SEAT BELT RETRACTOR

• US 3,421,711 A
• Filed: 11/15/1963
• Issued: 01/14/1969
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Gene T. Jones, Orville J. Brow
• Original Assignee: Gene T. Jones, Orville J. Brow
• Inventors: Brow, Orville J., Jones, Gene T.
• Application Number:
  US04/324,001
• Time in Patent Office: 1,887 Days
• US Class Current: 242/378.3
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/3408 without locking means B60R22/3405 takes precedence

Claims

1. IN COMBINATION WITH A SAFETY SEAT BELT MOUNTED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE, A SEAT BELT RETRACTOR ADAPTED TO BE ADJUSTABLY COUPLED TO SAID SEAT BELT INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF, SAID RETRACTOR COMPRISING A FIRST AND SECOND HOUSING MEMBER EACH HAVING A PAIR OF END WALLS AND AN INTERMEDIATE SIDE WALL, FASTENING MEANS FORMED ON SAID MEMBERS FOR REMOVABLY CONNECTING SAID MEMBERS TOGETHER TO FORM AN ENCLOSURE, A GUIDE SLOT FORMED IN EACH OF SAID SIDE WALLS PROVIDING A PASSAGEWAY FOR SAID BELT DURING EXTENSION AND RETRACTION THEREOF, A PAIR OF TONGUES PROJECTING FROM EACH OF SAID END WALLS OF ONE OF SAID MEMBERS, REEL MEANS ADAPTED TO BE REMOVABLY POSITIONED FOR ROTATION IN SAID TONGUES, SAID REEL MEANS HAVING A GENERALLY T-SHAPED SLOT FORMED THEREIN FOR RECEIVING A PORTION OF SAID SEAT BELT INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF, SPRING MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID HOUSING AND SAID REEL MEANS FOR NORMALLY, YIELDINGLY URGING SAID REEL MEANS IN A DIRECTION TO RETRACT THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID SEAT BELT.