CONFIGURABLE RESTRAINT SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE SEAT
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Abstract
A configurable restraint system (10-10vi) for a vehicle seat (12, 12′) may comprise a first restraint harness (30-30″) coupled to a first engagement member (32), a second restraint harness (34-34″) coupled to a second engagement member (36), and a third engagement member (50-50″″) configured to be movable between first and second positions relative to the vehicle seat. The first position may be located relative to the vehicle seat so that the first engagement member (32) may releasably engage the third engagement member (50-50″″) to restrain a first occupant of the vehicle seat via the first restraint harness (30-30″). The second position may be located relative to the vehicle seat so that the second engagement member (36) may alternatively releasably engage the third engagement member (50-50″″) to alternatively restrain the first occupant of the vehicle seat via the second restraint harness (34-34″).
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98 Claims
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1-53. -53. (canceled)
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54. A configurable restraint system for a vehicle seat having a seat back and seat bottom mounted to a frame, the configurable restraint system comprising:
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a frame member secured to or integral with the frame, a mounting member movably mounted on and to the frame member, a first engagement member comprising one of a tongue member and a buckle member mounted to the mounting member, and a second engagement member comprising another one of a tongue member and a buckle member mounted to the mounting member, the mounting member movable relative to the frame member such that the first and second engagement members move together with the mounting member along the vehicle seat between a first position of the first and second engagement members relative to the vehicle seat and a second position of the first and second engagement members relative to the vehicle seat, the first position located at or near a plane that bisects the vehicle seat and the second position located between the plane that bisects the vehicle seat and one end of the vehicle seat. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83)
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84. A configurable restraint system for a motor vehicle seat having a seat back and seat bottom mounted to a frame, the configurable restraint system comprising:
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a first engagement member comprising one of a tongue member and a buckle member pivotably mounted to the frame at a mounting point of the frame, a second engagement member comprising another one of a tongue member and a buckle member also pivotably mounted to the frame at the mounting point of the frame, the first and second engagement members together pivotable about the mounting point of the frame toward either of one end of the vehicle seat and an opposite end of the vehicle seat, wherein the mounting point of the frame is located at or near a plane that bisects the vehicle seat, a frame member secured to or integral with the frame between the first and second engagement members and the one or opposite end of the vehicle seat, a mounting member movably mounted on and to the frame member, and a third engagement member comprising a further one of a tongue member and a buckle member mounted to the mounting member, the mounting member movable relative to the frame member such that the third engagement member moves with the mounting member along the vehicle seat between a first position of the third engagement member relative to the vehicle seat and a second position of the third engagement members relative to the vehicle seat. - View Dependent Claims (85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98)
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