Cover for seat belt buckle

Abstract

A seat belt buckle, of the type which is released by depressing a push button, is provided with a cover having a body portion adapted to cover the push button. The cover is retained in place on the buckle by a plurality of resilient clips arranged to engage round the buckle body. The resilient clips are adapted to yield to release the cover when a force tending to dislodge the cover exceeds a predetermined value.

1 . A cover for a seat belt buckle of the type which is released by depressing a push button, the cover comprising: 
 a body portion adapted to cover the push button, and    a plurality of resilient clips arranged to engage round the buckle body to retain the cover in place, the resilient clips being adapted to yield to release the cover when a force tending to dislodge the cover exceeds a predetermined value.    
     
     
         2 . A cover according to  claim 1 , wherein the body portion has an opening opposite to the push button to enable a test probe to open the buckle when the cover is in place.  
     
     
         3 . A cover according to  claim 1 , wherein the resilient clips are oriented so as to be disengageable by application of a dislodging force thereto in a direction substantially different to the direction of movement of the push button.  
     
     
         4 . A cover according to  claim 3 , wherein the resilient clips are oriented so as to be disengageable by application of a dislodging force thereto in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of movement of the push button.  
     
     
         5 . A cover according to  claim 4 , wherein the dislodging force must be applied simultaneously at a plurality of separate locations.  
     
     
         6 . A cover according to  claim 3 , wherein disengagement requires application of a dislodging force simultaneously at a plurality of separate locations.  
     
     
         7 . A seat belt buckle of the type which is released by depressing a push button, in combination with a cover comprising: 
 a body portion adapted to cover the push button, and    a plurality of resilient clips arranged to engage round the buckle body to retain the cover in place, the resilient clips being adapted to yield to release the cover when a force tending to dislodge the cover exceeds a predetermined value.    
     
     
         8 . The combination of  claim 7 , wherein the body portion has an opening opposite to the push button to enable a test probe to open the buckle when the cover is in place.  
     
     
         9 . The combination of  claim 7 , wherein the resilient clips are oriented so as to be disengageable by application of a dislodging force thereto in a direction substantially different to the direction of movement of the push button.  
     
     
         10 . The combination of  claim 9 , wherein the resilient clips are oriented so as to be disengageable by application of a dislodging force thereto in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of movement of the push button.  
     
     
         11 . The combination of  claim 10 , wherein the dislodging force must be applied simultaneously at a plurality of separate locations.  
     
     
         12 . The combination of  claim 9 , wherein disengagement requires application of a dislodging force simultaneously at a plurality of separate locations.  
     
     
         13 . The combination of  claim 7 , wherein the buckle is mounted on an elongate member and the cover further comprises interengaging formations adapted to retain the cover captive on said elongate member the cover is dislodged from the buckle.