips secure the springs within the slots.

Abstract: A tongue plate device for use in a seat belt system of the kind using a continuous webbing consisting of a lap portion and a shoulder portion for restraining an occupant onto a seat of a vehicle. The tongue plate device can be easily slipped on the webbing when the occupant fastens the seat belt and locked in any desired position on the webbing by simple manipulation by the occupant so as to restrain the occupant onto the seat without giving a sense of oppression while ensuring improved restraining effect for the occupant in an emergency.

Abstract: An automatic locking belt carried safety belt take-up reel includes a U-shaped polymeric resin body member having a cross web and side arms and a spring biased reel journaled between the side arms proximate the cross web. A buckle coupling tongue is longitudinally slidably engaged between the confronting outer ends of the side arms and projects forwardly thereof and is provided with a wide transverse slot between the side arms. A knurled locking bar longitudinally slidably rests on the end borders of the slot and a safety belt has one end anchored to the reel and extending from the bottom thereof upwardly through the slot rearward of the lock bar, about the lock bar and then downwardly between the lock bar and the front edge of the slot and then rearwardly through a guide formed proximate the cross web bottom edge and then to a vehicle anchor point.

Abstract: A device for tensioning and locking air cargo net straps. A frame has laterally spaced side webs having elongated grooves in which is slidably mounted a wedge member. A clamping lever cooperates with the wedge member in clamping a free end portion of a strap disposed therebetween and reversely over the wedge member. A control lever pivotally mounted on the frame has laterally spaced lugs on which is mounted a roller that is moved to a position engaging the clamping lever to clamp the strap when the control lever is in a locking position. The control lever moves the roller away from the clamping lever to release the strap when it is moved to an unlocked position.

Abstract: A tongue plate device for use in a seat belt system of the kind using a continuous webbing consisting of a lap portion and a shoulder portion for restraining an occupant onto a seat of a vehicle. The tongue plate device can be easily slipped on the webbing when the occupant fasten the seat belt and locked in any desired position on the webbing by simple manipulation by the occupant so as to restrain the occupant onto the seat without giving a sense of oppression while ensuring improved restraining effect for the occupant in an emergency.

Abstract: Apparatus for the adjustment to various lengths of a belt, preferably of a safety belt on motor vehicles or the like, with a frame having a longitudinal aperture and, displaceable in the frame and transversely with respect to the longitudinal aperture, a thrust piece which has a transverse web with a locking edge set at a small angle to its main plane and lateral guide panels extending transversely to the locking edge.

Abstract: A buckle having a male member insertable into a female member, the male member having a rigid portion and the female member having a flexible portion which engages the rigid portion to produce the locking action and the male member has a separate flexible portion which overlies the flexible female portion so that pressure applied to the flexible male portion moves the flexible female portion to unlock the buckle by moving it away from the rigid male portion.