The present invention relates to a multi-point buckle, and more particularly to a multi-point buckle capable of preventing from dust.
In order to ensure the safety of the drivers and the passengers in the vehicle, among the standard equipment of the vehicle, the safety belt is a necessary basic equipment in the car. However, the applications of the vehicle are quite extensive now, such as off-road vehicles or all-terrain vehicles . . . etc. which frequently driving in sandy or muddy environment even wading streams and other unfavorable environments, so that sand or dust can easily invade the car. Seat belts used to fix the driver and passengers in the car attached to the latch are inserted into the jack of the buckle, however there is still a gap between the jack of the buckle and the latch, so when sand or dust invades the car, it is easy to further enter through the gap formed between the jack of the buckle and the latch. Once the silt or sand falls into the buckle, because the buckle does not have the function of discharging silt or sand, the silt or sand accumulates in the buckle, which affects the locking mechanism of the buckle. With the enough accumulation of the foreigner objects, the components of the locking structure cannot operate normally, so it affects the securing function of the buckle and the latch, and loses the function of protecting the driver and passengers.
Therefore, it is desirable to provide a multi-point buckle to mitigate and/or obviate the aforementioned problems.
An objective of present invention is to provide a multi-point buckle which is capable of improving the above-mention problems.
In order to achieve the above mentioned objective, a multi-point buckle has a buckle, at least two latches and a plurality of dust jackets. The buckle has a plurality of tongue slots on a peripheral edge. Each of the latches has at least two tongues, and each tongue is capable of being inserted into one of the tongue slots of the buckle for locking. Each dust jacket has a through slot through two opposite ends for accepting one of the tongues. One of the two opposite ends of the dust jacket is a first abutting end, the first abutting end abutting an edge of the buckle when the one of the tongues and a corresponding tongue slot are locked together, and the first abutting end has a loop lip around an opening of the through slot for filling in between the tongue and the tongue slot and prevent dust from entering.
Other objects, advantages, and novel features of invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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The composition of the structure and the use state, please refer to
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With the structure of the above specific embodiment, the following benefits can be obtained: Between the latch 20 and the tongue slot 11 of the buckle 10, the dust jacket 30 is employed to achieve airtight and close the gap, which not only increases the engagement stability between tongue 23 and the tongue slot 11; and at the same time, it can also prevent dust and dirt from falling into the tongue slot 11 to avoid friction and interference of foreign objects, thereby enhancing the safety and value of seat belt buckles.
Although the present invention has been explained in relation to its preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that many other possible modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of invention as hereinafter claimed.
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