Abstract: A projection for use as a restraining tooth in a compression-type belt restraint assembly which includes a base secured against movement and having a size and dimension appropriate for insertion of the projection in the interstices provided between the warp and weft of a woven fabric belt. The projection also includes a load-bearing surface, preferably an omnidirection load-bearing surface, projecting from the base at an angle from the perpendicular to the base so that a substantial component of the restraint force imparted by the surface on a fabric belt fiber under compression restraint is in the horizontal direction. Also the projection includes a nonabrasive top which terminates the omnidirectional surface so fibers comprising a fabric belt are not abraided or cut.

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: 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: An improved 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 an opening through which the belt extends. A metal bar spans the opening in the base so that the belt extends through the opening, across the bar and back through the opening. A cover interconnects the base and opposite end portions of the bar. The belt engages an intermediate portion of the bar. In one embodiment of the invention, the bar and cover are slidable together relative to the base. In another embodiment of the invention, the bar slides relative to the cover and the base.

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: 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 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: The invention relates to a buckling device of the type having a strap or other connecting means, a male and a female elements, means for retaining said strap and male and female catch means. Said catch means consist of a retaining volume of said female element and a protuberance of said male element. Two abutments of said male elements cooperate with two obstacle means of said female element in such a way that said male and female catch means are preserved from any traction forces applied to the buckling device. The removal of said abutments of said element from said obstacle means of said female element is produced by the crushing of an elastic means of the male element within a holding volume of the female element.

Abstract: An adjusting device for a seat belt comprising: a base plate having a base and a pair of side walls, said base having a webbing inserting hole through which a webbing is passed, said pair of side walls extending upward from both sides of said base and bent toward the inside at the end portions thereof; an adjusting bar provided between said both side walls and relatively movable against the base plate; and a metal protector mounted to said base plate, said protector including a portion located above the adjusting bar.

Abstract: A locking mechanism in combination with a buckle connecting the separate straps of a horse blanket. A buckle includes a T-shaped coupling and a curved U-shaped coupling which couple together to form the buckle. The strap lock itself is comprised of a flat rectangular plate which has one end folded back onto itself to form a flange member, a base and a hollow cavity at the bight of the flange. The base contains raised projections which act as stops for preventing the loss of the strap lock. The strap lock is made of a resilient material because as it is being forced into its locking position, the bight of the flange member has to spread apart enough to slide over the curved area of the U-shaped coupling. The edge of the flange member confronts the head of the T-shaped coupling and prevents the T-coupling from sliding forward and twisting and uncoupling the buckle.

Abstract: A linear belt storage retractor includes a locking mechanism attached to the end of the belt and travelling vertically inside a vertical tubular housing mounted on the vehicle body. The weight of the locking mechanism retracts the belt into the tubular housing. The locking mechanism includes a ramp member attached to the belt and having a ramp surface facing the inner wall of the tubular housing. A wedge member is seated upon the ramp surface and moves radially relative the inner wall upon axial movement relative the ramp member. A platform engages the wedge member and is spring biased to support the wedge member at a normal position away from the inner wall.

Abstract: Belt adjusting device for a safety belt, including a sliding member having a slot formed therein bordered by edges of the sliding member through which a portion of the safety belt is pulled forming a loop, and a locking bar at least partly disposed within the belt loop, the locking bar being slideable transversely to the slot and having a groove formed therein extending parallel to the slot, when a load is applied to the belt the groove formed in the locking bar is aligned opposite one of the edges of sliding member bordering the slot, and the belt is pressed between the groove formed in the locking bar and the one edge of the sliding member.

Abstract: This invention relates to buckles and more particularly to a strap buckle for either forming a loop in a flexible strap or for securing one strap to another. It is particularly useful for securing and adjusting the cheek strap or connecting the throat strap of a bridle. The invention provides a rigid plate which is permanently secured to a strap. The plate has a stud designed to pass through an opening in the strap to be connected. The plate is also provided with a pair of sleeves through which both straps pass when they are superimposed over each other and connected. One of the sleeves is slidable along the plate and in one position is centered over the stud. The sleeves are rigid to eliminate flexing under loads which tend to pull the straps apart and thus prevent the straps being separated at the stud.

Abstract: A seat belt clamp comprises a clamp member which clamps the belt against a frame base when an abnormally high pull-out force is exerted on the belt. The clamp member is forced toward the belt by the combined effects of the wedging action of a roll around which the belt turns against a wedging surface of the clamp member and oblique guides on the frame which cam the clamp member toward the base and away from the roller. Springs urge both the roller and the clamp member toward released positions for easy, smooth release of the belt when the high pull-out force ceases.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for braking a mountain climber's descent while rappelling. A unique brake bar is provided which permits the use of two carabiners adjacent one another in a braking apparatus for attachment to a supporting rope thereby providing increased strength, redundancy and great braking effectiveness. Due to its novel shape comprising an elongate body provided with an oblong aperture at each end, the brake bar is adapted to readily accept the two carabiners simultaneously and, in particular, the configuration of the oblong apertures minimizes the possibility of the accidental release of the carabiners, thereby increasing the ease and safety of rappelling.

Abstract: A seat belt system is disclosed for mounting relative to the seat assembly of a vehicle which includes one or more harness restraint adjuster devices having retaining means including a pair of cooperating clamping members for engagement with opposite sides of the webbing belt. The clamping members are normally closed on the belt to anchor it in a fixed position, but manual release means allows for disengagement of the clamping members to vary the length of the seat belt system. The belt is free to move within the restraint adjuster in one direction without any need to utilize the release means, and the retaining means automatically reclamps itself against the belt when the adjustment is completed.Guide means including spaced apart fixed bearing surfaces are assembled to side members of the support means and are so located as to limit the forward translation of the clamping members while there is tension in the springs.