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Dick Tracy | Plastic Buckle Inventor | History of Gear

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The Evolution of the Plastic Buckle

Drake: A company in Europe was doing some type of plastic buckle. His big concern was weight, which if you're on a military pack where you have a lot of adjustment, weight begins to play. He says the Coast Guard forced him to meet certain strength requirements for PFDs. "The outdoor industry then just became unnatural," Drake says.

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