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A buckle assembly structured for quick release and including a gripping assembly structured to removably retain an end connector in a locked position. Two locking segments are movably connected to one another and disposable between a closed orientation and a release orientation. The locked position

A buckle assembly structured for quick release and including a gripping assembly structured to removably retain an end connector in a locked position. Two locking segments are movably connected to one another and disposable between a closed orientation and a release orientation. The locked position includes the locking segments disposed in gripping engagement with the connector when the connector is disposed between the locking segments. A quick release assembly may be selectively positioned into a separating engagement with the locking segments to at least partially define a positioning thereof from their closed orientation into their release orientation. A secondary release assembly is connected to the gripping assembly and is independently operable to release the connector from the gripping engagement with the locking segments.

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1. A buckle assembly structured for quick release of an associated connector, said buckle assembly comprising: a gripping assembly structured to removably retain the connector in a locked position,said gripping assembly comprising at least two locking segments movable relative to one another between

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A buckle assembly structured for quick release of an associated connector, said buckle assembly comprising: a gripping assembly structured to removably retain the connector in a locked position,said gripping assembly comprising at least two locking segments movable relative to one another between a closed orientation and a release orientation,said locking segments structured to engage said connector when in said closed orientation and thereby retain the connector in said locked position,a quick release assembly connected to said gripping assembly, said quick release assembly positionable into a separating engagement with said locking segments to at least partially define disposition of said locking segments from said closed orientation into said release orientation,a secondary release assembly connected to said gripping assembly and including at least one release member disposable between a rest position and a release position, said release position comprising a separating engagement of said at least one release member between said locking segments,said locking segments including peripheral portions defining an outwardly flared opening structured and disposed to receive said release member there through into said separating engagement between said locking segments, andsaid rest position comprising said at least one release member normally biased outwardly, in spaced relation to said peripheral portions of said locking segments. 2. A buckle assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein each of said locking segments include at least one grip member, said grip members collectively disposed in said gripping engagement with the connector when in said closed orientation. 3. A buckle assembly as recited in claim 2 wherein said grip members protrude outwardly from corresponding ones of said locking segments, into an aligned relation to apertures of the connector when in said closed orientation, to further define said gripping engagement. 4. A buckle assembly as recited in claim 2 wherein said grip members are collectively disposed and structured to define an access opening between said locking segments, said access opening dimensioned and disposed to receive the connector there through into said locked position between locking segments. 5. A buckle assembly as recited in claim 4 wherein said access opening comprises an outwardly flared configuration structured to facilitate sliding, separating engagement of the connector with said grip members and between corresponding ones of said locking segments. 6. A buckle assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein said locking segments are connected into a biased, confronting relation to one another, to at least partially define said closed orientation. 7. A buckle assembly as recited in claim 6 wherein said locking segments collectively define a jaw structure, said jaw structure normally biased into said closed orientation and being at least partially separable into said release orientation, at least upon selective positioning of said quick release assembly. 8. A buckle assembly as recited in claim 6 wherein said quick release assembly comprises a head portion concurrently disposable into said sliding engagement with said two locking segments upon a selective positioning of a remainder of said release assembly. 9. A buckle assembly as recited in claim 8 wherein said quick release assembly comprises an elongated pull member connected to said head portion, said pull member movably disposed on said gripping assembly and extending outwardly therefrom, said selective positioning comprising an outwardly directed force exerted on said pull member in a direction away said gripping assembly. 10. A buckle assembly as recited in claim 8 further comprising an activating structure disposed on each of said locking segments, said head portion disposed in said separating engagement with said activating structures upon said selective positioning of said quick release assembly. 11. A buckle assembly as recited in claim 10 wherein activating structures collectively comprise a substantially convergent configuration cooperatively disposed and structured with said head portion to exert a sliding engagement of said head portion on said activating structures and a concurrent separation of said locking segments into said release orientation. 12. A buckle assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein said quick release assembly further comprises a head portion and an elongated pull member connected to said head portion, said head portion disposed in sliding engagement with said locking segments upon a selective positioning of said pull member, said pull member moveably disposed on said gripping assembly and extending outwardly therefrom, said selective positioning of said pull member comprising an outwardly directed force exerted thereon in a direction away from said gripping assembly. 13. A buckle assembly as recited in claim 12 further comprising activating structures disposed on said locking segments, said head portion disposed in said separating engagement with said activating structures upon said selective positioning of said pull member. 14. A buckle assembly as recited in claim 13 wherein said activating structures collectively comprise a substantially convergent configuration cooperatively disposed and structured with said head portion to exert a sliding engagement of said head portion there between and a separation thereof into said release orientation. 15. A buckle assembly structured for quick release of an associated connector, said buckle assembly comprising: at least two locking segments movable relative to one another between a closed orientation and a release orientation, said locking segments structured to retain the connector in a locked position when said locking segments are disposed in said closed orientation,a quick release assembly positionable into a separating engagement with said locking segments to at least partially define disposition of said locking segments from said closed orientation into said release orientation, anda secondary release assembly including at least two release members concurrently disposable between a rest position and a release position, said release position comprising a separating engagement of said release members between said locking segments, and said rest position comprising an outwardly spaced relation of said release members relative to substantially oppositely disposed peripheral portions of said locking segments, at least when said locking segments are in said closed orientation. 16. A buckle assembly as recited in claim 15 wherein each of said oppositely disposed peripheral portions comprises an outwardly flared opening dimensioned and configured to facilitate receipt of a correspondingly disposed of one of said release members there through and between said locking segments. 17. A buckle assembly as recited in claim 15 wherein said locking segments comprise a gripping assembly, said gripping assembly including a housing connected thereto; said release members movably connected to said housing in an outwardly biased relation to said locking segments when said release members are in said rest position. 18. A buckle assembly as recited in claim 17 wherein said release members are integrally and flexibly connected to said housing and removably attached, with said housing, to said gripping assembly.