Retractable safety belts

• US 3,324,519 A
• Filed: 05/02/1966
• Issued: 06/13/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nelson H. Shapiro, Richard G. Board
• Original Assignee: Nelson H. Shapiro, Richard G. Board
• Inventors: Board, Richard G., Shapiro, Nelson H.
• Application Number:
  US04/546,699
• Time in Patent Office: 407 Days
• US Class Current: 24/191
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/30 Coupling devices other than buckles, including length-adjusting fittings or anti-slip devices adaptations of manual three-point seat belt systems for use by small passengers using other means than belt anti-slip devices B60R22/024; buckles A44B11/00; releasable fastenings in general F16B
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/4072 Pivoted lever

Claims

1. A RETRACTABLE SEAT BELT COMPRISING A FIRST FASTENER PART FREE TO MOVE ACROSS THE BODY OF A USER IN ORDER RELEASABLY TO ENGAGE A MATING SECOND FASTENER PART TO PLACE THE BELT IN USER-RESTRAINING POSITION, SAID FIRST FASTENER PART HAVING A CASING WITH A FRONT END ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE SECOND FASTENER PART, A REAR END, AND SIDES EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY BETWEEN SAID ENDS, A SPRING-WOUND RETRACTION REEL LOCATED REARWARDLY OF SAID CASING FOR ROTATION ABOUT AN AXIS TRANSVERSE TO THE SIDES OF SAID CASING, AND A STRAP HAVING A FIRST PORTION ADAPTED TO BE ANCHORED AND A SECOND PORTION SECURED TO SAID REEL FOR EXTENSION AND RETRACTION, SAID CASING HAVING MEANS FOR PREVENTING EXTENSION OF SAID STRAP AND INCLUDING A PAIR OF ABUTMENTS SUPPORTED UPON SAID CASING TRANSVERSELY OF THE SIDES, ONE OF SAID ABUTMENTS BEING A PIN SUPPORTED FORWARDLY OF THE OTHER ABUTMENT FOR TRANSLATIONAL MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT TO SAID CASING TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE OTHER ABUTMENT, SAID CASING HAVING A BOTTOM OPENING AND SAID