RETRACTION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE SAFETY BELTS

• US 3,425,646 A
• Filed: 04/01/1963
• Issued: 02/04/1969
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hollowell James Sherman
• Original Assignee: Hollowell James Sherman
• Inventors: HOLLOWELL JAMES SHERMAN
• Application Number:
  US04/269,657
• Time in Patent Office: 2,136 Days
• US Class Current: 242/376
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2022/3424 Multi-spool or multi-belt retractors
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2022/3427 Seat belt connection on reels
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/3408 without locking means B60R22/3405 takes precedence

Claims

1. A RETRACTION DEVICE TO BE ASSEMBLED TO A SAFETY BELT INTERMEDIATE THE STRAP ENDS IN A NON-LOAD CARRYING RELATIONSHIP TO THE STRAP FOR RETRACTING SUCH STRAP WITHIN THE DEVICE UPON THE UNLATCHING OF THE SAFETY BELT, SAID RETRACTION DEVICE COMPRISING;

A CHAMBERED HOUSING INCLUDING A STRAP RECEIVING CHAMBER WITH OPPOSED STRAP RECEIVING SLOTS AND A SPRING RECEIVING CHAMBER;

SAID CHAMBERS BEING SEPARATED BY A PORTED PARTITION;

AN ELONGATED ARBOR ROTATABLY MOUNTED WITHIN SAID HOUSING AND PASSING THROUGH SAID PORTED PARTITION;

AND A COIL SPRING WITHIN SAID SPRING CHAMBER HAVING ONE END ENGAGING SAID ARBOR AND ONE END ENGAGING SAID HOUSING;